Mahaney Arts Center

BANDALOOP returns to Middlebury to launch the 25th anniversary season of the Mahaney Center for the Arts. A pioneer in vertical performance, BANDALOOP seamlessly weaves dynamic physicality, intricate choreography, and the art of climbing to turn the dance floor on its side. Celebrate with us as we honor nature, community, and the human spirit through perspective-bending dance. FREE

*Performances subject to change due to weather. Please check go.middlebury.edu/bandaloop for updated times and residency activities.

BANDALOOP returns to Middlebury to launch the 25th anniversary season of the Mahaney Center for the Arts. A pioneer in vertical performance, BANDALOOP seamlessly weaves dynamic physicality, intricate choreography, and the art of climbing to turn the dance floor on its side. Celebrate with us as we honor nature, community, and the human spirit through perspective-bending dance. FREE

*Performances subject to change due to weather. Please check go.middlebury.edu/bandaloop for updated times and residency activities.

BANDALOOP returns to Middlebury to launch the 25th anniversary season of the Mahaney Center for the Arts. A pioneer in vertical performance, BANDALOOP seamlessly weaves dynamic physicality, intricate choreography, and the art of climbing to turn the dance floor on its side. Celebrate with us as we honor nature, community, and the human spirit through perspective-bending dance. FREE; open to Campus Audiences

*Performances subject to change due to weather. Please check go.middlebury.edu/bandaloop for updated times and residency activities.

BANDALOOP returns to Middlebury to launch the 25th anniversary season of the Mahaney Center for the Arts. A pioneer in vertical performance, BANDALOOP seamlessly weaves dynamic physicality, intricate choreography, and the art of climbing to turn the dance floor on its side. Celebrate with us as we honor nature, community, and the human spirit through perspective-bending dance. FREE; open to Campus Audiences

*Performances subject to change due to weather. Please check go.middlebury.edu/bandaloop for updated times and residency activities.

Join Burlington Taiko as they mesmerize audiences with the powerful, spellbinding and propulsive sounds of the Taiko drums. To kick off the Mahaney Arts Center’s 30^th anniversary, Burlington Taiko leads a parade of Taiko music and a Japanese Lion Dance, starting at the center of campus and leading the crowd to the MAC’s back lawn for free, outdoor performances at 4:30 and 5:30 PM. All ages. Rain or shine. This is FREE and open to the public.

NER Out Loud is a collaboration of the New England Review, the Mahaney Arts Center, and Oratory Now. In the tradition of NPR’s “Selected Shorts,” Middlebury student actors read selections from the New England Review in a live performance, lending their voices to the work on the page and bringing it to life for an audience of students, faculty, and community members. Each year the event also features students reading their own work in a “S’More Readings” reception, representing a variety of student-edited journals.

The Middlebury College choir, under the direction of Ronnie Romano ‘20, performs a program of new music, spirituals, and folk songs. The music revolves around a central theme of WITNESS, based upon the spiritual of the same name. Composers include Francois Clemmons, Ed Thompson, Rosephanye Powell, William Byrd, Joan Szymko, and more. Come join us for this moving and vibrant program!

Inspired by the popular storytelling phenomenon The Moth, Cocoon is a special evening of true stories told live and without notes.

This year’s 10th anniversary edition, on the theme of “Lost and Found,” will feature storytellers drawn from the on- and off-campus community, including Middlebury College students Seth Brown ’24, Francis Shiner ’23, and Grace Sokolow ’24; Associate Professor of Religion Ata Anzali; and two community members: Marlon Hyde of Vermont Public, and Rainwalker Winterpainter. A public reception in the lobby will follow the presentation.

A beneficiary evening of Ukrainian music, poetry, dance, and culture, organized by Masha Makutonina ‘21 in partnership with the MAC and the Department of Music. Performers include Middlebury College students Rostyk Yarovyk, Mariia Dzholos, Kayla Schwartz, Teddy Best, and Andriiana Ilkiv; Middlebury Union High School exchange student Diana Herasim; bandura players Teryn Kuzma and Stephan Zaets; members of the Middlebury College and College-Community choirs; vocalists Jeffrey Buettner and Jessica Allen; fiddler David Gusakov; and more.

This fall, the Mahaney Arts Center Box Office will be staffed Tuesday-Friday from 10:00am-5:00 pm. For performances, the Box Office will also open one hour prior to curtain at the event venue. (Please note the McCullough box office location is closed.)

The Box Office is always available online>>