Shawn Cusseaux is an emerging performing artist hailing from Tampa Bay, Florida, where he attended Pinellas County Center for the Arts at Gibbs High School. He continued his studies in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the Conservatory of Performing Arts at Point Park University, where he received his BA in Fine Arts. During this time, he was given opportunities to perform 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 as Independence Foundation Dance Fellow in 2020.