CV​
Shannon Brooks
last updated Nov 2022
Education
2011-2015 BA Cinema Studies and Art History, Purchase College, SUNY
Teaching and Facilitation
Aug 2022 Skin Seeing, Kinematic Workshop, Icebox Project Space
Jan 2021 Ideate, Movement Teaching Artist
April 2021 Visual Field, LSDC Artist Spotlight Class Offering, Teaching Artist
Feb 2021 Fleisher Teen Lounge, Teaching Artist
June 2020 Crip Space, ILSSA Group Residency: Embodiment, Teaching Artist
2017-2020 SpArc Philadelphia, Dance and New Media Facilitator
2016-2018 Portside Arts Center, Afterschool Arts, Artsmobile Teaching Artist
Solo Exhibition
Sept 2022 “how to see in the dark”, Open Page, LSDC, Fringe Fest 2022, Phila, PA
Aug 2022 “how to see in the dark”, AUTOMAT, Phila, PA
May 2020 “Sound Blanket”, Living Window, Phila PA
Feb 2020 “Loop”, Inhale/Exhale with Window Seat Media, Olympia WA
Nov 2019 "Loop”, Studio Works, Leah Stein dance company, Phila PA
March 2019 “Loop”, Shoebox Theater Festival, Phila PA
Collaborations
2022 “BEYOND THE SWORDS,” visual album, director
2022 “FRUITOPIA”, Night of 1000 Kates, Underground Arts, choreographer, performer
2022 “Departure Study of Mother/land Fabric”, The BRICK Theater, Brooklyn NY, projection artist
2021 “folden room; shared sky”, REAP what you show, The Art Room Studio, editor/collaborator with Leah Stein, performer
2021 “Connection, Distance, Closeness, and Direction”, Dawn States Dance Company, Digital Fringe Festival, dancer
2019 “Feast of Fools”, Hawthorne Park, Pochinko clown performance, clown
2019 “Close to Home”, choreographed by Leah Stein, performer
2019 ‘“RISE”, Asimina Chremos and Leah Stein Dance Company, LOVE park, videographer
2019 ‘​Tell Me The Truth’,Muna Lleiwat, directed by Tara Bayat , choreographer
2019 ‘If We Listened to Birds Sometimes’, directed by Dawn Pratson, dancer and singer
2019 ‘Hannah for the Weekend’ directed by Ryan Schnackenberg, producer and performer
2019 SpArc Fringe Festival, choreographer and assistant director
2018 ‘Lean In When I Suffer’, SPEEDY ORTIZ, directed by Ari Ratner, performer
2018 ‘If You Let It’ THELMA, directed by Tara Bayat, choreographer and performer
​2018 ‘Hunter’,Ana Woulfe, performer
2017 ‘Spool’ THELMA, director and editor
2017 ​‘On Earth’, directed by Ryan Schnackenberg, performer and production assistant
2017 SpArc Fringe Festival, Theatrical production, choreographer
Arts Administration
Aug 2021- Present Leah Stein Dance Company, administrative and curatorial organizer
2020- Present Hook&Loop, founding member, facilitator, organizer
March 2021- Present Undue Burden, director of archiving and exhibition
Dec 2020 - Present Pennsylvania Live Arts, production staff
2016 Bryn Cohn + Artists, Development Assistant
Programming and Organizing
Feb 2022 STUDIO WORKS, Leah Stein Dance Company, Philadelphia PA
Sept 2022 Open Page, Leah Stein Dance Company, Philadelphia PA
Aug 2022 THE TOOLS WE USE, Hook&Loop, AUTOMAT, Philadelphia PA
Jan 2022 FRACTALS, Hook&Loop, virtual program
Sept 2021 Artroom, Outdoors: REAP What You Show, Philadelphia PA
Sept 2021 Hang with Hook&Loop, Clark Park, Philadelphia PA
March 2021 Virtual Variety Show, Hook&Loop, virtual programming
Jan 2021 OUTBURST [a virtual dance party], Hook&Loop, virtual programming
2020 Window Room TV, virtual programing, Window Room and KTP
Feb 2020 ‘Double Feature No.2’, Window Room, Philadelphia PA
Jan 2020 ‘Double Feature No.1’, Window Room, Philadelphia PA
August 2019 ‘Nice People’, Window Room Philadelphia PA
Awards and Recognition
2022 Illuminate the Arts, The Philadelphia Office for the Arts
March 2022 Velocity Fund, awarded for Undue Burden community archive
March 2021 Leeway Art for Change Grant, awarded for Undue Burden community archive.
Certification and Additional Education
2023 Restorative Practice Training 101 with DeepSpaceMind at Eddie’s House (RCI)
2023 CRIP LAB, MELT with Kayla Hamilton and Elisabeth Motley, Movement Research
2022 STRANGE NATURE, The Field Center, VT
2021 Bartol Foundation Trauma-Informed Teaching Artist Training
2019 Pochinko Clown Workshop, 7-week intensive with Donna Oblongata
2019 Practice and Performance LAB with Leah Stein
Interviews and Artist Talks
Jan 2022 Memory & Movement, with Annie Heath, Asian American Art Alliance
April 2021 LSDC Artist Spotlight
Dec 2020 VISIBILITYtalks ,Video Series featured artist
