The McKnight Fellowships for Dancers’ biannual showcase event, SOLO, pairs six Minnesota dancers with renowned local, national, and international choreographers. We are happy to offer a FREE encore showing of the 2021 dance films outdoors at Silverwood Park.
Thursday, May 12 at 8:00pm (rain date: Thursday, May 26)
This outdoor showing is FREE to the public. Bring a chair or blanket for seating.
The six dancers are Renée Copeland, Yeniel “Chini” Perez Domenech, Sharon Mansur, Erin Thompson, Joseph “MN Joe” Tran, Elayna Waxse. Each are recipients of a McKnight Dancer Fellowship, an annual award given to three mid-career Minnesota dancers whose work demonstrates artistic excellence. In addition to a $25,000 unrestricted cash award, fellows received additional support and the commission of a new solo from a choreographer of their choosing. The 2021 collaborations range from innovative Hip Hop to contemporary Arab imaginings, to intimate site-specific explorations and more. SOLO will have Spanish and English captioning throughout the films.