
SHANNON
GILLEN + GUESTS
2014
Germany Winner’s Tour - International Solo-Tanz Festival November 2014
COLD BRIGHT SHE
Second Avenue Dance Company - New York University, Tisch School of the Arts (NYC) December 2014
new commission
TANZ theater International Festival, THINK BIG Choreographer / Staatsoper Hannover (Hannover, Germany) Aug/Sep 2014
new commission
ProjectLAUNCH Summer Program and Creation (San Francisco) July 2013
Contemporary Dance Faculty, New Creation
BODYTRAFFIC Summer Program and Creation (Los Angeles) July 2013
Contemporary Dance Faculty, New Creation
Movement Invention Project (Baryshnikov Arts Center, NYC) July 2013
Improvisation, Contemporary Dance, Acting, Partnering, Creative Process, Composition
TIF Theater (Kassel, Germany) July 2014
COLD BRIGHT SHE and a new untitled film featuring Breanna O'Mara
International Solo-Tanz Theatre Competition (3rd Prize for Dance) March 2014
COLD BRIGHT SHE
Dance New Amsterdam / Gibney Dance Center (NYC) August 2011 - present
Modern/Contemporary dance faculty
Peridance Capezio Center (NYC) August 2011 - present
Modern/Contemporary dance faculty
2013
Salvatore Capezio Theater (NYC) October 2013
VAROSHA
Movement Invention Project (Baryshnikov Arts Center, NYC) July 2013 Improvisation, Contemporary Dance, Acting, Partnering, Creative Process, Composition
Bryant Park Presents (NYC) June 2013
New commission, VAROSHA
Harkness Ensemble (NYC) June 2013
New commission, FLOCK
New York University, Tisch School of the Arts (NYC) May 2012
SUPERTITLES
Random Collision/Grand Theatre, Groningen, Netherlands April 2013
Residency / Research
Steps Repertory Ensemble (NYC), Celebrate Dance, Joyce Soho, Jacob’s Pillow April 2013
New commission, ON CERTAINTY
Triskelion Arts Presents and the 92nd Street Y Sundays at Three Series (NYC) January 2013
A COLORED IMAGE OF THE SUN
2012
New York University, Tisch School of the Arts (NYC) December 2012
DEEP SEQUENCING
Movement Invention Project (Baryshnikov Arts Center, NYC) July 2012
Improvisation, Contemporary Dance, Acting, Partnering, Creative Process, Composition
The 4th Beijing International Ballet Invitational (China) June, 2012
Arbos
The Juilliard School, Peter J. Sharp Theater (NYC) May, 2012
Arbos
New Dance Alliance Festival, Joyce SoHo (NYC) March, 2012
BOTLEK excerpts
Dance New Amsterdam, Raw Directions (NYC) February, 2012
BOTLEK excerpts
New York University, Tisch School of the Arts (NYC) February 2012
ARLINGTON
2011
DUO Multicultural Arts Center, (NYC) December 2011
BOTLEK REDUX
Movement Invention Project (Baryshnikov Arts Center, NYC) July 2011
Improvisation, Contemporary Dance, Acting, Partnering, Creative Process, Composition
Stella Adler School of Acting (NYC) July 2011
A series of questions
USINE C, Springboard Danse Festival (Montreal, Canada) June 2011
Brief Interviews
Piss in the Pool: Le Bain Michel, (Montreal, Canada) June 2011
WOLF REDUX
IAP at St. Mark’s Church (NYC) and Tangente, Montreal Fringe (Canada) May, June 2011
CLAP FOR THE WOLFMAN
University of Hartford, Hartt School (Connecticut) April 2011
DIORITE
The Flea Theater (NYC) March 2011
CLAP FOR THE WOLFMAN
Judson Church, Movement Research (NYC) February 2011
CLAP FOR THE WOLFMAN
2010
PULSE Art Fair, (Miami, Florida) December 2010
WALL
REVERB Festival, Ailey-Citigroup Theater (NYC) October 2010
ELUVIUM
REVERB Festival, SUNY Purchase College (New York) September 2010
ELUVIUM
SUNY Purchase Residency for ELUVIUM (New York) June 2010
USINE C, Springboard Danse Festival (Montreal, Canada) June 2010
GABBRO
Joyce SoHo (NYC) June 2010
We Are Here After
Joyce SoHo, The A.W.A.R.D.S Show! (NYC) May 2010
The Waiting Room (FINALST)
John Ryan Theater, Wave Rising Festival (NYC) October 2010
The Waiting Room
14 WALL Street, Residency and Performance (NYC) Fall 2010
EPISODIC
2009-08
Dance New Amsterdam, Residency and Performance (NYC) VACATIONLAND
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Sitelines Series (NYC) The Miracle Show and the Death of Optimism
