Kevin J Shannon

Kevin J. Shannon was born in Baltimore, Maryland and is a graduate of the Baltimore School for the Arts. He received additional training from the Miami City Ballet School, Paul Taylor Dance School, School of American Ballet, and Springboard Danse Montréal. Upon graduating from The Juilliard School with his BFA, Kevin was invited to join Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. While a company dancer with Hubbard Street for fifteen seasons, he had the privilege of performing leading roles in works by Kyle Abraham, Aszure Barton, Alejandro Cerrudo, Peter Chu, Sharon Eyal, William Forsythe, Jirí Kylián, Ohad Naharin, Crystal Pite, Twyla Tharp, and Robyn Mineko Williams among many others. As an educator, he has led the Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Summer Intensive, is on faculty for the Gibney Pro certificate program under the direction of Alexandra Wells and is currently a guest teacher for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, José Limón Dance Company, and Gibney Company. Kevin has been a visiting artist for the School of The Art Institute of Chicago and a guest educator for the University of Chicago. Additionally, he has served as faculty for Chicago Movement Collective, Gibney Dance, The Joffrey Ballet School, Peridance Center, and Youth American Grand Prix teaching a range of classes from ballet, contemporary, improvisation, Limón based release technique and IMAGE TECH for dancers™. Kevin is a certified IMAGE TECH for dancers™ teacher. He continues to perform as a freelance artist, dancing with Brian Brooks/Moving Company, Flockworks Dance, kNonAme/Roderick George, Danielle Russo, Hélène Simoneau, and Robyn Mineko Williams and Artists. Kevin has also had the privilege to stage the works of Robyn Mineko Williams.