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Faculty Dance Concert

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Dance
On one night only, the Dance Program offers samples of faculty choreography, featuring works by Karima Borni, Christal Brown, Dante Brown, Laurel Jenkins, and Lida Winfield. Tickets: $15 General public/$12 Midd ID holders/$8 Youth/$6 Midd students

Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

Open to the Public

Earth Day 2019: Nourishing Change through the Arts

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Dance and Environmental Studies
Dance, music and visual arts event, panel and reception to honor Earth Day & the Arts. Earth Day 2019 Nourishing Change Through the Arts will be an approximately three-hour event with live music and dance performances, artistic displays, and a panel discussion with students and local artists followed by an informal reception. Art will address the theme of all living beings - including humans in relationship to the Earth and our changing climate. All programming will be engaging and participatory when possible and choreographed to flow, literally, like water throughout the entire venue.

Mahaney Arts Center Lower Lobby

Open to the Public

The Dance Company of Middlebury "Warrior Work: Show Up. Tell the Truth."

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Dance
Warrior Work results from research by the company teaching and performing in a variety of communities, using dance as a platform for personal truth-telling and bridge building. Directed by Lida Winfield in collaboration with Aysha Upchurch and the company members. Tickets: $15 General public/$12 Midd ID holders/$8 Youth/$6 Midd students

Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

Open to the Public

The Dance Company of Middlebury "Warrior Work: Show Up. Tell the Truth."

Sponsored by:
Dance
Warrior Work results from research by the company teaching and performing in a variety of communities, using dance as a platform for personal truth-telling and bridge building. Directed by Lida Winfield in collaboration with Aysha Upchurch and the company members. Tickets: $15 General public/$12 Midd ID holders/$8 Youth/$6 Midd students

Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

Open to the Public

The Dance Company of Middlebury: Presence as Performance

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Dance
Butoh artist Meshi Chavez believes that radical engagement requires radical attentiveness. This inquiry into performativity is crucial to the inception and development of a thought-provoking project directed by Scholar in Residence Karima Borni in collaboration with Chavez, accessing embodied presence to cultivate authenticity and responsiveness. Tickets: $15/12/8/6; on sale January 6

   

Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

Open to the Public

The Dance Company of Middlebury: Presence as Performance

Sponsored by:
Dance
Butoh artist Meshi Chavez believes that radical engagement requires radical attentiveness. This inquiry into performativity is crucial to the inception and development of a thought-provoking project directed by Scholar in Residence Karima Borni in collaboration with Chavez, accessing embodied presence to cultivate authenticity and responsiveness. Tickets: $15/12/8/6; on sale January 6

   

Mahaney Arts Center Dance Theatre

Open to the Public

The Dance Company of Middlebury In-Progress Showing

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

The Dance Company of Middlebury, under the direction of Visiting Assistant Professor Lida Winfield and in collaboration with guest artist Aysha Upchurch, is teaching and performing in a variety of communities, using dance as a platform for personal truth–telling and bridge building. This research will culminate in an original evening length work to be performed and toured in January. Come take a sneak peek at “Warrior Work: Show Up. Tell the Truth.” Free
Open to the Public

Senior Thesis Dance Concert

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Dance
Marquise Adeleye ’20, Sam Kann ’20.5, and Kereem A. Morgan ’19.5 examine the intersection of contemporary choreography with their varied additional disciplines to create an evening as diverse and layered as their intellectual pursuits. They present works that awaken the audience’s creative mind and offer a reimagining of time, technology, and storytelling. Tickets: $15/12/8/6; on sale April 13

Open to the Public

Senior Thesis Dance Concert

Sponsored by:
Dance
Marquise Adeleye ’20, Sam Kann ’20.5, and Kereem A. Morgan ’19.5 examine the intersection of contemporary choreography with their varied additional disciplines to create an evening as diverse and layered as their intellectual pursuits. They present works that awaken the audience’s creative mind and offer a reimagining of time, technology, and storytelling. Tickets: $15/12/8/6; on sale April 13

Open to the Public

Dance Master Class with Duane Lee Holland

Sponsored by:
Dance
Mahaney Arts Center, Dance Theatre

This class provides an introduction to the theory, practice, aesthetics, and historical foundations of hip-hop dance. Students will explore the roots of funk and hip-hop dance in the social fabric of African, Caribbean, and Afro-Latin cultures while examining reinventions of ragtime, swing, and rock n’ roll throughout 20th century America. A Dance Program event. Free
Open to the Public