Programs and Artists Involved
Today, MANCC is a choreographic center that promotes experimentation through an emphasis on the creative process. MANCC’s mission aims to alleviate the pressure of producing a final product that choreographers constantly confront in the dance world. This mission allows artists to focus solely on the process of choreographic investigation. The various MANCC programs geared toward fulfilling this goal are:
- Choreographic Fellowship Program
- Free to Rep Program
- Living Legacy Program
Each of these programs offers a unique opportunity in choreographic development. Choreographic Fellows are nominated, Free to Rep requires an application process, and Living Legacy is curated. In 2004-05 artists included Tere O’Connor, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Chuck Davis, Dan Wagoner and Chunky Move. In 2005-06, artists included Uri Sands, Bridget Moore, Take Ueyama, Adele Meyers, Adia Whitaker, Art Bridgman and Myrna Packer, K.T. Neihoff, Yasuko Yokoshi, Ben Levy, Eiko and Koma, Philadanco, Anouk Van Dijk, and Jill Sigman. 2006-07 artists included Miguel Gutierrez, Monica Bill Barnes, David Neumann, Tania Isaac, Yanira Castro, AXIS Dance Company, Alex Ketley, Kate Weare, Shinichi Iova-Koga, Isabel Croxatto, Urban Bush Women and JANT-BI.
The most recent visiting artists include Margaret Jenkins, Luciana Achugar, Nami Yamamoto, Yannis Adoniou, Deborah Hay, Kate Weare, Limon Dance Company, Neta Pulvamacher, Ellen Cornfield, Collin Conner, Dean Moss, Nora Chipaumire, and Urban Bush Women and JANT-BI.
MANCC “Entrypoints,” enable the students, staff and faculty, Tallahassee community and the National Dance field to engage with the research in process. From MANCC's artist applications "Participating artists are encouraged to explore innovative entrypoints into the work beyond those of performance and the historical menu of master class, lecture demonstration, workshop and setting of repertory. Although the center recognizes the value of this menu, it supports artists in redefining the language and structure of how work is made and shared. MANCC seeks to provide a lens into the creative process of choreographers as it varies with each artists, peaking the audience's curiosity and investment into the process and eventual product". Through exposure to such a vast group of artists, the faculty and students at FSU are able to reach a broader perspective on choreographic aesthetics in dance. The uniquely supportive environment at MANCC is devoid of the pressure to create a final product, and because of this, artists visiting MANCC continue to explore the creative process and advance the form, expanding the possibilities for contemporary dance’s future worldwide. To read more about MANCC history, artists, and updates, watch video podcasts, or look at photographs, visit the Maggie Allessee Nation Center for Choreography’s website.
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