Middlebury College

In fall 2022, Middlebury College's Mahaney Arts Center (MAC) will celebrate its 30th anniversary as a hub of arts activity for on- and off-campus audiences. To kick off the anniversary year, we‘ll present Burlington Taiko in a residency designed to rebuild the sense of community that was diminished during the pandemic.

A weeklong residency will include workshops for Middlebury College students (including ethnomusicology and dance students), area schoolchildren, and community members. The residency will culminate in a series of free, outdoor performances on the back lawn of the Mahaney Arts Center. We plan to engage community participants from both on- and off-campus to not only watch the performance(s), but also to participate: playing drums, participating in a parade that will lead audiences to the MAC for the shows, and performing in a Japanese Lion Dance at intervals in the parade.