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Being in the Body - 3 Day Workshop

Sponsored by:
Dance
What is holding the being? What is holding the body? What is your set point? What is your zero point? Participants in this 3 day workshop will engage in communication through touch, sensing, energy exploration, physical puzzles and what can be imagined. The process is directed, specific and open for your uniqueness. Come bask in the weight body, sensing body and spirit in space. Open to all. Registration at go/mann and participation in all sessions required. 

Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

Open to the Public

Being in the Body - 3 Day Workshop

Sponsored by:
Dance
What is holding the being? What is holding the body? What is your set point? What is your zero point? Participants in this 3 day workshop will engage in communication through touch, sensing, energy exploration, physical puzzles and what can be imagined. The process is directed, specific and open for your uniqueness. Come bask in the weight body, sensing body and spirit in space. Open to all. Registration at go/mann and participation in all sessions required. 

Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

Open to the Public

Being in the Body - 3 Day Workshop

Sponsored by:
Dance
What is holding the being? What is holding the body? What is your set point? What is your zero point? Participants in this 3 day workshop will engage in communication through touch, sensing, energy exploration, physical puzzles and what can be imagined. The process is directed, specific and open for your uniqueness. Come bask in the weight body, sensing body and spirit in space. Open to all. Registration at go/mann and participation in all sessions required. 

Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

Open to the Public

Sara Shelton Mann, "Raine/Vortex" + "Middlebury Performance Lab"

Sponsored by:
Dance
As part of the her Middlebury College Rothrock Residency, San Francisco-based choreographer Sara Shelton Mann presents two works in one evening: the culmination of an intensive performance process with Middlebury College students followed by “Raine/Vortex,” an evolving collaboration between Sara Shelton Mann and Jesse Zaritt. Sponsored by the Rothrock Family Residency Fund, Middlebury Dance Program, and the Middlebury Department of Music. Free.

Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

Open to the Public

Samar Haddad King and Zoe Rabinowitz lecture

Samar Haddad King and Zoe Rabinowitz
“Reclaiming and Redefining Space in Conflict Zones” addresses issues relevant to students and professionals working in the fields of: dance, theater, music, education and art education, global policy, human rights, international conflict and relations, Middle East studies, non-profit administration and management, political science, and others.

Robert A. Jones '59 Conference Room

Ragamala Dance Company: Sacred Earth

Sponsored by:
Performing Arts Series and Dance
Inspired by the philosophies behind the ephemeral arts of Kolam and Warli painting and the Tamil Sangam literature of India, Sacred Earth is Ranee and Aparna Ramaswamy’s singular vision of the beautiful, fragile relationship between nature and man. Ragamala’s dancers perform with live music to create a sacred space honoring the divinity in the natural world and the sustenance we derive from it.

Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

Open to the Public

Ragamala Dance Company: Sacred Earth

Sponsored by:
Performing Arts Series and Dance
Inspired by the philosophies behind the ephemeral arts of Kolam and Warli painting and the Tamil Sangam literature of India, Sacred Earth is Ranee and Aparna Ramaswamy’s singular vision of the beautiful, fragile relationship between nature and man. Ragamala’s dancers perform with live music to create a sacred space honoring the divinity in the natural world and the sustenance we derive from it.

Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

Open to the Public

Movement Matters Spotlight with Shakia Johnson

Sponsored by:
Dance
Shakia Johnson’s master classes engage with the history of hip hop through its evolution of movement. She is an accomplished choreographer, performer, and educator based in Massachusetts’ Pioneer Valley, and is a beloved instructor at the Bates Dance Festival. More at www.shakiajohnson.com. Free

Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

Open to the Public

Movement Matters Spotlight with Wendy Whelan

Sponsored by:
Dance
Mahaney Center for the Arts, Dance Theatre

Join us for this master class with renowned New York City Ballet principal dancer Wendy Whelan. Her work collaborating with young choreographers in creating solos and duets is the subject of the documentary “Restless Creature” currently playing on Netflix. Sponsored by the dance program, the Professors of the Practice program, and GooseCreek Ventures, LLC. Free
Open to the Public