2010
Maryland State Arts Council Award
Sharon was awarded a $6000 Individual Artist Award in Solo Dance
Performance from the Maryland State Arts Council.
Wild
Meadows Improvisation Intensive Summer 2010
Sharon returned to Wild Meadows, PA to join Nicole Bindler and
Cyrus Khambatta June 27-July 3, 2010.
*The 10th anniversary workshop will be held June 25-July 3,
2011.
www.phffft.org/wmeadows.htm
University
of Maryland
As of August 2008 Sharon has been back in the Washington, DC
area, teaching at the University of Maryland, College Park as
an Assistant Professor in the department of dance. She
received a Creative and Performing Arts Award (CAPA) from the
University of Maryland to create semblance, a new dance
multi-media project examining the nature of feminine identity,
for the 2009-2010 season.
www.dance.umd.edu
Brazil
In June 2008 Sharon traveled to Salvador, Brazil to study Afro-Brazilian
dance and capoeira, supported, in part, by the University of
Maryland department of dance.
Solo
Commission
Through support from Winona State University, Sharon commissioned
Twin Cities choreographer Wynn Fricke to create/direct a new
solo for her, starting in summer 2008, still in development
for 2009-2010.
Movement
and Light Workshop
In May 2008 Sharon attended a weeklong movement and light workshop
with lighting designer Jennifer Tipton and choreographer Dana
Reitz, held at the University of Minnesota-Duluth.
Africa
In May 2007, with funding from Winona State University,
Sharon spent two weeks in Benin, Africa to visit colleague Sarah
Carlson and study African dance within the traditional vodou
religion. See Sarah Carlson's blog: http://web.mac.com/sarahjcarlson
Winona
State University
Sharon
moved to Minnesota in August 2005 to teach as an Instructor
in the Theatre & Dance department at Winona State University.
In August 2006 Sharon became an Assistant Professor in dance
at WSU. www.winona.edu.
Sharon's piece trajectory altered slightly was selected
for the Gala concert out of over 50 dances at the midwest regional
ACDF held at the University of Iowa in March 2006. During her
three years there she directed guest artist residencies for
inviting DC area artists Boris Willis, Daniel Burkholder and
Gesel Mason to perform and work with the students, and directed
the dance program from 2007-08.
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;
and the March 5-6 Dance Place show for Outstanding Overall Production
in a Small Venue.
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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