Events
What’s Happening at Bates
Except as noted, these events are open to the public at no charge. (Where there is an admission fee, the cost for the general public appears first, followed by the cost for students and seniors.)
Exhibitions at Bates
Concert on the Quad: Stomp Rocket & Dela Murphy
Historic Quad: Dave Langford on fiddle, Glen Loper on mandolin and banjo, and Bethany Waickman on guitar and piano are Stomp Rocket, known through th…
Bates Dance Festival: Doug Varone & Dancers
Schaeffer Theatre: Festival favorite Varone presents the New England premiere of 'in the shelter of the fold/epilogue,' two works comprising an inqui…
Bates Dance Festival: Doug Varone & Dancers
Schaeffer Theatre: Festival favorite Varone presents the New England premiere of 'in the shelter of the fold/epilogue,' two works comprising an inqui…
Bates Dance Festival: Lida Winfield
Gannett Theater, Pettigrew Hall: Visiting professor of dance at Middlebury College, choreographer Winfield returns to Bates with the Maine premiere o…
Bates Dance Festival: Lida Winfield
Gannett Theater, Pettigrew Hall: Visiting professor of dance at Middlebury College, choreographer Winfield returns to Bates with the Maine premiere o…
Bates Dance Festival: Netta Yerushalmy
Schaeffer Theatre: Yerushalmy offers the Maine premiere of her 20-performer 'Paramodernities,' a series of six lecture-performances or dance-experime…
Bates Dance Festival: Netta Yerushalmy
Schaeffer Theatre: Yerushalmy offers the Maine premiere of her 20-performer 'Paramodernities,' a series of six lecture-performances or dance-experime…
Bates Dance Festival: Reggie Wilson / Fist & Heel Performance Group
Schaeffer Theatre: Wilson, who draws from the cultures of Africans in the Americas and combines them with postmodern elements and his own personal st…
Zen Meditation
Chase Hall 203 - Hirasawa Lounge: Soto Zen service with transmitted teacher Jaime McLeod, featuring seated meditation, walking meditation, practice i…
Bates Dance Festival: The Musicians' Concert
Gendron Franco Center, 46 Cedar St.: Thoughtful, playful and profound music takes center stage when these extraordinary composers, known for their co…
Concert on the Quad: Stream Reggae
Historic Quad: Featuring singer-guitarist Nyah Henderson, who founded the band in in 1997, this Maine quartet comprising Dominican and Jamaican music…
Bates Dance Festival: Joanna Kotze
Alumni Gym: New York City dance artist Kotze presents 'What will we be like when we get there,' a multidisciplinary contemporary performance. Fusing …
Bates Dance Festival: nora chipaumire
Gannett Theater, Pettigrew Hall: Concluding a yearlong residency at Bates, chipaumire and company present the New England premiere of '100% POP.' Dev…
Bates Dance Festival: jumatatu m. poe & Jermone Donte Beacham
Portland (see description): Co-choreographers poe and Beacham present the New England premiere of 'This is a Formation: Intervention.' Part performan…
Bates Dance Festival: Joanna Kotze
Alumni Gym: New York City dance artist Kotze presents 'What will we be like when we get there,' a multidisciplinary contemporary performance. Fusing …
Bates Dance Festival: nora chipaumire
Gannett Theater, Pettigrew Hall: Concluding a yearlong residency at Bates, chipaumire and company present the New England premiere of '100% POP.' Dev…
Bates Dance Festival: 'Young Choreographers | New Work'
Schaeffer Theatre 204 - Theatre: This informal adjudicated showing features 12 new works by talented festival students. Audience members are invited …
Bates Dance Festival: jumatatu m. poe & Jermone Donte Beacham
Lewiston (see description): Co-choreographers poe and Beacham present the New England premiere of 'This is a Formation: Intervention.' Part performan…