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Saturday, April 15, 2023

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    New Directions Spring Arts Festival: 27 Breaths

    27 Breaths is a live music and movement piece created and performed by composer and musician, Mathew Evan Taylor, and choreographer and dancer, Laurel Jenkins. In close proximity Taylor and Jenkins Inhale/Exhale, Push/Pull, never simply breathe…

    Shows at 2:15pm and 6:15pm.

    Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall

    Open to the Public
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    New Directions Spring Arts Festival: Inner Landscapes

    Inner Landscapes is a performance practice developed by Assistant Professor of Dance Laurel Jenkins and Nives Sertic, a projection artist based in Croatia. Middlebury College’s New Directions Spring Arts Festival will present the second iteration of this work which began when Sertic and Jenkins met as artists-in-residence last year at Cite des International Arts in Paris, France. This intimate work submerges the body in worlds of color. Original sound is played live by Matthew Evan Taylor and costumes are by Mac Melrose.

    Shows at 2:30pm and 6:30pm.

    Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

    Open to the Public
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    New Directions Spring Arts Festival: Momentary Exchange

    Co-created and directed by Michole Biancosino, Assistant Professor of Theatre, with Visiting Artist, Todd Anderson, digital poet and technologist

    Leave your cellphone on for this unique theatre event. In this app-driven performance piece, you are invited to take a 50 minute journey - through memory, relationships, songs, and weather – as we take a road trip together. Audiences co-write the story in real time by using your phone and responding to prompts in real-time. It’s going to be a wild ride.

    Mahaney Arts Center Seeler Studio Theatre

    Open to the Public
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    BalFolk Workshop

    Traditional music, dance, and flavors of France will be fêted at this ‘BalFolk’ celebration and workshop. Join meneuse de danse Mary Wesley, the musical trio Triton (Affiliate Artist Timothy Cummings, Jeremiah McLane, Alex Kehler) and student musicians in celebrating the traditions of central France, Brittany, and beyond. French-inspired refreshments included. Sponsored by the Department of Music. Free

    Chateau Grand Salon

    Open to the Public

  • New Directions Arts Festival: Meet & Greet

    Join us for cider and cookies and meet the faculty and students of the New Directions Arts Festival. The Festival is an interdisciplinary performance with music, dance, visual art, and theatre, led by Dr. Matthew Evan Taylor (Music), Michelle Leftheris (Studio Art), Laurel Jenkins (Dance) and Michole Biancosino (Theatre).

    Mahaney Arts Center Lower Lobby

    Open to the Public
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    New Directions Spring Arts Festival: In the Moment

    At this very moment,
    You’ve breathed molecules
    First produced by Cyanobacteria epochs ago
    How does this make you feel?
    Does it sound like this?

    Shows at 2:00pm and 6:00pm.

    Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall

    Open to the Public
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    New Directions Spring Arts Festival: 27 Breaths

    27 Breaths is a live music and movement piece created and performed by composer and musician, Mathew Evan Taylor, and choreographer and dancer, Laurel Jenkins. In close proximity Taylor and Jenkins Inhale/Exhale, Push/Pull, never simply breathe…

    Shows at 2:15pm and 6:15pm.

    Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall

    Open to the Public
  • silhouette of person from behind

    New Directions Spring Arts Festival: Inner Landscapes

    Inner Landscapes is a performance practice developed by Assistant Professor of Dance Laurel Jenkins and Nives Sertic, a projection artist based in Croatia. Middlebury College’s New Directions Spring Arts Festival will present the second iteration of this work which began when Sertic and Jenkins met as artists-in-residence last year at Cite des International Arts in Paris, France. This intimate work submerges the body in worlds of color. Original sound is played live by Matthew Evan Taylor and costumes are by Mac Melrose.

    Shows at 2:30pm and 6:30pm.

    Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

    Open to the Public
  • photos of artists, side by side

    New Directions Spring Arts Festival: Momentary Exchange

    Co-created and directed by Michole Biancosino, Assistant Professor of Theatre, with Visiting Artist, Todd Anderson, digital poet and technologist

    Leave your cellphone on for this unique theatre event. In this app-driven performance piece, you are invited to take a 50 minute journey - through memory, relationships, songs, and weather – as we take a road trip together. Audiences co-write the story in real time by using your phone and responding to prompts in real-time. It’s going to be a wild ride.

