SHIFT~ a performance salon: "Portrait of 2 (1 through another)" Sharon Mansur & Pingping Zhang

SHIFT~ a performance salon curated by Sharon Mansur presents:
"Portrait of 2 (1 through another)"
with Sharon Mansur and salon guest Pingping Zhang

*Note: space is limited, and reservations are required via email to c21hbnN1cmRhbmNlciB8IGdtYWlsICEgY29t so we can prepare the venue to welcome you!

A multidisciplinary experiment infused with creativity, counting and confluence.

Saturday, July 12, 2025 @7pm CT

Starseeds Rising, 501 Center Street, Winona, Mni Sota Makoce/MN,
Dakota land

FREE admission
Limited space available, reservations required

Please email c21hbnN1cmRhbmNlciB8IGdtYWlsICEgY29t to request a reservation and for accessibility requests.

For more information visit: www.mansurdance.com/shift.html

What are SHIFT~ performance salons?
SHIFT~ is an informal and intimate interdisciplinary experimental platform, curated by Sharon Mansur since 2016. SHIFT~ encourages Winona area creatives to collaborate, test out new ideas and engage each other and audience members in conversation. The salons also are an initiative to further the development and visibility of contemporary art practices in the Winona community. SHIFT~ prioritizes BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and/or female identified creatives.

Pingping Zhang (she/her) is a professor of mathematics education at Winona State University. Because of her strong interests in arts, she recently started pursuing a Studio Art degree with five minors, including dance, music, photography, sustainability, and TESOL. She serves on the WSU orchestra as a violinist and is a board member of the Bluff Country Co-op. When Pingping is not busy with schoolwork or hobbies, she loves to hang out with her husband, daughter, two dogs, a cat, three chickens, pet fish, shrimps, and snails.

Sharon Mansur (she/her) is a Winona based creative, educator, arts facilitator, bodyworker, and community engager. She’s been curating and performing in SHIFT~ performance salons since 2016 and has been directing The Cedar Tree Project creative platform for Arab/SWANA contemporary art and artists since 2018.

This salon is made possible by generous support from The Waterers.

shift~ imagination
shift~ happens

**Upcoming SHIFT salon: August 17th with guest Sadie Neuman**

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Photos by: Sharon Mansur (Left) and Kurt Bolstad (Right)

Photo descriptions:
(Left) Headshot of Sharon Mansur, an Arab American woman with short purple tinged hair, wearing a maroon shirt and green scarf on a bridge overlooking a river.
(Right) Headshot of Pingping Zhang, a Chinese American woman with shoulder length dark hair, black rimmed glasses and a dark blue shirt, in front of a leafy green outdoor background.

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