videos, photos, and project descriptions for my choreographic work over the years
cosmos / body
august 2026 | Fresh Coast Studios
This piece is a solo navigating identity, labor, and the passage of time. Set against a soundscape that is at times nostalgic, eerie, and joyous, the work explores themes of travel, the value of humanness, the vastness of our world and the space that is around us, and solitude. Inspired by space travel and science fiction, this solo traverses a minimalist landscape in search of meaning and purpose, entering and exiting liminal spaces amidst gestural motifs.
This work draws inspiration from many sources, including multiple novels: Emily St. John Mandel's "Station Eleven," Andy Weir's "Project Hail Mary," Ling Ma's "Severance," and Emma Newman's "Planetfall."
Dance and Choreography by: Shannon Nulf
Score: "Golden Slumbers" by The Beatles (1969); "Carry That Weight" by The Beatles (1969); "Station Eleven (Bonus)" by Dan Romer (2022); "It's Not About You" by Dan Romer (2022); "Rides Through The Morning" by Michael Nau (2019)
juicy fruit
june 2026 | music video release
Official music video for "Juicy Fruit" by Cooler Older Brother.
Dance and choreography by: Gillian Ebersole and Shannon Nulf
Music and video for "Juicy Fruit" by: Cooler Older Brother © 2026 Cooler Older Brother
why are we all still here
march 2025 | Lenox Community Center
Set to a soundscape of ambient blues music, we begin in a space of curiosity and play, remembering and rebuilding. This work explores the connection between knick knacks and nostalgia. Inspired by the items that stick with us, persisting even after every iteration of spring cleaning, we embody the objects of affection from our childhoods.
with choreography and performance by: Gillian Ebersole, Shannon Nulf, Akinyemi Blackshear & Steph Gennusa
live music by: Ben Court (fka Muddytooth)
performers & collaborators: Zurie Adams, Veronica Bone, Sarah Daunt, Holly Jones, Sumi Matsumoto, Miriam Piilonen, Fiona Scruggs
*why are we all still here is a reimagining of the first iteration, why are you all still here, which premiered at The Foundry West Stockbridge in 2023. This performance features an expanded cast of choreographers and performers.
parallel flamingo
august 2024 | “Arts Alive!” at Chesterwood
Drawing inspiration from Tableaux Vivants ("Living Pictures"), this piece takes this parlor game to the lawn. Exploring space and perspective, the dancers embodied characters from Jules-Ernest Livernois' "Statuary Group," an 1893 photograph of a Tableau Vivant. Inspired by fantastical scenes of play like that of the croquet game in Alice in Wonderland, the piece evolves to use lawn games as fodder for movement inspiration, as well as shapes of lawn ornaments, including flamingos, gnomes, and garden statues.
Choreographed by: Shannon Nulf & Gillian Ebersole, with dancers
Performers: Maya Bergman Hoechster, Melissa Martinez, Gillian Ebersole, Mary-Claire Hogan, Katherine Humes, Cecilia Kittross, Shannon Nulf, Anastasia Vatis
Music composed by: Benjamin Court FKA Muddytooth
kelp garden
may 2024 | Daniel Arts Center
Centered on community, aloneness, and unearthing, the dance goes on a journey of discovery, rote action, connectedness, and finally, departure.
Choreographed by: Shannon Nulf & Gillian Ebersole, with dancers
Performers: Maya Bergman Hoechster, Veronica Bone, Megan Linick, Chris Ortwein, Maddie Rundle
Music composed by: Benjamin Court FKA Muddytooth
the stream
december 2023 | “Nightwood” at The Mount
A site specific work performed during the unique sound and light immersive experience, Nightwood. “Dance in the trees” pays homage to the moon’s streaming light through the trees and the natural beauty of the Mount’s grounds.
Choreographed by: Shannon Nulf & Gillian Ebersole
Performers: Shannon Nulf, Gillian Ebersole
duet on the veranda
july 2023 | “Arts Alive!” at Chesterwood
This duet was inspired by historic photos of two young people tenderly interacting on the veranda at Chesterwood. The piece plays with the photo’s sense of timelessness, intimacy, whimsy, and mystery, drawing on the reverence of a French folk tune as the soundscape.
Choreographed by: Shannon Nulf & Gillian Ebersole
Performers: Shannon Nulf, Gillian Ebersole
why are you all still here
june 2023 | Foundry West Stockbridge
Set to an original live sound score by Benjamin Court FKA Muddytooth, this work centers on themes of childhood, queerness, and found family.
