2026
Upcoming:
Wayfinding: dance films + creative archive sharing
Curated and facilitated by Sharon Mansur
May 30. 2026
Winona Arts Center, Winona, MN
Presented by The Cedar Tree Project
Tofte Lake Center artist residency
June 5-11, 2026
Wayfinding (for one)
with Sharon Mansur
June 27, 2026
Prairie Island Campground, Winona, MN
Presented by SHIFT~ performance salons
Upcoming:
Wayfinding: dance films + creative archive sharing
Curated and facilitated by Sharon Mansur
May 30. 2026
Winona Arts Center, Winona, MN
Presented by The Cedar Tree Project
Tofte Lake Center artist residency
June 5-11, 2026
Wayfinding (for one)
with Sharon Mansur
June 27, 2026
Prairie Island Campground, Winona, MN
Presented by SHIFT~ performance salons
2025
SHIFT~ performance salons
July: Portrait of 2 (1 after another)
Guest Pingping Zhang
Starseeds Rising
August:: Land/scapes
Guest: Sadie Neuman
Pleasant Valley Bluff
Mizna's Twin Cities Arab Film Festival
NeitherHEREnorTHERE film screening
Minneapolis, MN
Wayfinding residency with Meryl Zaytoun Murman
Thessaloniki, Greece
SHIFT~ performance salons
July: Portrait of 2 (1 after another)
Guest Pingping Zhang
Starseeds Rising
August:: Land/scapes
Guest: Sadie Neuman
Pleasant Valley Bluff
Mizna's Twin Cities Arab Film Festival
NeitherHEREnorTHERE film screening
Minneapolis, MN
Wayfinding residency with Meryl Zaytoun Murman
Thessaloniki, Greece
2024
Embodying Multiplicity: Lanesboro BIPOC Artists-in-Residence exhibition
Lanesboro Arts Exhibition Gallery
October 26-December 21, 2024
Embodied Multiplicity celebrated the diversity of mediums and creativity of the artists who participated in the first two rounds of the BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, Persons of Color) Artist Residency at Lanesboro Arts. Artists featured: Akiko Ostlund, Geno Okok, Juan Diego Perez la Cruz, Mary Prescott, Mike Hoyt, Sharon Mansur, and Tiphanie “PH” Copeland.
[Image: video still of Sharon Mansur from tracings: creative walking project film, with InSite Arts & Healing]
Insite Arts & Healing: Driftless Dance Film Tour
1001 Arab Futures dance film
DDFT also featured films by: Sarah Abdel-Jelil, Leila Awadallah, Erin Drummond, Brianna Rae Johnson, Erinn Leibhard, and Sydney Swanson.
Blurring Borders: Cinema & Home
Co-curated by Sharon Mansur & Michelle Baroody
Frozen River Film Festival
Presented in partnership with The Cedar Tree Project & Mizna
Winona Arts Center
Motion State: community engaged workshops
with Frozen River Film Festival, Project FINE, Our Voices and the Winona Afghan Support Network
Sharon Mansur was a fiscal year 2023 recipient of a Creative Support for Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund..
Nori Screendance Festival, Utah
1001 Arab Futures
Moonplay Cinema, Minneapolis
Cinecriture, at Open Book
1001 Arab Futures
Weather-ing: the secret sound of f
McKnight International Choreographer Residency
with Meryl Zaytoun Murman, Thessaloniki, Greece
Residency partner: Sharon Mansur and The Cedar Tree Project
Embodying Multiplicity: Lanesboro BIPOC Artists-in-Residence exhibition
Lanesboro Arts Exhibition Gallery
October 26-December 21, 2024
Embodied Multiplicity celebrated the diversity of mediums and creativity of the artists who participated in the first two rounds of the BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, Persons of Color) Artist Residency at Lanesboro Arts. Artists featured: Akiko Ostlund, Geno Okok, Juan Diego Perez la Cruz, Mary Prescott, Mike Hoyt, Sharon Mansur, and Tiphanie “PH” Copeland.
