Dance Practice
Shantel's dance practice is principally grounded in contemporary dance, with particular study of Hanya Holm technique, release, improvisation, hip hop, ballet, and yoga. She has over thirty years experience as a dancer, performer, and teacher include highlights working, performing and/or training with the following:
London, UK
Gill Clarke, Marina Collard, Zoe Dimitriou, Lyndsey McConville, Sonia Rafferty, Emma Redding.
University of California, Irvine
Loretta Livingston, Donald McKayle, Lisa Naugle.
New York, NY
Jeanne Brescianni, Trisha Brown, Colin Connor, Laurie DeVito, Doug Elkins, Jana Hicks, Deborah Jowitt, Rhapsody James, Dianne McCarthy, Leslie Partridge, Marc Santa-Maria, Guido Tuveri, Jackie Vilamil.
Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts
Sherry Alban, Robert 'Tigger' Benford, Donald Byrd, Mark Dendy, Claudia Gitelman, Sarah Hook, David Parsons, Lisa Race, Don Redlich, Ruthlyn Salomons, Paulette Sears.
Minneapolis, MN
Sam Costa, Cathleen Donnelly, Mary Harding, Tom Kathak, Hennepin Centre for the Arts (various), MN Centre for Arts Education, Paula Mann, Linda Shapiro.
Gill Clarke, Marina Collard, Zoe Dimitriou, Lyndsey McConville, Sonia Rafferty, Emma Redding.
University of California, Irvine
Loretta Livingston, Donald McKayle, Lisa Naugle.
New York, NY
Jeanne Brescianni, Trisha Brown, Colin Connor, Laurie DeVito, Doug Elkins, Jana Hicks, Deborah Jowitt, Rhapsody James, Dianne McCarthy, Leslie Partridge, Marc Santa-Maria, Guido Tuveri, Jackie Vilamil.
Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts
Sherry Alban, Robert 'Tigger' Benford, Donald Byrd, Mark Dendy, Claudia Gitelman, Sarah Hook, David Parsons, Lisa Race, Don Redlich, Ruthlyn Salomons, Paulette Sears.
Minneapolis, MN
Sam Costa, Cathleen Donnelly, Mary Harding, Tom Kathak, Hennepin Centre for the Arts (various), MN Centre for Arts Education, Paula Mann, Linda Shapiro.