Shawn Cusseaux received his BFA from the Conservatory of Performing Arts at Point Park University, where he performed works by Garfield Lemonious, Jae Man Joo, Kiesha Lalama, Jennifer Archibald, Jose Limon, Jason Mcdole, Amy Hall Garner, Robert Priorie, Edwaard Liang, and Camille A. Brown. Shawn joined BalletX in 2021.