[Image: video still of Sharon Mansur from tracings: creative walking project film, with InSite Arts & Healing]
Insite Arts & Healing: Driftless Dance Film Tour
1001 Arab Futures dance film
DDFT also featured films by: Sarah Abdel-Jelil, Leila Awadallah, Erin Drummond, Brianna Rae Johnson, Erinn Leibhard, and Sydney Swanson.
Blurring Borders: Cinema & Home
Co-curated by Sharon Mansur & Michelle Baroody
Frozen River Film Festival
Presented in partnership with The Cedar Tree Project & Mizna
Winona Arts Center
Motion State: community engaged workshops
with Frozen River Film Festival, Project FINE, Our Voices and the Winona Afghan Support Network
Sharon Mansur was a fiscal year 2023 recipient of a Creative Support for Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund..
Nori Screendance Festival, Utah
1001 Arab Futures
Moonplay Cinema, Minneapolis
Cinecriture, at Open Book
1001 Arab Futures
Weather-ing: the secret sound of f
McKnight International Choreographer Residency
with Meryl Zaytoun Murman, Thessaloniki, Greece
Residency partner: Sharon Mansur and The Cedar Tree Project
2023
...in the space between: film screenings
McKnight International Choreographer Residency: Sandy Silva
Migration & Transition Dance Film Showing
Bryant Lake Bowl, Minneapolis, MN
Franconia Five Minute Film Fest
Franconia Sculpture Park, MN
tracings: a creative walking project
directed by Sharon Mansur
...in the space between: film screenings
McKnight International Choreographer Residency: Sandy Silva
Migration & Transition Dance Film Showing
Bryant Lake Bowl, Minneapolis, MN
Franconia Five Minute Film Fest
Franconia Sculpture Park, MN
tracings: a creative walking project
directed by Sharon Mansur
2022
SHIFT~ performance salons 2022
curated by Sharon Mansur
Winona, MN
August: LAND/ings
Guest Artist: Katwa Ngoma
East End Recreation Center
September: BLUE AWAKEN/ings
Guest Artist: Mary Jo Klinker
Levee Park
October: RETURN/ings
Guest Artist: Gloria Alatorre
McNally Landing
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge
Sharon Mansur is a fiscal year 2022 recipient of a Creative Support for Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature; and by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
1001 Arab Futures
The Cowles Center & McKnight Fellowship for Dancers presents SOLO:
Six Dance Films - An Encore Showing
Silverwood Park, St. Anthony, MN
Midwest RADFest Regional Alternative Dance Festival
In person and online screening of 1001 Arab Futures dance film
Frozen River Film Festival
In person and online screening of 1001 Arab Futures dance film
SHIFT~ performance salons 2022
curated by Sharon Mansur
Winona, MN
August: LAND/ings
Guest Artist: Katwa Ngoma
East End Recreation Center
September: BLUE AWAKEN/ings
Guest Artist: Mary Jo Klinker
Levee Park
October: RETURN/ings
Guest Artist: Gloria Alatorre
McNally Landing
Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge
Sharon Mansur is a fiscal year 2022 recipient of a Creative Support for Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature; and by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
1001 Arab Futures
The Cowles Center & McKnight Fellowship for Dancers presents SOLO:
Six Dance Films - An Encore Showing
Silverwood Park, St. Anthony, MN
Midwest RADFest Regional Alternative Dance Festival
In person and online screening of 1001 Arab Futures dance film
Frozen River Film Festival
In person and online screening of 1001 Arab Futures dance film
2021
1001 Arab Futures
concept, creative contributions and performance by Sharon Mansur
co-directed by Yara Boustany (Lebanon), Andrea Shaker (Minneapolis), and Mette Loulou von Kohl (New York City), sound by woolen lover, costume by Angie Vo
Live outdoor site-specific dance performance and visual installation
Online Viewing and Watch Party with Artist Discussion, facilitated by Leyya Mona Tawil
Indoor visual installation at the Valencia Arts Center by Andrea Shaker
Minnesota Conservatory for the Arts
Winona, Mni Sota Makoce/MN
Lebanon International Dance Festival
Online screening of 1001 Arab Futures live performance video
Tiro Arts Association, Lebanon
The McKnight Foundation's Dancer Fellows SOLO Commission evening
In person and online screening of 1001 Arab Futures dance film
The Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts
Minneapolis, Mni Sota Makoce/MN
Arab Film Festival
Arab American National Museum
Virtual viewing of 1001 Arab Futures dance film
Sharon Mansur, in partnership with the Minnesota Conservatory for the Arts is a fiscal year 2020 recipient of a Cultural Community Partnership grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature, and by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Sharon Mansur was also a 2018-2019 McKnight Foundation Dance Fellow and received support from the McKnight SOLO commission program.
