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Middlebury Dance Department The Dance Department fosters the development of creative artists and scholars at Middlebury College.

❗️This is a call for participants❗️Middlebury students with movement experience are invited to join Meshi Chavez and gue...
10/08/2026

❗️This is a call for participants❗️
Middlebury students with movement experience are invited to join Meshi Chavez and guest choreographer Jimmy Joyner in a group performance project for Dance Company of Middlebury’s January concert, with rehearsals on October 25 and November 15 and performances on January 21 and 22.

Required group rehearsals:
Sunday, October 25, 5:30–8:00 PM, MAC 110
Sunday, November 15, 5:30–8:00 PM, MAC 110, with Jimmy Joyner
Participants must also be available for DCM tech and performances January 18–22, 2027.
Interested students should contact Meshi Chavez at [email protected] as soon as possible and no later than Friday, October 2.
Project: What Is a Body? Dancing Outside the Lines
Led by Meshi Chavez with guest choreographer Jimmy Joyner

Thank you so much Jen Hong 洪慧珍 for this amazing Movement Matter Master Class. The students of Middlebury College had suc...
10/02/2026

Thank you so much Jen Hong 洪慧珍 for this amazing Movement Matter Master Class. The students of Middlebury College had such an amazing time learning from Jen!!

Here’s a quick photo recap from last week!

Join Jen Hong for Movement Matters, a masterclass in The Axis Syllabus© exploring how subtle sensing and interoception c...
09/21/2026

Join Jen Hong for Movement Matters, a masterclass in The Axis Syllabus© exploring how subtle sensing and interoception can deepen our understanding of movement, space, and time.

Through biomechanics, physiology, and physics, we’ll investigate how we move, sense, and connect with our environment. 🌀

📅 September 23, 2026
⏰ 4:30–6:00 PM
📍 MAC Dance Theatre (110)
🎟️ FREE

Come move, explore, and discover where you are in space and time. 💫

06/14/2026

The Dance Department’s annual Spring Concert brought students together for an evening of creativity, collaboration, and performance. Showcasing pieces developed throughout the semester, the concert reflected the hard work, passion, and artistry of student dancers. Through months of rehearsals and preparation, students had the opportunity to share their talents and celebrate their growth with the campus community, making for a memorable end to the semester.

05/14/2026

Technique and Composition with Laurel Jenkins 💫

This video combines rehearsal footage and moments from the final showing of a class built around reflection, collaboration, and student feedback. The evening featured a collective group work, duo choreographies, and individual performances created and presented by the students. Each piece brought a distinct perspective, with students introducing their own work and sharing personal manifestos with the audience

05/08/2026

Students in Dance 0160: Introduction to Dance lead by came together for an end-of-semester showing that celebrated creativity, collaboration, and performance.

The showcase highlighted the work students developed throughout the semester while giving them the opportunity to share their artistry and growth with the campus community.

05/04/2026

Freshman Ali Mayah and Senior Evelyn Rodriguez talk about Evolution Dance Crew — a student-run group built around learning and practicing alternative dance styles.

Evo has become a family for a lot of dancers on campus. It’s where people bring their ideas, build them out with others, and turn them into something real. At the same time, they’re learning new styles, experimenting, and finding their own way of moving — together.

Auditions will open next fall ❤️

04/30/2026

Audrey Bean is a first-year student on both and , Middlebury’s student-led dance groups. While Riddim is separate from the Dance Department, it gives students the chance to keep dancing, performing, and creating outside of class.

She has taken several dance classes at Middlebury and intends to major in Dance. Even while recovering from an injury, Audrey has stayed involved by focusing on choreography and the creative side of performance. This semester, she is co-choreographing a piece for Riddim alongside Odette.

In her interview, Audrey shares what dance means to her, how she balances dance in and outside of class, and why being part of Riddim has been such an important part of her college experience.

❤️‍🔥 Come support her and the Riddim team this Saturday, May 2, at 7:00 and 10:00 PM in Wilson Hall. Tickets: go/boxoffice/

04/21/2026

Se Fue La Luz, Evelyn Rodriguez ‘26 senior thesis, will be shown on Thursday & Friday, April 23 & 24, 7:30–8:00 PM at MAC Dance Theatre

Welcome home! Sit down, take your jacket off, and relax while we show you all the reasons I love my culture. Se Fue La Luz embodies the phrase, “I love you, but”. Through movement, light, and archival glimpses of Dominican culture, it holds accountability for the spaces where my community falls short while celebrating its beauty, rhythm, and love. Feel the Tambora in the merengue beats, chismear a little, and witness the truths embedded in my hair

04/15/2026

Ronald Rost has been part of the Dance Department since 1982, accompanying classes, faculty and student performances, and visiting artists’ shows and workshops

In the interview, he shares how he first got into playing and collecting instruments from around the world, shaping the wide range of sounds he brings into his work today. He currently performs across Vermont with several groups, playing keyboards, Hammond organ, Moog synthesizer, and more, including with The New Nile Orchestra, Gumbo Yaya, The Dirtminers, and occasionally The Eames Brothers

On campus, much of his work centres on improvisation. He talks about the process of responding to dancers in real time, catching sonic movement, and what it’s like to build the live, responsive connection between music and dance

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