Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography (MANCC)

09/08/2026

MANCC welcomes Fana Fraser into residence to further her work, “After the Fallow” Sept 8-18, 2026.

Joined by collaborators, Joyce Edwards, taisha paggett and Raquel Rodríguez and in dialogue with dramaturgs neila ebankhs, and Shivanee Ramlochan, Fraser will focus her residency on bringing her durational outdoor movement practices into the studio exploring the question: “Within cycles of sustainable creative production, what ways of being might become imagined after a period of rest or fallow?”

09/03/2026

Remembering and celebrating the birthday of our founding donor and namesake, Maggie Allesee! Her generosity has provided support for over 210 residencies and 1,400 artists over the last 20 years. Sending our warmest wishes and sincere gratitude to the Allesee family as we celebrate Maggie's enduring impact.

Image: Maggie Allesee with MANCC artists Mina Nishimura, Kota Yamazaki, Joanna Kotze, and Julian Barnett during 2017 Homecoming showing.

09/02/2026

MANCC is thrilled to welcome artists back into our studios this Fall!

Fall 2026 Visiting Artists:

// Fana Fraser will further the development of "After the Fallow," bringing durational outdoor movement practices into the studio exploring the question: “Within cycles of sustainable creative production, what ways of being might become imagined after a period of rest or fallow?”

// Kimberly Bartosik examines the complex power of blood relations and the epidemic of loneliness that has engulfed our culture as she crafts her piece “blood anchor.”

// BRKFST Dance Company, 2026 McKnight Choreography Fellows Joseph “MN Joe” Tran & Lisa “MonaLisa” Berman develop an evening-length duet, “glass jar” (working title), that blends breaking, improvisation, and partnering while investigating how relationships evolve during periods of trauma.

Read more about these residencies at mancc.org

08/25/2026

MANCC UBW Partnership Fellow nia love premieres "Floating Metal: UNDERcurrents In My Father's Garden" at FSU’s Museum of Fine Arts August 27–29, 2026.

An iteration of love's ongoing project UNDERcurrents—partially developed during her 2022 MANCC residency in partnership with the Urban Bush Women’s Choreographic Center Initiative—this multimedia installation explores memory, place, and legacy.

During her MANCC residency, love returned to Cape San Blas, where she spread her father's ashes, collaborating with filmmaker Rhonda Haynes, FSU graduate student Ashlee Hubert, and alumna Chloe Mueller. Together, they captured footage using 360-degree and conventional filming techniques, experimenting with a projection dome and gallery spaces to explore the creation of an immersive experience.

The exhibit "Floating Metal: UNDERcurrents In My Father's Garden" will be on display through March 13, 2027.

Photos by Chris Cameron, Ashlee Huber, and Chloe Mueller.

08/21/2026

Faye Driscoll presented her Bessie nominated work "Weathering" this summer at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival and shared her thoughts on the work with former MANCC Director and Pillow Scholar-in-Residence Carla Peterson.

Driscoll developed the work, in part, at MANCC during a 2023 residency where the performers and design team worked to further an extended series of highly physicalized explorations that meshed movement, vocalizations and a uniquely designed mobile stage together to manifest the work’s conceptual concerns.

“Weathering,” which premiered at New York Live Arts in 2023, was called an "Utterly original work. It doesn’t look like anything you’ve ever seen before, nor can you imagine thinking it up.” by the New York Times.

See the full post-show talk : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xzGnwb1kCw

Photo Credits:
1 & 2: Faye Driscoll and Carla Peterson at a post-show talk hosted by Jacob’s Pillow. Photos by Hannah Murphy; courtesy of Jacob’s Pillow.
3, 4, 5: Cast of “Weathering” at Driscoll’s MANCC Residency in 2023

08/17/2026

Benjamin Akio Kimitch presented "Tiger Hands," this summer at Jacob's Pillow and Lincoln Center Summer for the City. "Tiger Hands" developed, in part, during Kimitch's MANCC residency in late 2021 questions what a 21st century work, decentering Western ideals, looks like and how it intertwines with tradition.

