Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

A suite of dances based on the dynamics of adaptation and translation inspired by the writings of Gertrude Stein, Toni Morrison, and David Foster Wallace, whose voices capture diverse cultural relevancies through their structure of language. Choreographer Bebe Miller looks at the syntax of movement—how we apprehend meaning through the juxtaposed dynamics of action and context in time and space. Presented in conjunction with the 2018 Clifford Symposium. See go.middlebury.edu/dance for full residency schedule. Tickets: $15 Public/$12 Midd ID holders/$8 Youth/$6 Midd students

A suite of dances based on the dynamics of adaptation and translation inspired by the writings of Gertrude Stein, Toni Morrison, and David Foster Wallace, whose voices capture diverse cultural relevancies through their structure of language. Choreographer Bebe Miller looks at the syntax of movement—how we apprehend meaning through the juxtaposed dynamics of action and context in time and space. Presented in conjunction with the 2018 Clifford Symposium. See go.middlebury.edu/dance for full residency schedule. Tickets: $15 Public/$12 Midd ID holders/$8 Youth/$6 Midd students

A suite of dances based on the dynamics of adaptation and translation inspired by the writings of Gertrude Stein, Toni Morrison, and David Foster Wallace, whose voices capture diverse cultural relevancies through their structure of language. Choreographer Bebe Miller looks at the syntax of movement—how we apprehend meaning through the juxtaposed dynamics of action and context in time and space. Presented in conjunction with the 2018 Clifford Symposium. See go.middlebury.edu/dance for full residency schedule. Tickets: $15 Public/$12 Midd ID holders/$8 Youth/$6 Midd students

The class begins with a gentle physical warm up, moving into improvisational techniques and phrasework, with a special emphasis paid to musicality. Alison Clancy is a multidisciplinary artist working across the time based mediums of dance, music, and visual media, in pursuit of beauty and catharsis. Clancy has danced for ten seasons with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet and tours internationally with ZviDance. She composes music for theater and film and has released albums under the monikers Psycho Tyko, Loving You, HUFF THIS!, and Electric Child. All levels welcome.

Alison Clancy is a NYC-based multidisciplinary artist working across the mediums of dance, music, and visual media. Her artistic endeavors are centered around the pursuit of beauty and catharsis, pushing the edges of contemporary dance and music, with depths of somatic practices related to spiritual and psychological development.

This informal showing demonstrates the research undertaken by the Advanced Improvisation course directed by Lida Winfield. Ron Rost and Deborah Felmeth perform music composed in the moment. Free