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WhatIsWhat 1.0 2003
Topic “dance”
Body Language: Bill Shannon
ABOVE: Watch New Short Dance Film
Directed by Leo Pfeifer and Commissioned by Nowness and in collaboration with Jacobs Pillow
Remembering Club ShelterNYC
Isolating in this Pandemic but recalling walking into Club Shelter in the late 90's like
2018 List of Shows
June 23rd, 2018 " Solo Street Performance " FLOW Governors Island, NYC August 10th and 11th, 2018 "Maker Moves" PS 21Chatham, Chatham, NY October 19th and 20th 2018 "Touch Update"
MANCC Dance Residency Documentary Video
MANCC (pronounced man-see) is the only national center for choreography in the world located in a major research institution, and operates from one of the premiere dance facilities in the United States. The Center is embedded within The Florida State University School of Dance, and offers unparalleled opportunities for contemporary choreographers to hone their artistic practice and develop new work inside a creative community.
"Touch Update" Premiere Kelly Strayhorn Theater Pittsburgh May 11 2018
"Touch Update" a new work exploring contemporary modes of digital vs. interpersonal representation and physicality to Premiere at Kelly Strayhorn Theater Pittsburgh May 11,12 2018 photo: Chris Cameron 2017 This project support by New England Foundation of The Arts National Dance Production Fund and Heinz Endowments Small Arts Initiative and The National Performance Network
Bill Shannon: 2017: WhatIsWhat
ABOVE: Performance at Trolley Dances San Diego 2016. Photo: Manuel Rotenberg.) Quick Overview for 2017 extends past the jump. I was awarded a New England Foundation of The Arts, National Dance Project Production Grant 2016 to produce a new work to Premiere in 2018. 2017 I have a MANCC Residency in April. In May 2017 I have tentatively scheduled a residency hosted by Philip Channels of Dance Integrated Australia with support from Critical Path.
"Work It Out" vs. "Flow" Dance For Camera
These two projects featuring my dance work on crutches held much in common. They were both dance for camera projects involving dancing and skating through an urban environment while staying in range and in frame for a steady-cam operator who followed each movement to the best of their ability. Both projects involved collaborating with director Joey Garfield and since their completion both have received overwhelmingly positive reactions by their respective audiences.
above: see hd here updated 2015 https://youtu.be/3m5kC_t5IGo Music Video: Artist: RJD2 Track "Work It Out" Direction Joey Garfield, Choreography and Performance Bill Shannon 2007
above: Ad Campaign: Visa "Flow" Europe, Direction Joey Garfield, Choreography and Performance Bill Shannon 2009
Link: United States Artists Fellow for 2018
I have been recognized as a United States Artists Fellow 2018 in the Dance Category alongside 47 other artist nationally across an array of mediums.
Public Performance, Character Design 2014
Performance Strategy, "Manifestation Of The Minds' Eye Imagined" #billshannon 2014 Photo by Garret Jones 2014
Street Performance, Skateboarding Crutch Goofball Provocateur Character #billshannon 2014 Photo by Garret Jones 2014
Flare to Freeze
Above: Finally pulled off a freeze ( "Crossed-Lean Freeze from Shannon Technique" out of a flare.@ 0:14 Not the prettiest flare ever but sticking the end makes it postable. Been trying to come out of flares for years with something that is more dynamic than just putting my feet down.
MAKER DANCER: Make Video Rig. Perform. Exhibit.
This post is intended to be a roundup of recent activities and not the final word on any of the works here.
ABOVE: "Liquid Light" Site Specific Video and Performance at Long Pond, Wellfleet MA presented as a part of Fleetmoves Dance Festival 2013. photo by Whitney Brown. This work focused on the kinetic nature of the video rig and its placement in a large body of water to allow for a live birdseye view of my continuous circuitous performance in the water for the camera above. I wanted to show and perform the fluidity of my many years of swimming to the audience on the shore. The only sport of my childhood years that was medically approved. "Dancer in Chair" and new street persona after the jump.
New Work on Exhibit @ Dance New Amsterdam NYC
Above: Used Dance Shirt. Part of showing of work at Dance New Amsterdam. Just occured to me I need a "performance artifiact" tag
Spring 2013
My plate is full this year with multiple ongoing projects. The Rex "project" mentioned below several months ago has stabilized after 6 months of staggeringly little sleep ( or awake-ness ) and I am happy to share with you that the Rexy continues to payoff in a myriad of very small beautiful ways and I am BACK!
