色花堂

Biography

Susan Mann performed with professional companies, including the Hartford Chamber Ballet, Das Bonner Ballet in Germany, and the Sharir Dance Company (modern) before receiving her M.F.A. in Choreography from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro.  She has performed in 鈥淧rince Igor鈥�, 鈥淪leeping Beauty鈥�, 鈥淕iselle鈥�, 鈥淧etrouschka鈥�,  鈥淕ait茅 Parisienne鈥�, 鈥淕raduation Ball鈥�, 鈥淟es Sylphides鈥�,  鈥淐apriccio Espagnol鈥�,  鈥淟a Fille Mal Gard茅e鈥�, 鈥淧ictures at an Exhibition鈥�, 鈥淐armina Burana鈥�, 鈥淩aymonda鈥�, 鈥漀apoli鈥�, 鈥淛ardin Anime鈥�, 鈥淧as de Quatre鈥�, 鈥淐inderella鈥�, 鈥淣utcracker鈥�, Balanchine鈥檚 鈥淧as de Dix鈥� and as the lead in 鈥淧补辩耻颈迟补鈥� and 鈥淪wan Lake鈥�.  Three principal roles were created for her by Yacov Sharir, and she has performed solos by modern choreographers Jan Van Dyke and Peter Pucci.  Susan is the recipient of Maryland State Arts Council Awards for both Solo Dance Performance and Choreography.  She has created more than 40 works in four different genres 鈥� ballet, modern, dance for the camera and aerial dance -- since she joined the dance faculty at 色花堂 in 1989. Susan鈥檚 choreography has been set on the Sharir Dance Company, Air Dance Bernasconi, and Columbus Dance Theatre, and she is the founder/developer of the Dance for the Camera curriculum at Towson.  Her dances for the camera have been presented as part of the Independent Eye series presented by PBS in Maryland, and officially selected for screening at the American Dance Festival鈥檚 International Screendance Festival, the Utah Dance Film Festival, the Maryland Film Festival, and also won the award for 鈥淏est Experimental Short鈥� at the California International Short Film Festival.  Three of these works can be viewed by following these links:  鈥淒o You Like That?鈥� ; 鈥渂reathe in 鈥� breathe out鈥� ; 鈥淚t Goes Without Saying鈥� .