Past selection panelists for the McKnight Fellowships for Dancers
Below is a list of past McKnight Dancer Fellowship panelists by year.
Past Selection Panelists:
2025 Panel
Alexandra Eady, Dance Artist and Educator (Saint Paul, MN)
Carlo Antonio Villanueva, Performer, Choreographer, Assistant Professor at the U of M Twin Cities (Minneapolis, MN)
Irene Hsiao, Dancer, writer, and multidisciplinary artist (Chicago, IL)
Vershawn Sanders-Ward, Artistic Director & CEO, Red Clay Dance Company (Chicago, IL)
2024 Panel
Lisa Berman, Founder & Co-Artistic Director of BRKFST Dance Company (Saint Paul, MN)
DeMarcus Akeem Suggs, Founder and Framework Culturist, Kuumbuntu, LLC (Minneapolis, MN)
Jessica Tong, Rehearsal Director, A.I.M by Kyle Abraham (Brooklyn, NY) \
Potri Ranka Manis Quean Nur, Founder/ Artistic Director, Kinding Sindaw Heritage Foundation, Inc (New York City, NY)
2023 Panel
Claude Alexander III, Dancer, Bruce Wood Dance // Freelance Choreographer (Dallas, TX)
Maura Garcia, Independent Dance Artist (Raleigh, NC)
Aneka McMullen, Choreographer/ Performer/Artistic Director, Epitome- No Question Hip Hop Dance Ensemble (Minneapolis, MN)
Sachiko “La Chayí” Nishiuchi, Flamenco dancer, Twin Cities Flamenco Collective (Minneapolis, MN)
2022 Panel
Herbert Johnson III, Dancer/Choreographer (Minneapolis, MN)
Rosie Herrera, Choreographer, Artistic Director of Rosie Herrera Dance Theatre (Miami Beach, FL)
Stephanie Fellner, Teacher, Dancer (Minneapolis, MN)
Daniel Singh, Artistic Director, Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh Dance Company (Washington D.C.)
2021 Panel
Heidi Latsky, Founder and Artistic Director, Heidi Latsky Dance (New York City, NY)
Margo Abdo O'Dell, Teacher, Dancer, Choreographer of Middle Eastern dance (Minneapolis, MN)
Santee Smith, Artistic Director, Kaha:wi Dance Theater (Toronto, Canada)
2020 Panel
Tamiko French, Director, Choreographer, Legacy Arts Group (Minneapolis, MN)
Tanya Lukin Linklater, Artist and Choreographer (Ontario, Canada)
David Parker, Choreographer, The Bang Group (New York, NY)
Suchitra Sairam, Founder and Director, Kala Vandanam (St. Paul, MN)
2019 Panel
Ronald K. Brown, Artistic Director, Evidence, A Dance Company (New York, NY)
Kaleena Miller, Dancer, Choreographer and Artistic Director of Twin Cities Tap Festival (Minneapolis, MN)
Victor Quijada, Choreographer, Artistic Director RUBBERBANDance Group (Montreal, Canada)
Chitra Vairavan, Artist, Dancer/Choreographer (Minneapolis, MN)
2018 Panel
Michel Kouakou, Artistic Director of Daara Dance (Minneapolis, MN)
Alanna Morris-Van Tassel, Dancer, Teaching Artist, Choreographer (Minneapolis, MN)
Jennifer Nugent, Independent Dance Artist (New York, NY)
Oguri, Dancer and Choreographer (Los Angeles, CA)
2017 Panel
Ananya Chatterjea, Choreographer and Artistic Director, Ananya Dance Theatre; Professor of Dance, University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN)
d. Sabela grimes, Interdisciplinary Performer-Choreographer (Los Angeles, CA)
Kari Mosel, Company Member, Shapiro & Smith Dance and Stuart Pimsler Dance & Theater (Minneapolis, MN)
Michelle Ramos, Attorney, Former Dancer, and Chair of Dance/USA (New Orleans, LA)
2016 Panel
Karen Charles, Artistic Director, Threads Dance Project (Minneapolis, MN)
Patrick Corbin, Dancer, Choreographer, Educator (Los Angeles, CA)
Irene Dowd, Functional Anatomist, Teacher, Choreographer (New York, NY)
Leslie O’Neill, Choreographer and Dancer (Minneapolis, MN)
Maia Maiden, Choreographer, Creator & Curator (Minneapolis, MN)
2015 Panel
Amanda Dlouhy (Minneapolis, MN)
Gesel Mason (Boulder, CO)
Tamara Ober (Minneapolis, MN)
Scott Rink (New York, NY)
Kate Weare (New York, NY)
2014 Panel
Joan Karlen (WI)
Christopher Morgan (Washington, DC)
Heidi Geier (Minneapolis, MN)
Nic Lincoln (Minneapolis, MN)
Sharon Picasso (Minneapolis, MN)
2013 Panel
Jeffrey N. Bullock (VA)
Mary Cochran (New York, NY)
Catherine Liska (Minneapolis, MN)
Abdo Sayegh (St. Paul, MN)
Laura Selle Virtucio (Minneapolis, MN)
2012 Panel
Justin Leaf (Minneapolis, MN)
Ellen Keane (Minneapolis, MN)
Wade Madsen (WA)
Lisa Rinehart (New York, NY)
Linda Shapiro (Minneapolis, MN)
2011 Panel
Tamara Nadel (Minneapolis, MN)
Judith James Ries (St. Paul, MN)
Suzanne River (Minneapolis, MN)
Peggy Seipp-Roy (Minneapolis, MN)
Gerri Houlihan (Miami, FL)
2010 Panel
Gioconda Barbuto (Montreal, CA)
Marcia Chapman (Minneapolis, MN)
Becky Heist (St. Paul, MN)
Colette Illarde (Minneapolis, MN)
Matthew Nelson (Minneapolis, MN)
2009 Panel
Carolyn Adams (New York, NY)
Nathan Daniels (Minneapolis, MN)
Diyah Larasati (Minneapolis, MN)
Julia Tehven Sutton (Minneapolis, MN)
Deborah Jinza Thayer (St. Paul, MN)
Note: From the beginning of the Dancer Fellowship program in 2002 until 2008, all panel members resided in the state of Minnesota.
2008 Panel
Patricia Brown
Penelope Freeh
Donald LaCourse
Joan A. Smith
Tony Vierling
2007 Panel
Anne Von Bibra
Allen Fields
Mathew Janczewski
Linda Talcott Lee
Erin Thompson
2006 Panel
Amy Casserly-Ellis
Morris Johnson
Sharon Mansur
Anthony Roberts
Cassandra Shore
2005 Panel
Zhauna Franks
Debra Leigh
Susana di Palma
James Sewell
Jane Shockley
2004 Panel
Stephane Andre
Eric Boone
Kerry Casserly
Julie Kerr-Berry
Mariusz Olszewski
2003 Panel
Emilie Plauche Flink
Lise Houlton
Matt Jenson
Christine Maginnis
Zoe Sealy
2002 Panel
Lou Fancher
Larry Lee Van Horn
Sherry Saterstrom
Kristin Van Loon