Dance

Shakia Barron is a choreographer, performer, and dance educator whose work is rooted in the African Diaspora, focusing on Funk Styles, Hip-Hop, House, and other African diasporic dance forms. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Dance at Mount Holyoke College. She graduated with her MFA in Choreography at Wilson College, she holds an Associate’s degree in dance and psychology from Dean College, a Bachelor’s in liberal arts from Westfield State University, and she received the National Dance Institute’s teaching artist certificate in 2009.

Join Soriba “Simbo” Camara in a high energy, quick moving and joyful dance class celebrating the dynamic traditional rhythms from Guinea, West Africa. Live drummers will accompany the class taking the energy to the next level. Bring your loose, comfortable clothing, bare feet, and water! Open to Middlebury students, faculty and staff. All levels and abilities welcome.

Join Soriba “Simbo” Camara in a high energy, quick moving and joyful dance class celebrating the dynamic traditional rhythms from Guinea, West Africa. Live drummers will accompany the class taking the energy to the next level. Bring your loose, comfortable clothing, bare feet, and water! Open to Middlebury students, faculty and staff. All levels and abilities welcome.

Open to Middlebury College students only.

Epiphany “Big Piph” Morrow will present a dynamic and interactive workshop focused on creative writing in the hip hop genres. Through exercises, the students will explore their personal stories in parallel with learning about the evolution of hip hop and its world impact. Emphasis will be placed on the values of discipline, creativity, confidence, communication, and respect of others. During this time students will form creative pieces of their own. Big Piph will assist them through the process which includes, but is not limited to topics, writing, delivery, and beat selection.

Epiphany “Big Piph” Morrow will present a dynamic and interactive workshop focused on creative writing in the hip hop genres. Through exercises, the students will explore their personal stories in parallel with learning about the evolution of hip hop and its world impact. Emphasis will be placed on the values of discipline, creativity, confidence, communication, and respect of others. During this time students will form creative pieces of their own. Big Piph will assist them through the process which includes, but is not limited to topics, writing, delivery, and beat selection.

Want to dance? Find out more about the Dance Department at this fun and welcoming pizza dinner and audition. Audition to be in a senior thesis performance or the Faculty Dance Concert. Dates and rehearsal schedule will be shared at the audition. Open to Middlebury ID card holders only.
No need to prepare dance material ahead of time.
Come in clothing you can easily move in.

Dance Company Middlebury 2023 presents the show Valorous Sky, an examination of the nature of relationships. This show is the culmination of 5 months of training with Artist in Residence Meshi Chavez & Guest choreographer Subashini Ganesan-Forbes.

Dance Company Middlebury 2023 presents the show Valorous Sky, an examination of the nature of relationships. This show is the culmination of 5 months of training with Artist in Residence Meshi Chavez & Guest choreographer Subashini Ganesan-Forbes.

Have tea or coffee on the Dance Department and join Dance Alumni Miguel Alejandro Castillo at Crossroads Cafe for casual conversation about art making and life beyond Middlebury as an artist.