Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

Creature Creation

This is less of a class and more of a facilitated time to ask ourselves “what else?” We will mobilize the body and generate heat so that we may move through new versions of ourselves. Through prompts, games, and material we can move collectively and have dance do what it needs to do for us.

The Dance Department invites you to join our Pizza Welcome to meet faculty and hear about our exciting semester at from 6-7 pm. Audition to perform this spring from 7-8 pm. No preparation is required.

This performance aspires to reconnect the African diaspora to the evolution of American culture, highlighting the ongoing contributions of African traditions to contemporary artistic and cultural landscapes.

Event sponsors: The Dance Department, Committee on the Arts, Pedagogy Enrichment Fund, International and Global Studies, The Office of the Provost, Dean of the Faculty, Caroline McBride, and family & friends.

Tickets: https://www.middlebury.edu/college/box-office

This performance aspires to reconnect the African diaspora to the evolution of American culture, highlighting the ongoing contributions of African traditions to contemporary artistic and cultural landscapes.

Event sponsors: The Dance Department, Committee on the Arts, Pedagogy Enrichment Fund, International and Global Studies, The Office of the Provost, Dean of the Faculty, Caroline McBride, and family & friends.

Tickets: https://www.middlebury.edu/college/box-office

A rich taste of African culture
through powerful, vigorous,
high-energy movement

Let the beat of the drum move
your body. Participants will
learn songs, rhythms, dances,
and culture as we embark
on a journey of dances
from the African diaspora.

Class is accompanied by live
musicians to help participants
understand the communication
between the music and the
dance.

“A Spell for Remembering” is an evening of dance works led by Artist-in-Residence Daniel Miramontes that explores the dynamic interplay of collaborative experimentation, embodiment, and co-creation. The performance invites audiences into a shimmering landscape of connection, transformation, and joyful excess.

A co-facilitated creative workshop where we arrive together, dive into material exploration, and push toward expansive, sweaty movement. All levels of experience welcome. 

Led by: Zoe Cushman Walders, Tristan Koepke, Charlotte “C” Macko, Katelyn Sanchez, and alexx shilling

Fall Dance Concert showcasing original student choreography by Gabrielle Anchondo, Odette Castillo-Pinto, Evelyn Rodriguez, and Liefe Temple, with a new piece by Artist-in-Residence Daniel Miramontes.

Fall Dance Concert showcasing original student choreography by Gabrielle Anchondo, Odette Castillo-Pinto, Evelyn Rodriguez, and Liefe Temple, with a new piece by Artist-in-Residence Daniel Miramontes.

Play the Game. Change the Game. Leave the Game. Pathways to Black Empowerment, Prosperity, and Joy

Drawing on social science, his own experiences, and interviews with trailblazing Black leaders, Livingston reveals the contours of these oft overlapping paths for effectively navigating, mitigating, and circumventing White supremacy.

Play the Game. Change the Game. Leave the Game. is a bold, groundbreaking proposition that empowers readers to make the leap from being played to creating their own game plan.