About
Jonathan González in rehearsal for "Lucifer Landing II" during his 2019 residency
Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography
Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography (MANCC), as one of only two national residency centers for choreography in the United States located in or in partnership with a major research institution, supports choreographers and their collaborators to research, develop, and write about new work.
Embedded within Florida State University’s School of Dance, MANCC operates from one of the country’s premiere dance facilities and offers unparalleled opportunities for contemporary choreographers to hone their artistic practice and develop new work inside a creative community.
Founded in 2004 and now celebrating its 20th anniversary year, MANCC’s mission is to raise the value of the creative process in dance by providing:
- a model of support for professional choreographic activity within a Research One university,
- choreographers access to a stimulating environment where experimentation and exploration are both valued and encouraged, and
- opportunities for students, staff and faculty, the Tallahassee community and the national dance field to engage with the creative process in dance.
This mission fosters an ongoing, generative, artist-centered environment in which MANCC both continues its foundational core residency program and listens to the evolving needs of artists and the field to forge new initiatives, programs and partnerships.
With the commitment to support artists reflecting a diverse range of artistic practices undergirding the ongoing work of the Center, MANCC’s methodologies evolve in dialogue with and response to artists and the national field. This exchange of critical information from which to responsively adapt and grow takes the form of regular staff / artist communications, participation in regional and national convening, ongoing artist residency evaluations, and, to date, through the three major think tank gatherings: the first national summit in the U.S. on supporting choreographic process, FORUM: Advancing the Dialogue, 2009; Writers Convening, 2016; and la convivencia, 2024.
FORUM: Advancing the Dialogue, 2009 
Writers Convening, 2016 
la convivencia, 2024
From research and experimentation in movement and production to creative process documentation, interviews and published writings, from meetings with campus scholars and civic community leaders to visits to land, place and buildings that hold significant value for artists’ community-based inquiries, and from 20 years of creative process materials in an archive singular in the U.S. to a range of residency engagement activities with students, faculty and the general public, MANCC continues to play a catalyzing role in supporting artists at all stages of careers as they move the evolution of innovative dance practices forward.
“Total package of support: time, beautiful comfortable exclusive studios, comfortable housing, amazing documentation, sufficient funds, access to conditioning studio and research. ”
– Beth Gill (NY), 2020
