about

Kevin J. Shannon is a dancer, potter, artist, and teacher living in Chicago, IL. He grew up in Baltimore and studied at the Baltimore School for the Arts. Kevin received his BFA from The Juilliard School and has been dancing with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago since 2007. He has led the Intermediate/Advanced Hubbard Street Summer Intensive, taught dance master classes around the world, and is currently a guest teacher for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s main company. In addition, Kevin is proud to be a certified IMAGE TECH for Dancers™ teacher.

Move with Fire

My ceramic work is primarily soda fired, a process in which soda ash, soda bicarbonate (baking soda), and calcium carbonate are added to the firing at a very high temperature. Throughout this process the pots are painted with flames and soda as they dance and fly through the kiln. My work always connects back to movement, either in the dances that are created in the kiln, on the stage, or in life.

10X10 Cross Body Collaboration

I am currently collaborating with the multi-disciplinary artist Mark Joseph Jeffery. Mark is a Chicago based performance/installation artist, curator, and Associate Professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. More information about events relating to this collaboration to come.

“Chicago Dancemakers Forum and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago have launched a project to foster collaborations between 10 Chicago Dancemakers Forum awardees and 10 Hubbard Street Company Dancers.

Each pair will develop a one-on-one way of working together, honor one another’s embodied dance forms, and stretch their understanding of themselves as people and as artists. 10x10 runs through March 2021.”