Shannon Murphy

Shannon Murphy (she/her) is a dance artist/educator who creates invitations to notice our complexity, differentiation, and resilience in the classroom, studio and stage. She received her MFA in Dance from the University of the Arts and a BA in dance from Point Park University. She is senior faculty specializing in Franklin Method for dance at Franklin Method Institute, Switzerland, training educators internationally since 2019. Shannon created the first Franklin Method modular training for dancers and has focused on bringing this to professionals and dancers in training. As an educator, she is committed to radical sustainability and develops curricula to reduce injury and support the resiliency of performers. Shannon is an Assistant Professor at Temple University. As an adjunct professor, she has taught at Drexel University, was assistant director of the Drexel Dance Ensemble, Stockton University, and UArts, where she was the Curricular Head of Body Pathways for 10 years. This year she was commissioned for a new site specific work at Subcircle Residency and has been presented at many institutions including Cannonball Festival, Penn Museum, The Painted Bride Art Center. Her choreographies span contemporary performance, dance theater and musical theater. Shannon has performed for choreographers such as Charles Anderson, Nichole Canuso, Group Motion, Jaamil Kosoko, and Annie Wilson, and was co-director of idiosynCrazy productions alongside founder Makini (Jumatatu Poe). She has been awarded a Rocky Award through Dance USA Philadelphia for her choreography. Her work has been supported by numerous residencies, including New Edge at the Community Education Center, Live Arts LAB, Mascher Space Co-Op, the Whole Shebang, Archedream for Humankind, University of the Arts, The Loretta C. Duckworth Scholars Studio at Temple University, and most recently, Subcircle Residency.