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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.