• Refine Your Search:

Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography



MANCC, one of only two national residency centers for choreography in the United States located in or in partnership to a major research institution, supports choreographers and their collaborators to research, develop, and write about new work.
Learn more about mancc

Fall 2026 Artists

Fana Fraser (NY/CA)
After the Fallow
September 8 – 18
Kimberly Bartosik (NY)
blood anchor
September 27 – October 10
BRKFST (MN)
glass jar (working title)
November 1 – 9

 

“The MANCC residency shifted my expectations of a developmental residency. I had the time and space to create. I have never had anything quite like that where a performance was not the end result. It relieves the pressure and gives more freedom in creativity.”  

– Living Legacy Artist Dianne McIntyre (OH), 2022

programs
Visiting Artist Alice Sheppard and Laurel Lawson perform on the stage during their 2017 MANCC residency.

Core Residencies

MANCC’s developmental residencies for choreographers at all career stages and their collaborators support research and experimentation that informs the creation of innovative new work. 
learn more
Mina Nishimura performs "Darkness Odyssey Part 2: I or Hallucination" showing during Visiting Artist Kota Yamazaki's MANCC 2017 residency.
Marjani Forté-Saunders moves onstage with an FSU student Kentoria Earle during her 2018 MANCC residency.

Curatorial Practice & Partnerships

MANCC’s curatorial practice utilizes a combination of staff expertise, national partnerships, and field-wide nominations to support a range of artistic practices by artists based around the country and the territories.
learn more
Rosy Simas moves through movement during her 2018 MANCC residency.
Returning Choreographic Fellow Okwui Okpokwasili speaks with Embedded Writer Jenn Joy during "Poor People's TV Room" rehearsal for Okpokwasili's 2016 MANCC residency.

Embedded Writers & Publications

The interrelated Embedded Writer and Publications Programs support artists and writers in their re-imagining of dance writing conventions to better respond to ever evolving contemporary dance practices today.
learn more
Edisa Weeks' Delirious Dances' zine.
Beatrice Capote (with Farai Malinga) offering their work during the 2019 MFD lab’s “Closings”

MANCC Forward Dialogues 

Forward Dialogues (MFD) identifies, catalyzes and supports the dynamic ideas of emergent movement-based artists based in the U.S. and its territories in a facilitated, process-oriented laboratory setting.
learn more
DaEun Jung and Melody Shim in conversation with Gesel Mason and Ishmael Houston-Jones during MANCC Forward Dialogues 2 in 2019.
Miguel Gutierrez during his Archive Residency in 2023.

Archive Residencies

MANCC’s Archive Residency Program and related Dr. William R. Jones Archive Residency Program invites artists to work with materials held at MANCC, FSU Special Collections Library, and beyond in ways they deem most useful for their creative practice. 
learn more
FSU Alumnus Choreographic Fellow Darrell Jones works through movement material in the studio while Collaborator Ralph Lemon observes during Jones' 2020 - 2021 residency.
Living Legacy Artist Ann Carlson explores Elizabeth, the dance material with School of Dance students during Carlson's 2018 MANCC Residency.

Mentorship & Support

In recognition of its important role within the national arts ecology, MANCC provides mentorship in a variety of ways, to students, artists, and to and within the larger field. 
learn more
FSU School of Dance student Io Ermoli works on visual element for "From Tokyo to Brooklyn: A Jagged Journey" during Visiting Artist Jinza Thayer's 2023 residency.

MANCC Research Highlights: Faye Driscoll

Faye Driscoll, who developed her work “You’re Me” at MANCC in April 2011, returned in February 2023 to develop her new work, “Weathering.” The 2023 residency, made possible with support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Mellon Foundation, premiered at New York Live Arts in April 2023 and earned Driscoll an Obie Award for Direction. 

With Deepest Gratitude to our Current and Recent Funders:

Artist Communities Alliance (ACA) in partnership with the Howard Gilman Foundation and Mertz Gilmore Foundation; Joy Family Foundation; Strum Allesee Family Foundation; McKnight Choreographer Fellowships, funded by The McKnight Foundation and administered by The Cowles Center for Dance & The Performing Arts; Mellon Foundation; National Endowment for the Arts; and Sustainable Arts Fund for parent-artists.

Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography

The Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography is located in 205 Montgomery Hall on the FSU campus. 

Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography
Florida State University School of Dance
130 Collegiate Loop, 202 MON
P.O. Box 3062120
Tallahassee, FL 32306-2120

(850) 645-2894
 info@mancc.org

MANCC is in the process of transferring our archive to our new website so please come back soon to visit our artist pages that span 20 plus years.