McKnight International Choreographer Residency

About the McKnight International Choreographer Residency

The McKnight International Choreographer Residency, a program of the McKnight Choreographer Fellowships, invites one international choreographer each year to spend time in residence in Minnesota, collaborating with Minnesota dance artists and showcasing new work.

Support for individual artists has been a focus of the McKnight Foundation’s Arts Program since its inception. McKnight Artist Fellowships increase the exploratory opportunity, economic stability, and productive capacity of artists by providing unrestricted support for artists who are the beyond emerging stage of their career, as well as discipline-specific artistic and professional development opportunities.

Past McKnight International Choreographers include:

2024: Meryl Zaytoun Murman (Greece)

2023: Sandy Silva (Montreal)

2022: Mário Nascimento (Brazil)

2019: Galia Eibenschutz (Mexico City)

2018 - Impilo Mapantsula (Vusi Mdoye, Sello Modiga, Sicelo Xaba) (South Africa)

2017 - Salia Sanou (Burkina Faso)

2016 - Sharon Eyal & Gai Behar (Israel)

2015 - Gioconda Barbuto (Canada)

2014 - Osnel Delgado (Cuba)

2013 - George Stamos (Canada) and Sophiline Cheam Shapiro (Cambodia)

2012- Johan Amselem (France)

While applications are not accepted from choreographers for the McKnight International Choreographer residency, we welcome hearing from members of the Minnesota dance and arts community who might be interested in partnering with us.   

Photo of 2024 residency by Sydney Swanson