Music Management

Shannon began dancing at the age of 7 with Ms Yvonne at Yvonne Macedone Fun School of Dance in Griffith NSW. At the age of 9, Shannon decided this was what she wanted to do forever and decided to seek more formal training. Training under the guidance of Di-Salvatore Dance Academy in Leeton Shannon studied jazz, hip hop, tap, contemporary, lyrical, musical theatre?, pointe and national character. At the age of 13 she began teaching and quickly found a passion for choreography that later became her career. In 1994 Shannon moved to Sydney to pursue her love of dance auditioning and attending Brent St School of performing arts full time course. After completing her course successfully Shannon went on to have a long career teaching, choreographing and performing around Sydney until 2005 when she moved to Kuwait to become the head of dance faculty for the British Academy of International Arts (BAIA). Shannon held this position for 3 years and successfully grew the dance faculty from 30 to 360 students during this time. In 2010 Shannon moved back to Sydney and after teaching for numerous studios around Sydney she ended up working for Australia's largest dance competition "Showcase", travelling all across Australia and New Zealand finding a passion for adjudicating. From June 2012 till July 2013 Shannon went back to study and completed her Certificate 3 in Fitness and Certificate 4 in Personal Training at Randwick Tafe Campus. Shannon used this course to understand anatomy, strength and development better to add to her dance teacher knowledge. In August of 2013 Shannon decided to take some time off after having her precious daughter Alani and in 2014 was very excited to be starting her own dance studio, SDS Griffith, back in her home town. ?As a life long learner with a want to stay on top of dance education in 2019 Shannon completed her Certificate 4 in Dance Teaching and Management to refresh her certification she received at Brent Street School of performing Arts. Shannon feels that as the industry is constantly evolving and as more is known about physiology and anatomy it is the dance teachers duty to stay educated to ensure students receive the benefits of their experience and knowledge. In 2018 Shannon started focusing on her love of adjudicating. Shannon feels its a honor a privilege to be able to offer guidance to the next generation of dancers. Shannon prides herself on providing full constructive critics to the performers with much care given to the attention to detail. Shannon has adjudicated for EBSDN (regular judge for Jenny Jones), Front and Centre, Royale and KAR. ?With 40 years experience in the dance industry as a student, professional dancer, teacher, guest teacher, choreographer, adjudicator and studio owner Shannon is always looking for ways to continue to educate and open doors for the next generation of dancers.