Dance New Amsterdam, Object Object Series (NYC) Julia Julia Julia Child
Dance Theater Workshop, Fresh Tracks Residency and Performance (NYC) 500 by 5s
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BY CREATION:
- 'new creation' TANZ theater International, THINK BIG Choreographer - Hannover, Germany (September 2014)
- COLD BRIGHT SHE and a new film featuring Breanna O'Mara - TIF Theater Kassel (July 2014)
- COLD BRIGHT SHE - Mainfranken Theater Würzburg Tanz Gala - (July 2014)
- COLD BRIGHT SHE - International Solo Tanz Theater Festival (March 2014) (Awarded 3rd Prize in Dance)
- VAROSHA / Peridance Presents - Salvatore Capezio Theater (November 9-10, 2013)
- BURIED WITH ALL MY STUFF / DanceNOW Joe's Pub (October 9, 2013)
- VAROSHA / Bryant Park Presents (2013)
- ECHO RISING / Juilliard Senior Showcase (2013)
- ELONGATED AND FLATTENED BELL CURVE / Fordham Ailey Senior Showcase (2013)
- FLOCK / 92nd Street Y, Harkness Repertory Ensemble (2013)
- A COLORED IMAGE OF THE SUN / 92nd Street Y, Triskelion Arts Presents, NYC (2013)
- ON CERTAINTY / Steps Repertory Ensemble, mentored by Christopher Wheeldon (Fall, 2012)
- DEEP SEQUENCING / New York University, NYC (May 2012)
- ARBOS / Juilliard Senior Showcase / Beijing International Ballet Invitational (May 2012
- BOTLEK excerpt / PULSE Art Fair, NYC (May 2012)
- SKULL SIZED KINGDOM / New York University, NYC (May 2012)
- BOTLEK excerpt / Joyce SoHo, New Dance Alliance, NYC (March 2012)
- ARLINGTON / New York University, NYC (March 2012)
- BOTLEK / Dance New Amsterdam, RAW Directions, NYC (February 2012)
- DUOTONE / INDEX FESTIVAL, NYC (Summer 2011)
- A SERIES OF QUESTIONS / Stella Adler MAD AIR Residency/Performance, NYC (Summer 2011)
- BRIEF INTERVIEWS / USINE C, Springboard Danse Festival, MONTREAL, CANADA (Summer 2011)
- WOLF REDUX / Piss in the Pool - Annual Site Specific Choreographer Festival, MONTREAL, CANADA (Summer 2011)
- CLAP FOR THE WOLFMAN / Tangente Theater, Montreal Fringe, MONTREAL, CANADA (Summer 2011)
- CLAP FOR THE WOLFMAN / Incubator Arts Project at St. Mark’s Church, NYC (May 2011)
- DYLAR / The University of Hartford, The Hartt School - HARTFORD, CT (May 2011)
- DIORITE / The University of Hartford, The Hartt School - HARTFORD, CT (April 2011)
- CLAP FOR THE WOLFMAN / Conversations at the Flea, Flea Theater, NYC (March 2011)
- CLAP FOR THE WOLFMAN / Judson Church with Movement Research, NYC (Feb 2011)
- WALL / Dance New Amsterdam’s Gallery, NYC (Jan 2011)
- CLAP FOR THE WOLFMAN excerpt / Dance New Amsterdam’s APAP, NYC (Jan 2011)
- WALL / PULSE Art Fair, Miami Florida (Art Basel), NYC (Dec 2010)
- ELUVIUM / Reverb Festival at Purchase College, Ailey CitigroupTheater, NYC (May & Oct 2010)
- WALL / Art + Architecture, Gowanus Ballroom, NYC (July 2010)
- GABBRO / Springboard Danse Montreal, Usine C, MONTREAL, CANADA (June 2010)
- WE ARE HERE AFTER / Joyce SoHo, NYC (May 2010)
- WALL in progress / Movement Research at Dance Theater Workshop, NYC (April 2010)
- {elizabeth/john/abigail}Dance New Amsterdam's 25th Anniversary Gala, NYC (Oct 09)
- EPISODIC / Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Swing Space, NYC (Sept 09)
- THE WAITING ROOM / Wave Rising Series, The John Ryan Theater, NYC (Oct 09)
- THE WAITING ROOM / Joyce Soho's A.W.A.R.D. Show!, NYC (FINALIST) (June 09)
- VACATIONLAND / Dance New Amsterdam, NYC (Feb 09)
- THE WAITING ROOM / Movement Research at Judson Church, NYC (Oct 08)
- LASANTA / Ontological Hysterics Theater – Sintroca Company, NYC (July 08)
- The Miracle Show and the Death of Optimism / Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Sitelines, NYC (June 08)
- JULIA JULIA JULIA CHILD / Dance New Amsterdam's OBJECT series, NYC (April 2008)
- 500 by 5s / Dance Theater Workshop's Fresh Tracks, NYC (Jan 08)
- STEEL NET AND A HIGH WIRE SING ALONG / HERE Arts Center, NYC(Aug 07)
- CAISSON / Dance New Amsterdam, Raw Materials, NYC (Feb 07)
- MULTIPLE WORKS / ]Festival Oltre Passo, Lecce, Italy (2005)

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