Shannon Brooks
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Shannon Brooks is a multidisciplinary artist primarily working with dance, film, video, and performance. Shannon is Disabled and collaborates with Disabled artists to create accessible spaces and experiences celebrating Disabled history and culture through a Disability Justice framework. Shannon is also the co-creator of Window Room, an art space in southwest Philadelphia dedicated to supporting multidisciplinary art.
Education
2011-2015 BA Cinema Studies and Art History , Purchase College, SUNY
Professional
2019- Present Window Room, co-creator, darkroom director
2017-2020 SpArc Philadelphia, Dance and New Media Facilitator
2016-2018 Portside Arts Center, Afterschool Arts, Portside Artsmobile teaching artist
2016 Bryn Cohn + Artists Development Assistant
Solo Exhibition and Performance
May 2020 'Sound Blanket', Living Window, Philadelphia PA
February 2020 'Loop', Inhale/Exhale with Window Seat Media, Olympia WA
November 2019 'Loop', Studio Works, Leah Stein dance company, Philadelphia PA
March 2019 'Loop', Shoebox Theater Festival, Philadelphia PA
Collaborations
2019 'Feast of Fools' interactive Pochinko clown performance, clown
2019 'Close to Home' choreographed by Leah Stein, dancer
2019 'RISE' Asimina Chremos and Leah Stein Dance Company, videographer
2019 'Tell Me The Truth' by 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
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' by Ana Woulfe, performer
2017 'Spool' THELMA, director and editor
2017 ‘On Earth’, directed by Ryan Schnackenberg, performer and production assistant
Programming and Curation
2020 Window Room TV, virtual programing, Window Room and KTP
February 2020 'Double Feature No.2', Window Room, Philadelphia PA
January 2020 'Double Feature No.1', Window Room, Philadelphia PA
August 2019 'Nice People', Window Room Philadelphia PA
Additional Education
2019 Pochinko Clown Workshop, 7-week intensive directed by Donna Oblongata
2019 Practice and Performance LAB with Leah Stein