Dance

Envisioning an Antiracist Middlebury: theatre piece focused on the experiences and dreams of BIPOC students at Middlebury.
“Freedom dreaming is imagining worlds that are just, representing people’s full humanity, centering people left on the edges, thriving in solidarity with folx from different identities who have struggled for justice, and knowing that dreams are just around the corner with the might of people power.” Bettina Love

Junior Cius is a dancer/choreographer residing in Boston, MA. He started training professionally with his first dance crew, Picture In Concrete (PIC) in 2013. In 2015, he established his own dance company “Crewenex”, dedicated to teaching students in Boston. A year later, he was selected to learn and perform works taught by some of the pop and hip-hop industries’ most successful choreographers, in the Monsters of Hip Hop dance show. Since then, Junior has traveled with these choreographers, assisting them in training other aspiring dancers.

Breath Made Visible is a 2009 documentary film about modern dance legend Anna Halprin. It is produced and directed by filmmaker Ruedi Gerber. The film premiered at the Mill Valley Film Festival where it received the Audience Award Certificate of Excellence and at the Locarno Film Festival in 2009.

Your favorite South Asian drag auntie brings the nightclub to the classroom (and vice versa) to explain how critical social theory matters in queer nightlife. Touching on themes that include globalization, black feminist theory, diva worship, and islamophobia, she stages the nightclub as a site of politics and pleasure. Part lecture, part lipsync, part audience participation, the show demonstrates how much drag teaches us, even requires us, to be in relation with the rest of the world.

Open to students, faculty and staff only.

Lessons in Drag- Kareem Khubchandani

Your favorite South Asian drag auntie brings the nightclub to the classroom (and vice versa) to explain how critical social theory matters in queer nightlife. Touching on themes that include globalization, black feminist theory, diva worship, and islamophobia, she stages the nightclub as a site of politics and pleasure. Part lecture, part lipsync, part audience participation, the show demonstrates how much drag teaches us, even requires us, to be in relation with the rest of the world.

Jeremy Cline’s work explores dreams, mythology, and perception using the body as a central means of expression. He has danced with the Los Angeles Opera, the Lincoln Center, Spectrum Dance Theater, Brian Sanders’ JUNK, Khambatta Dance Company, The 5th Ave Musical Theater, and International Ballet Theater, as well as in many underground bboy battles, capoeira rodas, and circus shows.

A documentary examining the life and philosophy of artist Paulus Behrenson—acclaimed craft artist, dancer and philosopher.

Join Artist in Residence Meshi Chavez and our Dance 460 students as we watch the fascinating work of potter, maker and dancer Paulus Behrenson.
Start time 7pm in Studio 110 short discussion will follow the viewing.
http://www.springfromthehandfilm.com 

Meet, Greet, and Pizza!

Join us to learn more about this semesters upcoming events within the Dance Department.

Student choreographers in Intermediate/Advanced Dance III will be looking for dancers to cast in their work.

Artist in Resident Meshi Chavez will also be looking for dancers who are new to Middlebury or have never performed before in our Dance Theater for the Newcomers Piece -.which will be part of the Fall Concert

All bodies, abilities and backgrounds welcome!

Ballet returns to the dance program this fall. Classical ballet technique in traditional ballet class structure. No point shoes, please. Each session is open to a maximum of 14 participants. PE credit is available for attendance at 8 classes. Previous dance experience in any form is recommended. Sign up at: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F4FA5AE28A6F4C70-intermediateadvan

Ballet returns to the dance program this fall. Classical ballet technique in traditional ballet class structure. No point shoes, please. Each session is open to a maximum of 14 participants. PE credit is available for attendance at 8 classes. Previous dance experience in any form is recommended. Sign up at: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F4FA5AE28A6F4C70-intermediateadvan