Cowles Land Grant Chair

Since 1987, through the generosity of Sage and John Cowles, University of Minnesota Dance has annually hosted four to six dance professionals of international renown in residencies ranging from one to ten weeks. The guests teach, choreograph new dance work, rehearse repertory, and lecture in the Department of Theatre Arts and Dance, and the twin cities community at large.

The Cowles Land Grant Chair connects nationally and internationally recognized artists and scholars with dance students, exposing them to contemporary artistry, masterwork and new thinking in dance studies. University of Minnesota Dance is unique for its extensive use of renowned professional artists in the education and training of students.

2015/2016 Cowles Visiting Artists and Scholars

Garth Fagan & Natalie Rogers-Cropper (staging an excerpt of Garth Fagan’s Two Pieces of One: Green)
Wynn Fricke
Gerald Casel
Luke Olson-Elm

Past Cowles Artists and Scholars

  • 33 Fainting Spells
  • Chris Aiken
  • Ann Cooper Albright
  • Awam Amkpa
  • Arthur Aviles
  • J. Ed Araiza
  • Sally Banes
  • Germaul Barnes
  • Felipe Barrueto
  • Peter Bingham
  • Anne Bogart
  • Bonnie Brooks
  • Brian Harlan Brooks
  • Carolyn Brown
  • Ron Brown
  • Barbara Browning
  • Danny Buraczeski
  • Donald Byrd
  • Laurie Carlos
  • Nora Chipaumire
  • Yoshiko Chuma
  • Joe Chvala
  • Mary Cochran
  • Ray Cook
  • Roger Copeland
  • Beth Corning
  • Suzanne Costello & Stuart Pimsler
  • Merce Cunningham
  • Thomas DeFrantz
  • Gemze de Lappe
  • Gregory Dolbashian
  • David Dorfman
  • Kelly Drummond Cawthon
  • Douglas Dunn
  • Karen Eliot
  • Doug Elkins
  • Jan Erkert
  • Bill Evans
  • Danny Ezralow
  • Adrianne Fang
  • Ginger Farley
  • Tina Fehlandt
  • June Finch
  • Maureen Fleming
  • Carl Flink
  • Ori Flomin
  • Susan Foster
  • Christine Fournier
  • Mark Franko
  • Sharon Friedler
  • Lynn Garafola
  • David Gere
  • Gail Gilbert
  • The Joe Goode Performance Group
  • Zvi Gotheiner
  • Brenda Dixon Gottschild
  • Hellmut Gottschild
  • Jens Graff
  • Pat Graney
  • Neil Greenberg
  • Lena Hammergren
  • Mary Hansmeyer
  • Meg Harper
  • Doris Hering
  • Kristin Van Loon & Arwen Wilder
  • Mary Hinkson
  • Kile Hotchkiss
  • Matt Jenson
  • Myron Johnson
  • Bill T. Jones
  • Justin Jones
  • Deborah Jowitt
  • Maurya Kerr
  • Susan Kikuchi
  • Hari Krishnan
  • Demetrius Klein
  • Marit Brook Kothlow
  • Rebekah Kowal
  • Katherine Kramer
  • Sali Ann & Alan Kriegsman
  • Ming Shen Ku
  • Sardono Kusumo
  • Rosalynde LeBlanc Loo
  • Camille LeFevre
  • Linda Lehovec
  • Ralph Lemon
  • Liz Lerman
  • Janet Lilly
  • Shouze Ma
  • Barbara Mahler
  • Paula Mann
  • Kari Margolis
  • Susan Marshall
  • Lorry May
  • Shawn McConneloug
  • Woody McGriff
  • Susan McGuire
  • Dianne McIntyre
  • Yang Mei-Jung
  • Bebe Miller
  • Shirley Mordine
  • Clyde Morgan
  • Charles Moulton
  • Daniel Nagrin
  • Douglas Nielson
  • Tere O'Connor
  • Caroline Palmer
  • Sara Pearson
  • Emilie Plauche
  • Max Pollak
  • Will Power
  • Scott Rink
  • Janice & Anthony Roberts
  • LaVaughn Robinson
  • Joanna Rosenthal
  • Ludmilla Ryba
  • Uri Sands
  • Marta Savigliano
  • Marcus Schulkind
  • Zoe Sealy
  • Alan Sener
  • Daniel Shapiro & Joanie Smith
  • Karen Sherman
  • Gaynell Sherrod
  • Billy Siegenfeld
  • Joan Skinner
  • Stephanie Skura
  • Peter Sparling
  • Sarah Stackhouse
  • Risa Steinberg
  • Robin Stiehm
  • Hannah Stilwell
  • Elizabeth Streb
  • Bambang ‘Besur’ Suryono
  • Wil Swanson
  • Kei Takei
  • Colleen Thomas
  • Makeda Thomas
  • Erin Thompson
  • Katrina Thompson Warren
  • Morgan Thorson
  • Nathan Trice
  • Anna Tsing
  • TU Dance
  • Keisha Turner & Laurie Taylor
  • Donna Uchizono
  • Kristen Van Loon
  • Doug Varone
  • Doug Varone & Dancers
  • Kim Vincs
  • Dan Wagoner
  • David White
  • Arwen Wilder
  • Jawole Willa Jo Zollar
  • Mel Wong
  • Yutian Wong
  • Bill Young
  • Cathy Young
  • Ruth Zaporah