SHIFT~ performance salons
curated by Sharon Mansur
featuring: Erin Drummond, Sarah Johnson, Marcia Ratliff, StuffStudio, Sydney Swanson, Mai'a Williams
Sharon Mansur is a fiscal year 2021 recipient of a Creative Support for Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature, and by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
1001 Arab Futures
concept, creative contributions and performance by Sharon Mansur
co-directed by Yara Boustany (Lebanon), Andrea Shaker (Minneapolis), and Mette Loulou von Kohl (New York City), sound by woolen lover, costume by Angie Vo
Live outdoor site-specific dance performance and visual installation
Online Viewing and Watch Party with Artist Discussion, facilitated by Leyya Mona Tawil
Indoor visual installation at the Valencia Arts Center by Andrea Shaker
Minnesota Conservatory for the Arts
Winona, Mni Sota Makoce/MN
Lebanon International Dance Festival
Online screening of 1001 Arab Futures live performance video
Tiro Arts Association, Lebanon
The McKnight Foundation's Dancer Fellows SOLO Commission evening
In person and online screening of 1001 Arab Futures dance film
The Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts
Minneapolis, Mni Sota Makoce/MN
Arab Film Festival
Arab American National Museum
Virtual viewing of 1001 Arab Futures dance film
Sharon Mansur, in partnership with the Minnesota Conservatory for the Arts is a fiscal year 2020 recipient of a Cultural Community Partnership grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature, and by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Sharon Mansur was also a 2018-2019 McKnight Foundation Dance Fellow and received support from the McKnight SOLO commission program.
SHIFT~ performance salons
curated by Sharon Mansur
featuring: Erin Drummond, Sarah Johnson, Marcia Ratliff, StuffStudio, Sydney Swanson, Mai'a Williams
Sharon Mansur is a fiscal year 2021 recipient of a Creative Support for Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature, and by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
2020
...in the space between
site-specific dance film screening at Winona Main Street Program's Dine Out Downtown
Supported by a 2020 individual artist grant from the Winona Fine Arts Commission
homesick
Ten Tiny Virtual Dances
curated by Sarah Carlson/DanceLink
small distances
Mid West Music Fest at HOME
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C3HtS1b5rM&t=1832s
view minutes 30-60:
The Cedar Tree Project presents:
Western Sahara & Palestine: an evening of creative resistance
with Leila Awadallah, Fatimatu Bachiri, Alexis Salem and Mai'a Williams
Art of the Rural's Public Launch
Video still from small distances, Mid West Music Fest at Home, 2020
Image description: A very close up view of a bright red Viewmaster.
...in the space between
site-specific dance film screening at Winona Main Street Program's Dine Out Downtown
Supported by a 2020 individual artist grant from the Winona Fine Arts Commission
homesick
Ten Tiny Virtual Dances
curated by Sarah Carlson/DanceLink
small distances
Mid West Music Fest at HOME
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C3HtS1b5rM&t=1832s
view minutes 30-60:
The Cedar Tree Project presents:
Western Sahara & Palestine: an evening of creative resistance
with Leila Awadallah, Fatimatu Bachiri, Alexis Salem and Mai'a Williams
Art of the Rural's Public Launch
Video still from small distances, Mid West Music Fest at Home, 2020
Image description: A very close up view of a bright red Viewmaster.