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Movement Matters Spotlight with Shakia Johnson

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Dance
Shakia Johnson’s master classes engage with the history of hip hop through its evolution of movement. She is an accomplished choreographer, performer, and educator based in Massachusetts’ Pioneer Valley, and is a beloved instructor at the Bates Dance Festival. More at www.shakiajohnson.com. Free

Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

Open to the Public

Movement Matters Spotlight with Wendy Whelan

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Dance
Mahaney Center for the Arts, Dance Theatre

Join us for this master class with renowned New York City Ballet principal dancer Wendy Whelan. Her work collaborating with young choreographers in creating solos and duets is the subject of the documentary “Restless Creature” currently playing on Netflix. Sponsored by the dance program, the Professors of the Practice program, and GooseCreek Ventures, LLC. Free
Open to the Public

Dance Master Class: Choreographing the Moment with Lee Serle

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Dance
Mahaney Center for the Arts, Dance Theatre

Through the practice and discourse of improvisation, participants will share and question their processes when choreographing in the moment. Abandoning predetermined outcomes, we will attempt to find clarity within our practice together through the consideration of embodied histories, seeing and being seen, removing judgment, rapid-fire decision making, and desire for outcome. Free
Open to the Public

Movement Matters Master Class with Ricarrdo Valentine

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Dance
Ricarrdo Valentine uses art as a vehicle for activism. He has presented his choreography at Bates Dance Festival, Brooklyn Museum, El Museo de Barro, and LaGuardia Community College. He continues to collaborate and work with Christal Brown/INspirit, Edisa Weeks/Delirious Dance, Paloma McGregor, Dante Brown/Warehouse Dance, Malcolm Low/Formal Structure, Jill Sigman/Thinkdance, Ni’Ja Whitson-Adebanjo/NWA project, Andre Zachary/RPG, Emily Berry/B3W and Barak ade Soleil. He is the co-founder of Brother(hood)! Dance. Free

Mahaney Arts Center Dance Studio

Open to the Public

LA Invasion Arts Residency: Workshop

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Dance
Assistant Professor Laurel Jenkins convenes a residency with dance artists from Los Angeles, California to research and collaborate on movement, teaching, and dance-making practices. This Movement Matters Community Dance Workshop will focus on contemporary techniques, with an emphasis on experimentation. Open to all levels. The public is welcome, but please help our students respect the Language Pledge by limiting the speaking of English outside the theatre. Free

Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

Open to the Public

Movement Matters Immersive: Day of Dance

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Dance
Free the Voice with Odeya Nini

This workshop is dedicated to Vocal Expression, sensing the voice, feeling and understanding the physicality of sound, freeing our minds of preconceived ideas of song, and realizing the transformational healing effects we have on ourselves and others when we use our voice with intention and love. Wear comfortable clothes and bring a notebook. See www.vermontdance.org for more information and to pre-register. Free to Midd ID holders.

Mahaney Arts Center Dance Studio

Open to the Public

Movement Matters Immersive with The Dance Company of Middlebury

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Dance
This year DCM, under the direction of Visiting Assistant Professor Lida Winfield, is teaching and performing in a variety of communities, using dance as a platform for personal truth–telling and bridge building. This workshop will be led by student company members. All abilities and experience levels welcome. Free

Mahaney Arts Center Dance Studio

Open to the Public

Manifestaciones en Periodo de Caza/Demonstration During Hunting Season

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Dean of Students, Atwater Commons, Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, Dance, History of Arts and Architecture, The Center for Community Engagement, American Studies, Education Studies, Center for Comparative Study of Race & Ethnicity, Latin American Studies, Gender, Sexuality, & Fem Studies, Food Studies, and Black Studies
In this performance and artist talk, the renowned artistic duo better known as Las Nietas de Nonó will share the visceral motivations of their creative work and artistic practices in recent struggles for equity, visibility, and political change in Puerto Rico and beyond. 

Ilustraciones de la Mecánica takes up the history of medical experimentation and the pharmaceutical industry in Puerto Rico. It considers in particular the violence inflicted on Black women’s bodies in the name of medical research.

Adirondack Coltrane Lounge

Open to the Public

Lecture Performance with the Illustrious Blacks

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Dance
With inspiration from artists like Prince, David Bowie, Grace Jones, Boy George, and George Clinton, The Illustrious Blacks have a mission to fuse futuristic funk, hypnotic house, and cosmic pop into pulsating positivity for the planet. The real life married couple are not only co¬-pilots on their artistic voyage, but are united in their fantastical journey through life. The acclaimed couple are known for their epic live shows and DJ sets, which fuse music, dance, theater, and fashion as the ingredients to expand minds, shake bootys, and save the world one beat at a time.

Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre