
Sharon Mansur ARTIST BIO
(she/her) is an Arab/SWANA (Southwest Asian and North African) American experimental dance and interdisciplinary artist, director, curator and educator, whose work embodies visual and visceral landscapes, live art events, public art happenings, performance installations, community meals and conversations, dance on film, creative social justice actions and more.
Improvisation as a research and performance form is a particular love, integrating inner and outer perceptions, and embodying subtle layers of presence, identity, and memory.
In recent years her creative investigations have been supported by Forecast Public Art, Minnesota State Arts Board, Springboard for the Arts, Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council, Winona Fine Arts Commission, Art of the Rural, The Waterers, and The McKnight Fellowship Program for Dancers and Choreographers.
Sharon also directs The Cedar Tree Project, supporting Arab/SWANA contemporary art and artists, curates SHIFT~ performance salons, and serves as the Outreach & Accessibility Manager at the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council. Sharon currently makes her home in the Mississippi River town of Winona, Mni Sota Makoce/MN, Dakota Land.
INSERT[ ]HERE, photo by Stan Barouh
Header: dance film still from INSERT[coda]HERE, director of photography Brian Harris
Image description: An Arab American woman with short dark hair wearing a flowing purple and tan top and pants is dancing with her left arm overhead and her right arm in front of her torso.
(she/her) is an Arab/SWANA (Southwest Asian and North African) American experimental dance and interdisciplinary artist, director, curator and educator, whose work embodies visual and visceral landscapes, live art events, public art happenings, performance installations, community meals and conversations, dance on film, creative social justice actions and more.
Improvisation as a research and performance form is a particular love, integrating inner and outer perceptions, and embodying subtle layers of presence, identity, and memory.
In recent years her creative investigations have been supported by Forecast Public Art, Minnesota State Arts Board, Springboard for the Arts, Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council, Winona Fine Arts Commission, Art of the Rural, The Waterers, and The McKnight Fellowship Program for Dancers and Choreographers.
Sharon also directs The Cedar Tree Project, supporting Arab/SWANA contemporary art and artists, curates SHIFT~ performance salons, and serves as the Outreach & Accessibility Manager at the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council. Sharon currently makes her home in the Mississippi River town of Winona, Mni Sota Makoce/MN, Dakota Land.
INSERT[ ]HERE, photo by Stan Barouh
Header: dance film still from INSERT[coda]HERE, director of photography Brian Harris
Image description: An Arab American woman with short dark hair wearing a flowing purple and tan top and pants is dancing with her left arm overhead and her right arm in front of her torso.