Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

Three dance majors will present their thesis concert A Night In. The evening will be shared by Chloe Zinn ‘22, Oliver Buzzard ‘22.5, and Maia Sauer ‘22. They will present original dance work in an evening of storytelling, meditation, and celebration.

Content Warning: One of the dance pieces includes nudity.

Full vaccinations and boosters (or valid medical or religious exemptions) and masks required.

If you have symptoms, or have been exposed to or tested positive for COVID-19 within the past 5 days, you may not attend arts events.

Three dance majors will present their thesis concert A Night In. The evening will be shared by Chloe Zinn ‘22, Oliver Buzzard ‘22.5, and Maia Sauer ‘22. They will present original dance work in an evening of storytelling, meditation, and celebration.

Content Warning: One of the dance pieces includes nudity.

Full vaccinations and boosters (or valid medical or religious exemptions) and masks required.

If you have symptoms, or have been exposed to or tested positive for COVID-19 within the past 5 days, you may not attend arts events.

Guided Movement Experience: Gaga/people Class + Structured Improvisation

Moving in the Moment
Designed to ignite self sensation and learn about one’s own creative intuition, imaginative prompts lead the body to move through rigor and ease in a dynamic flow. Connection to sound and relation to space play a role in engaging with ephemeral moments.

This event is open to Middlebury students, faculty, and staff.

Want to dance? Want to find out more about the Dance Department? Come to this fun and welcoming audition.
Audition to be in a senior thesis performance or the Faculty Dance Concert. Dates and rehearsal schedule will be shared at the audition.
No need to prepare dance material ahead of time. Come in clothing you can easily move in.
Email lwinfield@middlebury.edu with any questions.

Conference of the Birds is an evening-length, multi-media movement theater work inspired by the epic poem of Farid Ud din Attar, embodying modern-day stories of migration. Attar’s The Conference of the Birds is the tale of a group of birds that set off in search of a mythical being, the Simurgh. Many of the birds abandon the quest. When the remaining birds arrive in the land of the Simurgh, they find themselves reflected—they are the very deity they seek.

Conference of the Birds is an evening-length, multi-media movement theater work inspired by the epic poem of Farid Ud din Attar, embodying modern-day stories of migration. Attar’s The Conference of the Birds is the tale of a group of birds that set off in search of a mythical being, the Simurgh. Many of the birds abandon the quest. When the remaining birds arrive in the land of the Simurgh, they find themselves reflected—they are the very deity they seek.

Our Return is the Fall Dance Department Concert with student choreography from Meshi Chavez’s 460 Intermediate/Advance Dance class with lighting done by students in Production Workshop. 

Our Return is the Fall Dance Department Concert with student choreography from Meshi Chavez’s 460 Intermediate/Advance Dance class with lighting done by students in Production Workshop. 

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.