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Movement Matters: Miguel Alejandro Castillo

Sponsored by:
Dance
Mahaney Arts Center, Dance Theatre

Invite your Proctor crush to a crash course on the basics of Salsa dance. Don’t have a Proctor crush? No worries, self-love is honestly the ultimate crush. So take yourself on a date and come out to dance.

In this Movement Matter class, we will warm up the body to an array of Latin rhythms (Bad Bunny will be on the playlist). We will learn the basics steps of salsa and create a dance combination which we will practice and refine as a group. Be ready to sweat and learn some moves with an encouraging community.
Free
Open to the Public
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Movement Matters Luncheon: Miguel Alejandro Castillo

Sponsored by:
Dance
Bring your own lunch for a relaxed conversation about being a dance-artist beyond Middlebury.

Miguel Alejandro Castillo is a queer, interdisciplinary artist born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela. A choreographer, director, installation artist, theatre deviser, and performer, he is drawn to the permeability of art forms and the new inquires that arise from cross-disciplinary and multicultural collaborations.

Mahaney Arts Center Cafe

Open to the Public
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A Celebration of the life and art of Peter Schmitz

Sponsored by:
Dance and Theatre
The departments of Dance and Theatre invite you to join them in celebration of our friend, colleague, mentor, and teacher Peter Schmitz. A reception in the Lower Lobby will follow. Open to Middlebury College students, faculty, staff, and alumni.

This event will be streamed (click here).

Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

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Intermediate/Advanced Ballet

Sponsored by:
Dance
Ballet returns to the dance department this fall. Classical ballet technique in traditional ballet class structure. No point shoes, please. Each session is open to a maximum of 20 participants.  PE credit is available for attendance at 8 classes. Previous dance experience in any form is recommended. Sign up at go/iballet22. Open to Middlebury College students.

Mahaney Arts Center Dance Studio

Free
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Beginning Ballet

Sponsored by:
Dance
Ballet returns to the dance department this fall. Classical ballet technique in traditional ballet class structure. No point shoes, please. Each session is open to a maximum of 20 participants.  PE credit is available for attendance at 8 classes. Previous dance experience in any form is recommended. Sign up at go/bballet22. Open to Middlebury College students.

Mahaney Arts Center Dance Studio

Free
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Movement Matters: Burlington Taiko

Sponsored by:
Mahaney Arts Center and Dance
Join Burlington Taiko Founder and Artistic Director Stuart Paton for an exciting workshop designed to invigorate body and spirit, bridge international cultures, and rebuild the sense of community that was diminished during the pandemic. Since 1987, Burlington Taiko has been mesmerizing audiences with the powerful, spellbinding and propulsive sounds of the Taiko drums. Burlington Taiko Group estimates it has introduced over half a million people to the power of Taiko via performances from the Boston Marathon toBurlington’s First Night to the Black Ships Festival in Newport, RI, and more.

Mahaney Arts Center Plaza

Free
Open to the Public
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Dance Company of Middlebury Pre-Semester Workshop

Sponsored by:
Dance
Join Artist in Residence Meshi Chavez and Guest Bharatanatyam Artist Subashini Ganesan-Forbes for the pre-semester workshop of dance. We will reveal and deepen our dance through conversations between body and the unknown. Together we will explore how embodied freedom comes from collective strength.

go/registerDCM

Please fill out this short form if you are interested in attending. This workshop
is required for students in The Dance Company of Middlebury 22/23. The workshop is open to Middlebury College students only.

Mahaney Arts Center Dance Studio

Free
2 people dancing with one behind the other

Dance Company of Middlebury Pre-Semester Workshop

Sponsored by:
Dance
Join Artist in Residence Meshi Chavez and Guest Bharatanatyam Artist Subashini Ganesan-Forbes for the pre-semester workshop of dance. We will reveal and deepen our dance through conversations between body and the unknown. Together we will explore how embodied freedom comes from collective strength.

go/registerDCM

Please fill out this short form if you are interested in attending. This workshop
is required for students in The Dance Company of Middlebury 22/23. The workshop is open to Middlebury College students only.

Mahaney Arts Center Dance Studio

Free
2 people dancing with one behind the other

Dance Company of Middlebury Pre-Semester Workshop

Sponsored by:
Dance
Join Artist in Residence Meshi Chavez and Guest Bharatanatyam Artist Subashini Ganesan-Forbes for the pre-semester workshop of dance. We will reveal and deepen our dance through conversations between body and the unknown. Together we will explore how embodied freedom comes from collective strength.

go/registerDCM

Please fill out this short form if you are interested in attending. This workshop
is required for students in The Dance Company of Middlebury 22/23. The workshop is open to Middlebury College students only.

Mahaney Arts Center Dance Studio

Free