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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.