2021
1001 Arab Futures
concept, creative contributions and performance by Sharon Mansur
co-directed by Yara Boustany (Lebanon), Andrea Shaker (Minneapolis), and Mette Loulou von Kohl (New York City), sound by woolen lover, costume by Angie Vo
Live outdoor site-specific dance performance and visual installation
Online Viewing and Watch Party with Artist Discussion, facilitated by Leyya Mona Tawil
Indoor visual installation at the Valencia Arts Center by Andrea Shaker
Minnesota Conservatory for the Arts
Keoxa/Winona, Mni Sota Makoce/MN
June 2021
Lebanon International Dance Festival
Online screening of 1001 Arab Futures live performance video
Tiro Arts Association, Lebanon
August 2021
The McKnight Foundation's Dance Fellows SOLO Commission evening
The Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts
Minneapolis, Mni Sota Makoce/MN
September 2021
Arab American National Museum's Arab Film Festival
Virtual viewing
November 1-7, 2021
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 by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Sharon Mansur was also a 2018-2019 McKnight Foundation Dance Fellow and received support from the McKnight SOLO commission program.
SHIFT~ performance salons
curated by Sharon Mansur
featuring: Erin Drummond, Sarah Johnson, Marcia Ratliff, StuffStudio, Sydney Swanson, Mai'a Williams
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.
2020
...in the space between
site-specific dance film screening at Winona Main Street Program's Dine Out Downtown
Fall 2020
Supported by a 2020 individual artist grant from the Winona Fine Arts Commission
homesick
Ten Tiny Virtual Dances
curated by Sarah Carlson/DanceLink
May 2020
small distances
Mid West Music Fest at HOME
May 2020
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C3HtS1b5rM&t=1832s
view minutes 30-60:
The Cedar Tree Project presents:
Western Sahara & Palestine: an evening of creative resistance
with Leila Awadallah, Fatimatu Bachiri, Alexis Salem and Mai'a Williams
March 2020
Art of the Rural's Public Launch, Keoxa/Winona, MN
Video still from small distances, Mid West Music Fest at Home, 2020
1001 Arab Futures
concept, creative contributions and performance by Sharon Mansur
co-directed by Yara Boustany (Lebanon), Andrea Shaker (Minneapolis), and Mette Loulou von Kohl (New York City), sound by woolen lover, costume by Angie Vo
Live outdoor site-specific dance performance and visual installation
Online Viewing and Watch Party with Artist Discussion, facilitated by Leyya Mona Tawil
Indoor visual installation at the Valencia Arts Center by Andrea Shaker
Minnesota Conservatory for the Arts
Keoxa/Winona, Mni Sota Makoce/MN
June 2021
Lebanon International Dance Festival
Online screening of 1001 Arab Futures live performance video
Tiro Arts Association, Lebanon
August 2021
The McKnight Foundation's Dance Fellows SOLO Commission evening
The Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts
Minneapolis, Mni Sota Makoce/MN
September 2021
Arab American National Museum's Arab Film Festival
Virtual viewing
November 1-7, 2021
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 by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Sharon Mansur was also a 2018-2019 McKnight Foundation Dance Fellow and received support from the McKnight SOLO commission program.
SHIFT~ performance salons
curated by Sharon Mansur
featuring: Erin Drummond, Sarah Johnson, Marcia Ratliff, StuffStudio, Sydney Swanson, Mai'a Williams
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.
2020
...in the space between
site-specific dance film screening at Winona Main Street Program's Dine Out Downtown
Fall 2020
Supported by a 2020 individual artist grant from the Winona Fine Arts Commission
homesick
Ten Tiny Virtual Dances
curated by Sarah Carlson/DanceLink
May 2020
small distances
Mid West Music Fest at HOME
May 2020
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C3HtS1b5rM&t=1832s
view minutes 30-60:
The Cedar Tree Project presents:
Western Sahara & Palestine: an evening of creative resistance
with Leila Awadallah, Fatimatu Bachiri, Alexis Salem and Mai'a Williams
March 2020
Art of the Rural's Public Launch, Keoxa/Winona, MN
Video still from small distances, Mid West Music Fest at Home, 2020