Paula
Mann
Co-Artistic Director
Paula Mann moved to the Twin Cities from New York in 1987, armed with
a BA and MFA in dance from New York University, and following eight years
as co-director of the New York based company, Dudek/Mann + Dancers. Building
on a background of modern dance technique and ballet, she has expanded
the scope of her work as a dancer and choreographer to include animation,
text, sound collage and physical theater to create unique performance
experiences. Mann is artistic director of TIME TRACK PRODUCTIONS whose
mission is to explore the relationship between media and humanity using
live performance as a foundation. TIME TRACK PRODUCTIONS’ new evening
length piece, ‘All That Is Solid Melts Into Air’ will premier
in September 2003 at the O’Shaughnessy Auditorium as part of the
Women of Substance series.
Mann’s work has been presented by many performance venues both in
New York—at Dance Theater Workshop, P.S 122, Danspace, Off Broadway
at the Douglass Fairbanks Theater and Movement Research—and in the
Twin Cities, by the Southern Theater, the O’ Shaughnessy Dance Series,
the Walker Arts Center, the MN Dance Alliance and Hamline University.
Her Solo work has been presented throughout the U.S. and Canada. Mann
has been recognized with several awards from the McKnight Foundation,
the Jerome Foundation, Meet the Composer, the MN State Arts Board, MRAC
Arts Activities and Community Arts, two Sage Cowles Chairs at the University
of Minnesota and a Bush Artist Fellowship. She is currently on faculty
at the University of Minnesota Department of Theater and Dance.
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Steve
Paul; www.stevepaul.com
Co-Artistic Director
Steve Paul is a graduate of the University of Iowa. In the 20 years since
then, he has been a writer, director, performer, designer, musician and
media artist based in the Twin Cities. His work has been seen throughout
the United States and Europe. Currently he teaches at the Art Institutes
International Minnesota at the corner of 9th and Hennepin..
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