Wayfinding: A Creative Conversation and Dance Film Sharing

Tuesday | June 18 | 7 pm
Winona Arts Center | 228 5th St.
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McKnight International Choreographer Meryl Zaytoun Murman will be part of Wayfinding: A Creative  Conversation and Dance Film Sharing on Tuesday, June 18th @ 7 pm, joined by Winona artist Sharon Mansur, and Minneapolis dance artist Leila Awadallah. The films will explore their shared Arab/SWANA (Southeast Asian and North African) heritage, gender and sexuality, and diasporic bodies, and a guided discussion with Winona State University professor Mary Jo Klinker will center these themes. 

This free event is co-sponsored by Art of the Rural and will take place at the Winona Arts Center, at 228 E 5th St., Winona, MN 55987. Registrations are strongly encouraged via a form on this page: www.mcknightdancechoreo.org/international-artist. 

Meryl Zaytoun Murman is a Lebanese American choreographer, filmmaker, and multi-disciplinary artist based in Thessaloniki, Greece. The 2024 McKnight International Choreographer Residency is a month-long event being hosted in Winona and the Twin Cities, in partnership with dance/interdisciplinary artist Sharon Mansur and her creative platform, The Cedar Tree Project. 

To learn more about Murman and the residency, please see: www.mcknightdancechoreo.org/ international-artist. For more about Sharon Mansur and The Cedar Tree Project see: www.cedartreeproject.com, and Art of the Rural: www.artoftherural.org.

Image credits: Murman: Craig Mulcahy; Mansur: film still, BodyCartography; Awadallah: Andres Perez.

Sharon Mansur, the Winona Arts Center, and Art of the Rural are members of the River Arts Alliance. To learn more about the benefits of membership, please visit: https://riverartsalliance.org/membership/.