Shannon B.

I have over 18 years of formal dance training, 15 of those years were at a national competition level in which I was the winner of numerous state and national level titles and overall top scores.

For more than 8 years, I have been teaching and coaching dancers ages 6 and up. My strengths are in ballet, tap, jazz, lyrical. I have studied under the direction of Gus Giordano, Broadway Dance Center in NYC, The New Jersey Ballet, and more throughout my career.

I have been an instructor and choreographer of competition level dancers from 2001 to present. I have choreographed numerous national award winning solos, duets, trios, and group routines.

In addition, I currently work with a national dance competition at locations throughout the country, continually gaining experience and knowledge of the latest dance trends and talent of all ages.

The biggest success I earn through coaching is watching the love for dance grow in another young dancer just as it has in my own. Passing along the love for the art is always my goal and has been the greatest reward in my life thus far.

As a dancer, I have won numerous state and national level top scores and titles as a soloist in competitions around the country. I have been nationally recognized for excellence in dance especially in leaps and overall performance.

I have also excelled through many dance auditions and have had the honor of becoming an NFL cheerleader.

As a coach, my dancers have gone on to win numerous national top score awards and have won awards for their choreography. Several of my dancers have gone on to dance professionally, for ballet companies, and have excelled through auditions to get into performance-based middle and high schools.

My sessions are focused not only on the dancer's technique, but also the style and personality shown through stage presence and the overall performance. I train my dancers to have a total package and I am very in tune to the minute details that go into a dance routine. This is applied to creating new choreography or just cleaning current choreography. There is always more to be done. I also focus a great deal on strength and flexibility in a way that is right for a young dancer, with great care to not injure growing bodies. We will cover the basics right up to advanced leaps and turns that are done mainly through demonstration.

My sessions and teaching methods are developed from the lessons I learned throughout my career in a way in which I incorporate all levels of dance and performing. I have been fortunate to have dancing and performing remain a part of my life as I am a former NFL cheerleader as well.