artist ~ experimentalist ~ mover & shaker
1001 Arab Futures
co-directed by Yara Boustany (Lebanon)
Andrea Shaker (Minneapolis)
and Mette Loulou von Kohl (New York City)
concept, creative contributions and performance by Sharon Mansur
sound by woolen lover
An intimate outdoor site-specific dance performance and visual installation
contemplating imaginative visions, past reckonings, embodied truths
and other future potentials from the Arab diaspora.
Minnesota Conservatory for the Arts
Keoxa/Winona, Dakota Land, Mni Sota Makoce/MN
Live performance: June 10-12, 2021 @ 7pm CST (rain date June 13)
Online Virtual Viewing: June 17-19, 2021
Watch Party/Artist Discussion option June 19 @2pm CST
Moderated by Leyya Mona Tawil, supported by Art of the Rural
Visual Installation by Andrea Shaker: June 1-28 in MCA's Galleria Valéncia
For more information and tickets: www.cedartreeproject.com
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The McKnight Foundation's Dance Fellows SOLO Commission evening
The Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts
Minneapolis, Mni Sota Makoce/MN
September 18, 2021 @ 7:30pm CST
www.mcknightdancechoreo.org/solo
1001 Arab Futures was commissioned by The Cowles Center as part of their McKnight SOLO Commissioning Program, funded by the McKnight Foundation. It was commissioned on behalf of Sharon Mansur, 2018 McKnight Dancer Fellow. Sharon Mansur, in partnership with the Minnesota Conservatory for the Arts, is a fiscal year 2020 recipient of a Cultural Community Partnership grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature; and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support for this project is being provided by Art of the Rural.
SHIFT~ performance salons (COVID style)
curated by Sharon Mansur
featuring:
Erin Drummond, Sarah Johnson, Stuff Studio,
Sydney Swanson, Mai'a Williams, and woolen lover
Keoxa/Winona, MN
Summer/Fall 2021
Sharon Mansur is a fiscal year 2021 recipient of a Creative Support for Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature,
and by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
...in the space between dance film still, videography by BodyCartography, 2018
co-directed by Yara Boustany (Lebanon)
Andrea Shaker (Minneapolis)
and Mette Loulou von Kohl (New York City)
concept, creative contributions and performance by Sharon Mansur
sound by woolen lover
An intimate outdoor site-specific dance performance and visual installation
contemplating imaginative visions, past reckonings, embodied truths
and other future potentials from the Arab diaspora.
Minnesota Conservatory for the Arts
Keoxa/Winona, Dakota Land, Mni Sota Makoce/MN
Live performance: June 10-12, 2021 @ 7pm CST (rain date June 13)
Online Virtual Viewing: June 17-19, 2021
Watch Party/Artist Discussion option June 19 @2pm CST
Moderated by Leyya Mona Tawil, supported by Art of the Rural
Visual Installation by Andrea Shaker: June 1-28 in MCA's Galleria Valéncia
For more information and tickets: www.cedartreeproject.com
&
The McKnight Foundation's Dance Fellows SOLO Commission evening
The Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts
Minneapolis, Mni Sota Makoce/MN
September 18, 2021 @ 7:30pm CST
www.mcknightdancechoreo.org/solo
1001 Arab Futures was commissioned by The Cowles Center as part of their McKnight SOLO Commissioning Program, funded by the McKnight Foundation. It was commissioned on behalf of Sharon Mansur, 2018 McKnight Dancer Fellow. Sharon Mansur, in partnership with the Minnesota Conservatory for the Arts, is a fiscal year 2020 recipient of a Cultural Community Partnership grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature; and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support for this project is being provided by Art of the Rural.
SHIFT~ performance salons (COVID style)
curated by Sharon Mansur
featuring:
Erin Drummond, Sarah Johnson, Stuff Studio,
Sydney Swanson, Mai'a Williams, and woolen lover
Keoxa/Winona, MN
Summer/Fall 2021
Sharon Mansur is a fiscal year 2021 recipient of a Creative Support for Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature,
and by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
...in the space between dance film still, videography by BodyCartography, 2018