    Mahaney Arts Center Seeler Studio Theatre

    Open to the Public
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    A Woman Left Lonely

    Find a glimmer of hope even in the loneliest of lives. Join three of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tennessee Williams’ iconic heroines as they grapple with isolation, embrace desire, and chase after dreams. This night of short plays and scenes includes the explosive classic, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen; and This Property Is Condemned. Senior thesis work of Victoria Keith ‘23. Directed by Bri Beach ‘23.5 and Sophie Butler-Rahman ‘25.

    Hepburn Zoo

    Open to the Public

Monday, April 17, 2023

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    Vogue Fem with Omari Wiles

    Beginners Level breakdown of the Five Elements of Vogue Femme. Learn a series of exercises and techniques that will help you better develop your quality of performance and usage of Elements and personality. Class is lead with a warmup and stretch before taking the Elements across the floor. A Student-supported Rothrock Residency event.

    Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

    Free
    Open to the Public

Thursday, April 20, 2023

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    Artist Talk with Omari Wiles: Vogue Fem Residency

    Come and Listen to New York-based Dancer and Choreographer Omari Wiles as he shares his Dance journey and experience in the Ballroom community. Wiles began his training in West African dance as a child, and himself learning, training and falling in love with other styles such as Hip-Hop, House, Modern, Jazz, and Vogue. Wiles has had the opportunity to work with many artists, featuring his range of dance. His choreography has been featured with Janet Jackson, Beyoncé, John Legend, Jidenna, and Rashaad Newsome, Lady Gaga, Madonna, and many more.

    Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

    Open to the Public
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    Destroying Angels

    After returning home for their father’s funeral, a trio of Mormon siblings; Hem, Zooey, and Ollie; embark on a desperate adventure to spread their father’s ashes and escape a bloodthirsty serial killer. Written by Middlebury playwright Cole Merrell (’21), Destroying Angels is a twisted road-trip dramedy that discusses the effects of religion on your family, your friends, and yourself. Senior 700 project in acting for Maggie Connolly. Senior 700 project in directing for Zachary Maluccio.

    Hepburn Zoo

    Open to the Public

Friday, April 21, 2023

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    Art vs. the Apocalypse: Fishbowl Symposium

    Join us for a dynamic conversation with guest speakers and community members about how art can reflect, engage, and resist apocalyptic ideas and futures.

    Mahaney Arts Center Seeler Studio Theatre

    Open to the Public
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    Theatre Department Auditions for Fall '23 Productions

    The Theatre Department invites ALL STUDENTS to audition for the Fall 2023 faculty directed productions of:
    Greek Tragedy by Lia Romeo directed by Michole Biancosino, and
    Polaroid Stories by Naomi Iizuka directed by Alex Draper

    Come to the upper MAC lobby at 5:45pm to sign up for a slot. We will hear people individually in the order they have signed up. All are requested to have a 45 - 60 second monologue. Memorization and preparation are strongly preferred.
    Please visit go/auditions for more information. Open to Middlebury students.

    Mahaney Arts Center 232

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    Destroying Angels

    After returning home for their father’s funeral, a trio of Mormon siblings; Hem, Zooey, and Ollie; embark on a desperate adventure to spread their father’s ashes and escape a bloodthirsty serial killer. Written by Middlebury playwright Cole Merrell (’21), Destroying Angels is a twisted road-trip dramedy that discusses the effects of religion on your family, your friends, and yourself. Senior 700 project in acting for Maggie Connolly. Senior 700 project in directing for Zachary Maluccio.

    Hepburn Zoo

    Open to the Public
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    Showcase featuring Omari Wiles

    Ousmane Omari Wiles is an African American West African and Vogue dancer, who has performed at performed at the Joyce Theater, Harlem Stage, Gibney Dance, and with Works and Process at the Guggenheim, and Lincoln Center.

    Performance contains haze, flashing and strobe lights.

    A student-supported Rothrock Residency event.

    Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

    Free
    Open to the Public
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    Sophie Shao & Friends

    Acclaimed Cellist Sophie Shao collaborates with our Performing Arts Series each season to bring a fresh chamber music performance—this year, responding to our request for a program celebrating composer Sergei Rachmaninoff’s 150th birthday. She’s joined by violinist Scott Yoo and pianist John Novacek for Rachmaninoff’s Piano Trio élégiaque No. 1, Reena Esmail’s Piano Trio, and more. and If you’ve never heard Shao play before, or if you’re a veteran of her concerts, you’ll revel in her remarkable ability to assemble impromptu ensembles that shine.

    Mahaney Arts Center, Olin C. Robison Concert Hall

    $25/20/10/5; streaming tickets $15/5
    Open to the Public