(A.R.A.D., C.D.T.A.)
Class Instructor: RAD Ballet & Advanced Ballet Studies
Shannon spent her early years of training in the Vancouver area, studying Royal Academy of Dance Ballet (Primary through Advanced), Jazz, Musical Theatre & Voice. She went on to study with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School, Yor University Dance Department in Toronto, and then the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York.
She also has experience in the Vagonava and Cecchetti styles of Ballet, Martha Graham Modern, Benesh Notation and Educational Psychology. Shannon holds the Royal Academy of Dance Teaching Certificate, in which she received a mark of Distinction, and the Royal Academy of Dance Teaching Diploma specializing in Anatomy and Dance History. Shannon continues her studies alongside some the best Ballet Teachers in the World each summer in New York Coty, including Finis Jhung, David Howard and Jo Rowan. Shannon is also a Ballet member of the B.C. Branch of the Canada Dance Teachers Association.
Shannon has been teaching locally for the past 26 years and currently mentors and supervises in the RAD’s Certificate of Ballet Teaching Studies. As a teacher, her students have been accepted to and studied at some of the best schools in the world, including: Alberta Ballet, American Ballet Theatre (ABT), Ballet Austin, Ballet BC, Ballet Magnificant, Boston Ballet, Broadway Theatre Project, the Banff Centre for the Arts, Les Grands Ballets Canadians, Hartford Ballet, Illinois Ballet, Joffrey Ballet, Louisville Ballet, Miami City Ballet, The National Ballet of Canada, North Carolina Dance Theatre, Oregon Ballet Theatre, Orlando Ballet Theatre, Pacific Northwest Ballet School, Princes Cruise Lines, Royal City Musical Theatre, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, The Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Tokyo Disney, Washington Ballet, Theatre Under the Stars, Toronto Dance Theatre and the Okanagan Summer Dance Intensive.
Shannon will be teaching monthly RAD Ballet Exam workshops and intensives for GDC Pro Excel Ballet Program.