Choreographed by: Shannon Nulf & Gillian Ebersole
Performers: Shannon Nulf, Gillian Ebersole, Benjamin Court FKA Muddytooth
you know that feeling when
september 2022 | Foundry West Stockbridge
This is a piece I choreographed and performed that embodies the sensations of limerence. You know that feeling when you fall in love, really in love, for the first time?
Choreographed by: Shannon Nulf & Gillian Ebersole
Performers: Shannon Nulf, Gillian Ebersole
filled with ______ and fingerprint resistant
april 2021 | Screendance, filmed at U-M
This piece explores memories; the rooted realness of some, the fantasy of others. Rooted in tender human interactions and polished with fantastical happenings and transformations, this piece brings the viewer along on a cathartic journey, unearthing what we choose to push away, and what we choose to invite in.
Choreographed by: Shannon Nulf
Performers: Rowan Janusiak, Steph Gennusa, Lauren Roebuck, Shannon Nulf
STAKES
november 2019 | University of Michigan
STAKES examines, challenges, and demands change. Through vignettes of vulnerable solos and charged improvisation, the dancers imagine for themselves a world forged in positive change with an awareness of its potentially negative effects. Set to an evocative vocal score and incredible live music, STAKES invites you to hear the dancers’ voices and to cast your own desires into the world.
Choreographed by: Shannon Nulf & Gillian Ebersole
Performers: Shannon Nulf, Gillian Ebersole, Benjamin Court FKA Muddytooth
Score: Composed by Akari Komura: vocal score written and spoken by the dancers, musical score performed by Hanna Rumora (cello), Matthew Koester (tenor saxophone), and Jordan Smith (flute).
healing through dance
april 2019 | University of Michigan Museum of Modern Art
Choreographed by: Shannon Nulf, Victoria Briones
Performers: Shannon Nulf, Victoria Briones
music videos i’ve performed in
Graveyard by Ali McGuirk
sep 2025
Band credits: Sebastian Falvo (guitar), Jeffrey Lockhart (guitar),
Cilla Bonnie (bass, voice), Brandon Mayes (drums, percussion)
Video by: Matt Bovee
Choreography by: Beth Liebowitz
Dancers: Gillian Ebersole and Shannon Nulf
Pollyanna by The Kelseys
feb 2019 | University of Michigan
Written and Directed by: Sam Goldin Produced by: Sam Goldin, Evan Parness, Sophie Allen Choreography by: Sophie Allen Cinematography by: Josh Knoller Edited by: Sam Goldin and Evan Parness Production Design by: Kenzie King Starring: Victoria Briones Featuring: Suzanne Cardosi, Shea Carponter-Broderick, Rose Janusiak, Johanna Kepler, Shannon Nulf, Florence Woo
full performance & choreography cv
Professional Work
“Cosmos / Body” | 2026
Performed and choreographed original solo work
Superior School of Dance Annual Performance | 2026
Presented original advanced modern choreography, “Her and the Sea”
Presented original advanced ballet choreography, “Charlotte’s Web”
Presented original advanced contemporary choreography, “Spider Society”
Supported the development of original intermediate choreography by Gillian Ebersole, “Angels of the Get-Through”
Funk Box Dance Studio Performance Team | 2025
Performed and choreographed for 2025 Downtown Pittsfield Dunham Mall takeover (August 2025)
Choreographed for 2025 Wandering Dance Festival (November 2025)
“Building Castles in Spain” by Fiona Scruggs | 2025
Performed in premiere at The Foundry (July 2025)
Rehearsed for showing at the 2025 Wandering Dance Festival (November 2025)
Choreography by Beth Liebowitz for musical artist Ali McGuirk | 2025
Performed live with band at the Green River Festival (June 2025)
Performed live with band at the Back Porch Festival (March 2025)
Berkshire Pulse Annual Performance at the Daniel Arts Center | 2025
Performed in original choreography by Madison Palffy and Andres Ramirez
Presented original choreography for modern dance students, “happiness does not wait”
“why are we all still here” | 2025
Performed and choreographed premiere of evening-length work at the Lenox Community Center, funded by the NEFA Dance Fund Award
Spirits of Chesterwood | 2024
Performed and choreographed site-specific group piece at the historic Chesterwood, “parallel flamingo”
