Africa
In May 2007, Sharon spent two weeks in Benin, Africa to
visit colleague Sarah Carlson and study African dance. Sharon
received two grants through Winona State University to fund
this trip. See Sarah Carlson's blog for background: http://web.mac.com/sarahjcarlson
Winona
State University
As
of August 2006 Sharon became an Assistant Professor in dance
in the Theatre & Dance department at Winona State University,
located in southeastern Minnesota. www.winona.edu.
American
College Dance Festival
Sharon's
piece trajectory altered slightly was selected for the
Gala concert out of over 50 dances at the regional ACDF held
at the University of Iowa in March 2006.
Metro
DC Dance Awards
mansurdance
received several nominations for the 2005 Metro
DC Dance Awards including: Sharon Mansur in (Un)Identified
for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Dance Production;
(Un)Identified for Outstanding New Work; Lucas Zarwell
for Outstanding Sound Design for Off White and (Un)Identified;
the March 5-6 Dance Place show for Outstanding Overall Production
in a Small Venue; and Sharon Mansur for Excellence in Stage
Design for Off White.
Kennedy
Center Local Dance Commission
(Un)Identified, directed by Sharon Mansur, in collaboration
with Gesel Mason, Naoko Maeshiba, Ed Tyler and Boris Willis,
premiered at the John
F. Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage on November 18-19,
2004 and was presented at Dance Place, March 5-6, 2005 as part
of an entire evening of work.
Dance
Teacher magazine
Sharon
Mansur, along with DC area colleague Daniel Burkholder were
both featured by Clare Croft for an article in the September
2004 issue of Dance
Teacher magazine
concerning teaching dance improvisation in college settings.
David
Dorfman Commission
In
2004 Sharon Mansur and Boris Willis commissioned choreographer
David Dorfman to create a new duet, looking at issues of perception
and identity, with original music by Chris Peck. The rehearsals
took place January-March 2004 and Depth of Perception premiered
at Dance Place as part of The Men's Project in March
2004. The piece is supported, in part, by the Virginia Commission
for the Arts and George Mason University.
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