Originally from Greenwood, IN, Shannon trained at Butler University and the University of Utah. She danced professionally for over twelve years with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and Nederlands Dans Theater, dancing works by Jiri Kylian, Nacho Duato, William Forsythe, Ohad Naharin, Jorma Elo, and Crystal Pite. After returning from Europe, Shannon rounded out her stage career with seven productions at the Lyric Opera Chicago including Rob Ashford’s Carousel and Francesca Zambello’s West Side Story. Through her concert dance and musical theater experience, Shannon brings with her a rich breadth of knowledge that she now integrates into her teaching and choreography. She choreographed works for Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre, Oregon Ballet Theater 2, Ballet Des Moines, The Big Muddy Dance Company, Ballet West II, and was also a recipient of the Joffrey Ballet’s Winning Work’s Choreographic Competition. She has mentored dancers throughout Chicago and has been on faculty at the Joffrey Academy, Interlochen School for the Arts summer faculty, and Visceral Dance Center. Shannon completed an MFA in Dance from the University of the Arts, and most recently began a Limited Term Assistant Professorship at Kennesaw State University, with a continued commitment to revealing the power of dance as a language that transcends the tangible and to creating the future through art.