Upcoming
2024 McKnight International Choreographer Residency
with Meryl Zaytoun Murman
Full schedule: www.mcknightdancechoreo.org/international-artist
Meryl Zaytoun Murman is a Lebanese American choreographer and filmmaker,
and a permanent resident of Thessaloniki, Greece
More on Meryl: www.merylmurman.me/
Residency partner: Sharon Mansur/The Cedar Tree Project
This creative residency will include workshops, a guided somatic nature walk. a creative conversation and SWANA focused short film sharing, and the premiere of a new, site-specific, outdoor performance along the Mississippi River in Winona, at Prairie Island Campground , Dakota land.
This premiere will feature six Winona based dance and interdisciplinary artists.
Performance dates: June 25-26, 2024
The McKnight Residency in Minnesota is made possible by the McKnight International Choreographer Residency Program, funded by the McKnight Foundation and administered by The Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts.
Research for Mansur and Murman was supported by a 2023 Forecast Public Art Mid-Career Professional Development grant. Winona community partners: Art of the Rural, Theatre du Mississippi.
Photo credit: Craig Mulcahy
Header photo credit: Sharon Mansur, 2023
2024 McKnight International Choreographer Residency
with Meryl Zaytoun Murman
Full schedule: www.mcknightdancechoreo.org/international-artist
Meryl Zaytoun Murman is a Lebanese American choreographer and filmmaker,
and a permanent resident of Thessaloniki, Greece
More on Meryl: www.merylmurman.me/
Residency partner: Sharon Mansur/The Cedar Tree Project
This creative residency will include workshops, a guided somatic nature walk. a creative conversation and SWANA focused short film sharing, and the premiere of a new, site-specific, outdoor performance along the Mississippi River in Winona, at Prairie Island Campground , Dakota land.
This premiere will feature six Winona based dance and interdisciplinary artists.
Performance dates: June 25-26, 2024
The McKnight Residency in Minnesota is made possible by the McKnight International Choreographer Residency Program, funded by the McKnight Foundation and administered by The Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts.
Research for Mansur and Murman was supported by a 2023 Forecast Public Art Mid-Career Professional Development grant. Winona community partners: Art of the Rural, Theatre du Mississippi.
Photo credit: Craig Mulcahy
Header photo credit: Sharon Mansur, 2023
