Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography
The National Center for Choreography (NCC), which is now known as The Maggie Allesse National Center for Choreography (MANCC) was set in motion by Florida State University’s Dance Department administration and faculty in order to explore the definition of “research and development” within the field of dance, as well as to investigate the need within the national dance field to develop new models that support the creation of dance”.[1] In 2002, the President of FSU and the Dean of Visual Arts and Dance invited Libby Patenaude, former Chair of the Department of Dance, to begin searching for ways to initiate the creation of The National Center for Choreography (NCC), which would be associated with FSU, a Research I university.After $17 million worth of renovations to the original 1920s gymnasium that housed FSU's original Department of Dance, and the National Center for Choreography in the works, Montgomery Gym was reopened in October 2004.“Maggie Allesee is a 1949 FSU graduate in English, journalism, and education, who now lives in Detroit.[2] Allesee's endowment assisted in making the plan of MANCC a reality.