"Shannon Murphy (she/her, they/them is also okay) is a dance artist and educator whose work invites attention to complexity, differentiation, and resilience across classroom, studio, and stage. She holds an MFA from the University of the Arts, a BA from Point Park University, and is senior faculty at Franklin Method Institute, Switzerland. She began studying with founder, Eric Franklin in 2007 and has become an integral part of training educators internationally since 2019.

Committed to radical sustainability in education, Shannon develops curricula that reduces injury and supports performer resilience. She is an Assistant Professor at Temple University and has previously taught at Drexel University, Stockton University, and University of the Arts, where she served as Curricular Head of Body Pathways for a decade.

Her choreography, spanning contemporary performance, dance theater, and musical theater has received a Rocky award from DanceUSA Philadelphia. Her work was commissioned in 2025 by Subcircle Residency and has been presented at Cannonball Festival, Penn Museum, and The Painted Bride Art Center; her Musical Theater choreography at Quintessence Theater and Temple Theater. Shannon’s work has been supported by residencies at New Edge, Live Arts LAB, Mascher Space Co-Op, the Whole Shebang, Archedream for Humankind, UArts, and Temple University’s The Loretta C. Duckworth Scholars Studio. She has performed with artists including Charles Anderson, Nichole Canuso, Group Motion, Jaamil Kosoko, Annie Wilson and Tierra Whack, and co-directed idiosynCrazy productions with founder Makini (Jumatatu Poe).

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