Live performance, installations, dance film projects
1001 Arab Futures (2021-)
An intimate outdoor site-specific solo dance performance and visual installation contemplating imaginative visions, past reckonings, embodied truths and other future potentials from the Arab diaspora. In collaboration with co-directors Yara Boustany, Andrea Shaker and Mette Loulou von Kohl. Sound by woolen lover, costume by Angie Vo. Dance film version: Sydney Swanson, director of photography, with Rich Anthony, drone video footage.
The Cedar Tree Project (2018-present)
The Cedar Tree Project explores art, cultural heritage, perceptions, and identity through the lens of Southwest Asian & North African (SWANA) and SWANA American artists. CTP amplifies art from the SWANA diaspora and invites people to develop deeper understanding and empathy through artistic exchange. Curated by Keoxa/Winona, MN based dance and interdisciplinary artist Sharon Mansur, events include dance performances, dance films, visual art installations and exhibitions, as well as workshops, community meals, panel discussions, lecture/demonstrations, artist talks and other gatherings with Mansur and guest artists.
...in the space between (2018-2020)
A site-specific contemporary visual installation and dance film project, embodying the poetic, cultural and environmentally intimate spaces of in-betweenness
Concept, visuals, performance and edit by Sharon Mansur.
Videography by Olive Bieringa & Otto Ramstad of BodyCartography Project
Project Assistant: Sydney Swanson
Music by Mike Munson
SHIFT~ a performance salon (2016-present)
informal evenings of interdisciplinary, experimental and improvisational art, lively conversation, snacks
hosted by Infinity Yoga Studio, Keoxa/Winona, MN and the great outdoors
Guest artists: Sarah Johnson, Mike Munson, Monta May, Mai'a Williams, Andrea Vazquez, Daniel Burkholder, Nicolle Jensen, Nicolle Ramsey,, Sydney Swanson, woolen lover, Erin Drummond, StuffStudio, Marcia Ratliff.
INSERT[coda]HERE (2015)
dance film inspired by the live performance installation project INSERT[ ]HERE, original concept and co-creation by Nick Bryson (Ireland) and Sharon Mansur in 2013-2014. Director of Photography: Brian Harris, Sound by Tara Rogers, Performed by Sharon Mansur. Screened throughout the U.S. and internationally.
variation on residue (2014)
dance film inspired by the live performance residue, creation, performance and visual elements by Sharon Mansur. Video realization: Brian Harris, Music by Alexa Cantalupo, Costume design by Aryna Petrashenko, with Sharon Mansur. Screened throughout the U.S. and internationally.
Winner of Best Performance at the Mirror Mountain Film Festival, Canada, 2015.
Header still, SHIFT~ a performance salon, 2018, guest artist Sarah Johnson, photo by Sydney Swanson
Photo from SHIFT~ a performance salon, 2019, video still, door art by Sarah Johnson
1001 Arab Futures (2021-)
An intimate outdoor site-specific solo dance performance and visual installation contemplating imaginative visions, past reckonings, embodied truths and other future potentials from the Arab diaspora. In collaboration with co-directors Yara Boustany, Andrea Shaker and Mette Loulou von Kohl. Sound by woolen lover, costume by Angie Vo. Dance film version: Sydney Swanson, director of photography, with Rich Anthony, drone video footage.
The Cedar Tree Project (2018-present)
The Cedar Tree Project explores art, cultural heritage, perceptions, and identity through the lens of Southwest Asian & North African (SWANA) and SWANA American artists. CTP amplifies art from the SWANA diaspora and invites people to develop deeper understanding and empathy through artistic exchange. Curated by Keoxa/Winona, MN based dance and interdisciplinary artist Sharon Mansur, events include dance performances, dance films, visual art installations and exhibitions, as well as workshops, community meals, panel discussions, lecture/demonstrations, artist talks and other gatherings with Mansur and guest artists.
...in the space between (2018-2020)
A site-specific contemporary visual installation and dance film project, embodying the poetic, cultural and environmentally intimate spaces of in-betweenness
Concept, visuals, performance and edit by Sharon Mansur.
Videography by Olive Bieringa & Otto Ramstad of BodyCartography Project
Project Assistant: Sydney Swanson
Music by Mike Munson
SHIFT~ a performance salon (2016-present)
informal evenings of interdisciplinary, experimental and improvisational art, lively conversation, snacks
hosted by Infinity Yoga Studio, Keoxa/Winona, MN and the great outdoors
Guest artists: Sarah Johnson, Mike Munson, Monta May, Mai'a Williams, Andrea Vazquez, Daniel Burkholder, Nicolle Jensen, Nicolle Ramsey,, Sydney Swanson, woolen lover, Erin Drummond, StuffStudio, Marcia Ratliff.
INSERT[coda]HERE (2015)
dance film inspired by the live performance installation project INSERT[ ]HERE, original concept and co-creation by Nick Bryson (Ireland) and Sharon Mansur in 2013-2014. Director of Photography: Brian Harris, Sound by Tara Rogers, Performed by Sharon Mansur. Screened throughout the U.S. and internationally.
variation on residue (2014)
dance film inspired by the live performance residue, creation, performance and visual elements by Sharon Mansur. Video realization: Brian Harris, Music by Alexa Cantalupo, Costume design by Aryna Petrashenko, with Sharon Mansur. Screened throughout the U.S. and internationally.
Winner of Best Performance at the Mirror Mountain Film Festival, Canada, 2015.
Header still, SHIFT~ a performance salon, 2018, guest artist Sarah Johnson, photo by Sydney Swanson
Photo from SHIFT~ a performance salon, 2019, video still, door art by Sarah Johnson
