Sharon Mansur (she/her) is an Arab/SWANA American experimental dance and interdisciplinary artist whose work integrates visual and visceral landscapes, finding expression as live art events, public art happenings, performance installations, community meals, dances on film, artistic 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 the Minnesota State Arts Board, Springboard for the Arts, Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council, Winona Fine Arts Commission, Art of the Rural, Forecast Public Art, The Waterers and The McKnight Fellowship Program for Dancers and Choreographers. Sharon teaches at various universities, festivals and summer dance programs and is currently an adjunct faculty at Winona State University. Sharon currently makes her home in the Mississippi River town of Winona, Mni Sota Makoce/MN, Dakota Land.
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Header: dance film still from INSERT[coda]HERE, director of photography Brian Harris