Curatorial Practice and Partnerships

 
Who comes to MANCC? And what is the process by which movement-based artists and their chosen collaborators are invited to MANCC for residencies?  

MANCC’s curatorial practice makes use of three methods: 1) director invitations; 2) partnership recommendations; and 3) field-wide nominations. This three-pronged approach decentralizes and expands how MANCC sources and re-sources information about, and builds relationships with, innovative dance artists working at all stages of careers and projects around the U.S. and its territories.  

As currently one of only two choreographic centers in the U.S. that are based within or in partnership to a public research university, we draw from the expertise and connections of staff, leverage for artists the knowledge and scholarship held here on our university campus and civic communities, and extend outward in ways that continue to expand our understanding of the ever evolving ecosystem in which we work and serve. From this position, MANCC looks to host artists in residence who are at stages in career and project ready to utilize through their research and experimentation what varied resources MANCC can offer.  

“Please continue this partnership (UBW CCI & MANCC). Because artists of color are disproportionately affected by the meagre resources in the field, it is harder to constantly have to produce without true investigation. For me, this space to investigate — not by myself, but with other artists and collaborators — was amazing.”

– Ananya Chatterjea (MN), 2020