Studio Stories: Reminiscing on Twin Cities Dance with Paula Mann Season 3 Episode 40

Paula Mann’s journey took her from Appalachian roots to
Detroit teenage runaway, through Kent State in the 1970's, to NYU
and the downtown dance scene of the 1980's. She studied
Humphrey/Limon technique with Ruth Currier and members of the
Limon company, Hawkins technique with Eric Hawkins and Cunningham
with Merce Cunningham. Her first concert of choreography was
produced at the Merce Cunningham Studio in 1980 and later that
year she co-founded Dudek/Mann + Dancers with partner Tina Dudek.
Mann moved to the Twin Cities in 1987, armed with a BA and MA in
Dance from NYU, and following seven years as co-director of
Dudek/Mann + Dancers. Since her arrival in the Twin Cities, Mann
has created 50 new works and is co-artistic director of TIME
TRACK PRODUCTIONS with visual artist Steve Paul.  She has
been a driving force in Contemporary Dance and Performance based
out of Minneapolis for the past 30 years; challenging, educating
and engaging artists, audiences and communities with passion,
inventiveness and rigor. She was full time faculty at the
University of Minnesota Department of Theater and Dance from
1993-2013 and is a 2019/2020 McKnight Fellow in Choreography.