A white woman, only half of her hair is visible. She has short, choppy black hair.

Shannon Cooney
dancer

Shannon Cooney - a Canadian choreographer, dancer, and dance educator, based in Berlin, Germany since 2006 - received a B.F.A honours/dance at York University, Toronto in 1992. Since 1993 her choreography has been presented in Canada, Europe, and the U.K. She danced with Toronto-based Dancemakers (1994-2006), under artistic director Serge Bennathan, touring extensively nationally and internationally. She has worked with several choreographers including; Benoît Lachambre, Kim Itoh, Peter Chin, Marie-Joseé Chartier, Peggy Baker, and Louise Bedard.

Shannon has performed in numerous installations and performance improvisations with musicians, dancers, and visual artists. Her video work has been exhibited in galleries in Toronto and Berlin. Her recent choreographic projects include: Fielding (2017), Taste of Freedom (2016) , every one everyone (2013),  acoustic sightlines (2012), Assemblages (2011) and the dance-video installation, Spiral Pendulum: dance (2009).

She has recently taught for Meg Stuart/Damaged Goods; University of Art in Berlin; HZT- BA dance program; Cie. Toula Limnaios; Sasha Waltz and Guest's; Tanzfabrik, Laborgras, Berlin; fabrik Potsdam; Theater Bremen (Unusual Symptoms); K3 Hamburg; CND Lyon, Lieues; CDC le Pacifique á Grenoble; and P.A.R.T.S.

For Peggy Baker Dance Projects: Shannon was invited by Peggy to learn Yang for the Choreographer’s Trust Year Two in 2003.