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) with partner Sharon Mansur/The Cedar Tree Project

2023: Sandy Silva (Montreal) with partner Twin Cities Tap

2022: Mário Nascimento (Brazil) with partner Contempo Physical Dance

2019: Galia Eibenschutz (Mexico City) with partner HIJACK

2018 - Impilo Mapantsula (Vusi Mdoye, Sello Modiga, Sicelo Xaba) (South Africa) with partner Maia Maiden

2017 - Salia Sanou (Burkina Faso) with partner Threads Dance Project

2016 - Sharon Eyal & Gai Behar (Israel) with partner James Sewell Ballet

2015 - Gioconda Barbuto (Canada) with partner TU Dance

2014 - Osnel Delgado (Cuba) with partner Zenon Dance Company

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