About the Artist
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 "Prince Igor," "Sleeping Beauty," "Giselle," "Petrouschka," "Gaité Parisienne," "Graduation Ball," "Les Sylphides," "Capriccio Espagnol," "La Fille Mal Gardée," "Pictures at an Exhibition," "Carrmina Burana," "Raymonda," "Napoli," "Jardin Anime," "Pas de Quatre," "Cinderella," "Nutcracker," Balanchine's "Pas de Dix" and as the lead in "Paquita" and Swan Lake." 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 30 works in four different genres - ballet, modern, dance for the camera and aerial dance -- since she joined the dance faculty at Towson University in 1989. Most recently, her dance for the camera "It Goes Without Saying" won the award for "Best Experimental Short" at the California International Short Film Festival in December of 2015, and received "Official Selection Laurels" at the Utah Dance Film Festival and the Eugene International Film Festival in 2016; and her pointe work, "Threshold", was selected after adjudication for the gala of the American College Dance Association's Mid-Atlantic Festival. Susan's 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.
