Photos by Canaan Mattson

About SOLO

SOLO is a commissioning program of the McKnight Fellowships for Dancers. As part of the awarded fellowship, the McKnight Fellowship program commissions a choreographer of each Dancer Fellow’s choosing to create a work expressly for them. These new works are presented every other year as part of an evening titled SOLO.

Past Solo PerformanceS

 SOLO 2024

• Sam Aros-Mitchell (2023 Dancer Fellow) & Dante Puleio (José Limón Foundation, NY)

• Leila Awadallah (2022 Dancer Fellow) & Alexandre Paulkevitch (Beirut)

• Demetrius McClendon/ImagineJoy (2023 Dancer Fellow) & Maurya Kerr (Oakland, CA)

• Sharon Picasso (2022 Dancer Fellow) & Ann Yee (MN & London)

• Yuki Tokuda (2023 Dancer Fellow) & Jennifer Hart (Austin, TX)

• Cheng Xiong (2022 Dancer Fellow) & Denden Karadeniz (Amsterdam)

SOLO 2022

• Melissa Clark (2020 Fellow) & Alhassane Bangourra, John “Boodilla” King and René Thompson (MN, IL, MN)

• Alexandra Eady (2021 Fellow) & Maria Bauman (NYC)

• Non Edwards (2020 Fellow) & Anna Marie Shogren (MN)

• Hassan Ingraham (2021 Fellow) & Norbert De La Cruz III (NYC)

• Marciano Silva dos Santos (2020 Fellow) & Gil Mendes Coelho (Brazil)

• David Stalter Jr. (2021 Fellow) & Sheopatra (Los Angeles, CA)

Solo 2021

• Renée Copeland (2018 Fellow) & Erika Bettin (Italy)

• Sharon Mansur (2018 Fellow) & Yara Boustany, Andrea Shaker and Mette Loulou von Kohl (Lebanon, MN, NY)

• Yeniel “Chini” Perez Domenech (2018 Fellow) & Ephrat Asherie (NYC)

• Erin Thompson (2019 Fellow) & Bebe Miller (Columbus, OH)

• Joe “MN Joe” Tran (2019 Fellow) & Rudi Goblen (Miami, FL)

• Elayna Waxse (2019 Fellow) & Bobbi Jene Smith (NYC)

SOLO 2018

• Lisa Berman (2016 Dancer Fellow) & Victor Quijada (Montreal)

• Chris Hannon (2016 Dancer Fellow) & Gina Patterson (WY)

• Herb Johnson III (2017 Dancer Fellow) & Tight Eyez (Las Vegas, NV)

• Krista Langberg (2017 Dancer Fellow) & Karen Sherman (MN)

• Sachiko Nishiuchi (2017 Dancer Fellow) & Pepe Torres, Luis Pena, Angelita Vargas (Spain)

• Chitra Vairavan (2016 Dancer Fellow) & Eiko Otake (NYC)

Solo 2016

• Kenna-Camara Cottman (2014 Dancer Fellow) & Deja Stowers (MN)

• Brian J. Evans (2015 Dancer Fellow) & Tamara Ober (MN)

• Kaleena Miller (2015 Dancer Fellow) & Derick Grant (NYC)

• Alanna Morris-Van Tassel (2015 Dancer Fellow) & Idan Sharabi (Israel)

• Sally Rousse (2014 Dancer Fellow) & Arthur Pita (London)

• Max Wirsing (2014 Dancer Fellow) & Lauren Simpson (CA)

SOLO 2014

• Kari Mosel (2013 Dancer Fellow) & Lane Gifford (NYC)

• Tamara Ober (2013 Dancer Fellow) & D.J. Mendel (NYC)

• Gregory Waletski (2013 Dancer Fellow) & Karen Sherman (MN)

• Taryn Griggs (2012 Dancer Fellow) & Jodi Melnick (NYC)

• Ashwini Ramaswamy (2012 Dancer Fellow) & Alarmel Valli (India)

• Stephen Schroeder (2012 Dancer Fellow) & James Morrow (MA)

SOLO 2012

• Amy Behm-Thomson (2011 Dancer Fellow) & Luis Lara Malvacias (NYC)

• Amanda Dlouhy (2011 Dancer Fellow) & Ranee and Aparna Ramaswamy (MN)

• Nic Lincoln (2011 Dancer Fellow) & Larry Keigwin (NYC)

• Emilie Plauche’ Flink (2010 Dancer Fellow) & Sara Hook (IL)

• Leslie O’Neill (2010 Dancer Fellow) & Jeanine Durning (NYC)

• Eddie Oroyan (2010 Dancer Fellow) & Roberto Olivan (Spain)

SOLO 2010

• Kats D Fukasawa & Katsura Kan (Japan)

• Roxane Wallace-Peterson & Vincent Mantsoe (South Africa/France)

• Sam Feipel & Jennifer Hart (TX)

• Justin Leaf & John Kelly (NYC)

• Mary Ann Bradley & Shawn McConneloug (MN)

• Karen Sherman & Dan Hurlin (NYC)

SOLO 2008

• Karla Grotting & Max Pollack (NYC)

• Colette Illarde & Manuel Reyes Maya (Spain)

• Mifa Ko & Jerry Opdenaker (FL)

• Tamara Nadel & Ranee and Aparna Ramaswamy (MN)

• Abdo Sayegh & Gioconda Barbuto (Canada)

• Laura Selle-Virtucio & Colleen Thomas (NYC)

SOLO 2006

• Stephanie Fellner & Susana di Palma and Myron Johnson (MN)

• Megan Flood & Dylan Skybrook (MN)

• Mariusz Olszewski & Tomas Howlin and Jean-Marc Genereux (Montreal)

• Toni Pierce-Sands & Ronald K. Brown (NYC)

• Peggy Seipp-Roy & Stéphane André, Wynn Fricke, and Uri Sands (MN)

• Julia Tehven & John Kelly (NYC)

SOLO 2004

• Eric F Boone & Susan Marshall (NYC)

• Susie Bracken & Sasha Roubicek (UK)

• Wynn Fricke & Gretchen Cohenour (MN)

• Joanne Horn Spencer & Erin Thompson (MN)

• Megan McClellan & Uri Sands (MN)

• Leah Nelson & Jonzi D (UK)