Shannon Roberts

Shannon Roberts is a ballerina with the San Francisco Ballet. As a native from South Lake Tahoe she trained in the Reno Tahoe area before moving to San Francisco to train with the San Francisco Ballet School on a full merit scholarship in 2002. Shannon Joined the San Francisco Ballet Company in 2004 at the age of 16. She has worked with world renowned Choreographers including Helgi Tomasson, Paul Taylor, Mark Morris,Christopher Wheeldon, John Nuemeier, William Forsythe, David Bintley, Yuri Possokhov, James Kudelka, Val Caniparoli, Edward Liang, and has danced numerous roles in ballets by Agnes De Mille, Jerome Robbins, and George Balanchine. She has danced all over the world including France, Iceland, China, Denmark and the United States. Shannon has both Classical and Balanchine training and is well rounded in Jazz, Tap, Hip Hop, Lyrical, Modern, and Character dancing. In 2008, Shannon Performed Anita is West Side Story Suite and received outstanding reviews from critics and praise from Rita Moreno herself. She was nominated for an Isadora Duncan award for best individual performance 2008 for that role. She has been vocally trained by Elaine Overholt and continues and enjoys singing. Shannon is a very accomplished composer, singer, songwriter on the piano, and enjoys playing the drums. She has been acting since she was 11 and is continuously expanding her knowledge in the art of acting by taking classes at ACT. Shannon starred in the short film 'Prima' that will premiere at the 2012 TriBeCa film Festival.