Bill Shannon (born 1970) is an American artist who resides in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Shannon holds a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Born with a degenerative hip condition, he developed a way to express himself through dance and skateboarding on crutches.
Performances
Performances and video work include:
- Kaaitheater, Brussels
- Performance Space 122, NYC
- The Kitchen, NYC
- Sydney Opera House Studio Theater, Australia
- Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
- danceAble, Florida Dance Festival and Tigertail, Miami
- 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 choreographing parts of their production Varekai.
His visual and multimedia art have been exhibited in contemporary museums, galleries and fairs include:
Awards
Grants
Competitions
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