Bill Shannon (born 1970) is an American artist who resides in
Pittsburgh
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, Pennsylvania. Shannon holds a
BFA from the
School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
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Performances
Performances and video work include:
* Kaaitheater, Brussels
* Performance Space 122, NYC
* The Kitchen, NYC
* Sydney Opera House
The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue Performing arts center, performing arts centre in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Located on the foreshore of Sydney Harbour, it is widely regarded as one of the world's most famous and distinctive b ...
Studio Theater, Australia
* Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
* Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, OR
* Central Park SummerStage, NYC
* Dance City, Newcastle, England
* Contact Theater, Manchester, England
* Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
* Arizona State University, Tempe
* The Exit Festival, Cretiel, France
* Amman International Festival of Independent Theater, Amman, Jordan
* Holland Festival, Amsterdam
* Temple Bar, Dublin, Ireland
* URB Festival, Helsinki
* Melbourne Fringe Festival
* Teatro de la Ciudad in Monterrey, Mexico
* "Work It Out" music video by RJD2 (2007)
* 'Life flows better' Visa advert, (2009)
In 2002, he completed a project with Cirque du Soleil
Cirque du Soleil (, ; ) is a Canadian entertainment company and the largest contemporary circus producer in the world. Located in the inner-city area of Saint-Michel, Montreal, Saint-Michel, Montreal, it was founded in Baie-Saint-Paul on 16 Jun ...
choreographing parts of their production Varekai
Varekai was a Cirque du Soleil touring production that premiered in Montréal in April 2002. Its title means "wherever" in the Romani language, and the show is an "acrobatic tribute to the nomadic soul".
The show begins with the Greek myth of ...
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His visual and multimedia art have been exhibited in contemporary museums, galleries and fairs include:
* ArtDC in Washington, DC (2007)
* Kiasma
* Helsinki Museum of Contemporary Art in Finland (2005)
* Tate in Liverpool, England (2003)
* Headlands Center for the Arts in San Francisco (2005).
Awards
* Dance Magazine's "25 to Watch" in 2001
* John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship in 2003
Foundation for Contemporary Arts
Grants to Artists award (2000)Wynn Newhouse Award The Wynn Newhouse Award is an annual prize given to disabled artists in recognition of their artistic merit.
History
The Samuel I. Newhouse Foundation, a charitable organization founded by newspaper entrepreneur Samuel Irving Newhouse, Sr., inaugur ...
in 2010
Grants
* National Endowment for the Arts
* the National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the Arts
* Jerome Foundation
* New York Foundation for the Arts
* New York State Council for the Arts
* James E. Robison Foundation
* Bossak-Heilbron Charitable Foundation
* The Harkness Foundation for Dance
* Arts International: The Fund for U.S. Artists at International Festivals.
Competitions
* 2000: Mantis Battle (Solo Category) in NYC; placed second in ProAms Florida (Abstract Category)
* 2002: ''Most Creative Street Dancer'' by the LA Urban Dance Festival.
References
External links
Official site
Turning the Tables: Artist and performer Bill Shannon keeps audiences off balance
(Pittsburgh City Paper)
Boundaries Blurred: Hip Hop Dance and Disability
* ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6RGyJirL3g Visa advert
American male dancers
School of the Art Institute of Chicago alumni
1970 births
Living people
Artists from Brooklyn
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