While in residence, Kimitch's collaborators worked on developing movement language, community, and shared understanding of cultural values. "Tiger Hands,” which premiered at The Shed in New York in 2022, garnered Kimitch a 2023 Bessies for Outstanding Choreographer/Creator.

MANCC supported the creation of Kimitch’s related book “Tiger Hands,” published in 2023, which features drawings and essays by Kimitch and seven other writers, including his Mellon Foundation funded Embedded Writer/dramaturg, Jeffrey Gan and writer Maura Nguyễn Donahue.

07/02/2026

nora chipaumire’s history with MANCC runs deep. She first came to MANCC as a collaborator in 2005 and 2008 with Urban Bush Women and then returned in 2008-2009 to further the development of “lions will roar, swans will fly, angels will wrestle heaven, rains will break: gukurahundi.” In 2015 she returned to develop “portrait of myself as my father.”

“lions will roar...” examined art making in Zimbabwe and the complexities of what it means to live outside of one’s native culture; at MANCC chipaumire collaborated with Zimbabwean musicians Thomas Mapfumo and Blacks Unlimited to further the musical score. “lions will roar...” premiere at The Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts in 2010.

While developing “portrait of myself as my father” at MANCC chipaumire deeply engaged in research resources including visiting a boxing gym with Dr. Joab Corey for movement research, a scholar meeting with Religion Professor Dr. Joseph Hellweg and Ethnomusicologist Dr. Frank Gunderson, and developing a soundscape with Tallahassee Sound Designer Calvin Jones. “portrait of myself as my father” premiered at Montclair State University in 2016.

Photos:
1. 2015 nora chipaumire, Pape Ibrahima Ndiaye, and FSU Dance alum Shamar Watt (BFA 2015)
2. 2015 chipaumire
3. 2015 Ndiaye
4. 2015 Dr. Joab Corey, chipaumire, and collaborators
5. 2009 chipaumire
6. 2015 Watt
7. 2015 Ndiaye

06/24/2026

Pioneer Winter developed his latest work, "Apollo", in part during a residency at MANCC in 2024. While at MANCC Winter met with Dr. Chris Martin, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at FSU to discuss Dr. Martin’s research on how aging affects long-term memory—a core inspiration shaping the choreography and themes of his project.

The Pioneer Winter Collective makes its American Dance Festival debut with "Apollo" Thursday June 25th.

06/23/2026

Don't miss the New York Times feature on Pioneer Winter Collective's "Apollo" - the work was developed, in part, during their November 2024 MANCC residency and will premiere this Thursday, June 25th, at American Dance Festival.

Pioneer Winter’s works expand ideas about who gets to be a professional dancer. In “Apollo,” his muses are older dancers, who are like living archives.

06/18/2026

Legacy Artist Sara Shelton Mann and collaborator, Jesse Zaritt, came to MANCC in 2024 to further develop their body of work, a series of duets and solos entitled “moving alchemy: puzzles/propositions/journeys”.

This generative residency furthered their work "Within the Heart” and provided material for Mann’s book “MOVING ALCHEMY” (published 2024) which was funded, in part, by MANCC’s writers' program. "Within the Heart” premiered at Dance Mission Theater in San Francisco in February 2024.

Step inside their creative practice in this newly released research highlights video that showcases residency footage and read more about their residency at mancc.org.

Mann’s residency and the Embedded Writer Program were supported, in part, by the Mellon Foundation.

https://dance.fsu.edu/artist/sara-shelton-mann-with-jesse-zaritt/

MANCC Residency: January 23 – February 5, 2024 Legacy Artist Sara Shelton Mann and collaborator, Jesse Zaritt, came to MANCC in 2024 to further develop their body of work, a series of duets and solos entitled moving alchemy: puzzles/propositions/journeys. Filmed and Edited by MANCC's Media Special...