Berkshire Pulse Annual Performance at the Daniel Arts Center | 2024
Presented original choreography for contemporary dance students, “Kelp Garden”
Nightwood at the Mount | 2023
Performed and choreographed Site-Specific duet, “the stream” with Gillian Ebersole
Wandering Dance Festival | 2023
Performed in piece by Fiona Scruggs, “"Barefoot Dances"
Performing in piece by Sarah Daunt, “Dining Archives”
Loculus Works-In-Progress Showing | 2023
Performed and choreographed shortened version of “why are you all still here”
Arts Alive! at Chesterwood | 2023
Performed and choreographed duet, “duet on the veranda” with Gillian Ebersole
“why are you all still here” | 2023
Performed and choreographed evening-length duet at the Foundry West Stockbridge with Gillian Ebersole, live music by Benjamin Court
Berkshire Pulse Annual Performance at the Daniel Arts Center | 2023
Performed in “Unbothered” by Bettina Montano
Dancers of the Berkshires Mixed Bill at the Foundry | 2023
Performed in quartet, “Impressions” by Fiona Scruggs
Mixed Bill at the Foundry, “Ode to…” | 2022
Performed in duet, “the place between a drought and a flood” in collaboration with Gillian Ebersole
Performed and choreographed duet, “that feeling when”
Arts Alive! at Chesterwood | 2022
Performed in excerpt of “In the Crook of the Elbow” by Gillian Ebersole
Performed in excerpt of “Qualia” by Fiona Scruggs
Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival Community Day | 2022
Performed excerpt of “In the Crook of the Elbow” by Gillian Ebersole
“In the Crook of the Elbow” | 2022
Performed in premiere of evening-length duet at the Foundry West Stockbridge by Gillian Ebersole
“Qualia” | 2022
Danced in two pieces for the evening length performance, “Qualia,” by Fiona Scruggs at the Foundry West Stockbridge
Jacob’s Pillow Intern Showcase, “IN A NEW LIGHT” | 2021
Performed in group piece, “The light behind your eyes” by Nicole Assanti
Performed in group piece, “Begin again” by Julianna Massa
Performed in group piece, “Some Nights” by Nicole Assanti
Choreographed and performed solo, “Filled with _____ and fingerprint resistant”
Collegiate Work
Choreographic Work
“filled with _____ and fingerprint resistant” – choreographer and dancer of Senior Capstone (April 2021)
First Year Touring Company Junior Choreographer (March 2020)
“STAKES” – choreographed social justice dance piece alongside live musicians and original musical composition by Akari Komura (November 2019)
“S&V: Healing Through Dance” – performed a self-choreographed social justice piece for the Daring Dances Student Fellowship Showcase (April 2019)
Dance Department University Productions
“A2P2” – Charli Brissey Faculty Repertory cast-member and visual artist (April 2021)
“LatinXpressions” – Joel Valentin-Martinez, Rosie Herrera guest repertory cast-member (February 2020)
“Complex Rhythms” – Bill Deyoung Faculty Repertory, Guest Artist Urban Bush Women’s “Shelter” cast-member (February 2019)
“Dancing Globally” – Missy Beck Faculty Repertory cast-member (February 2018)
MFA Thesis Projects Cast Member
Melissa Brading’s MFA thesis – “Interior Castle” exploring Mother Teresa’s book (April 2021)
Jen Peter’s MFA thesis – “One Big Party” exploring how studios affect dancers (March 2020)
Kelly Hirina’s MFA thesis – “Circumpunct” exploring the pedagogy of performance (April 2019)
Fabiola Torralba’s MFA thesis – “Materia Obscura” exploring Mexican coastal communities (April 2018)
Sydney Schiff’s MFA thesis – “Exit the space when you finish your task” exploring zouk (April 2018)
BFA Thesis Projects Cast Member
“recollect-us” – Member of Victoria Briones’ cast (November 2019)
“Becoming Untethered” – Member of Celina Lindland’s cast and Audrey Vogelsang’s cast (April 2019)
“hand&hand” – Member of Kandis Terry’s cast (November 2018)
Dance Legacy Project
Cast-member of two pieces , “Passacaglia” and “Brandenburg,” within the SMTD collaborative concert “An evening of Doris Humphrey and J.S. Bach” (October 2018)
Miscellaneous Dance Experience
First Year Touring Company (2018)
Danced in Jen Peters’ site-specific piece “Window Shopping” (April 2019)
Assistant choreographer for SMTD Theater Production “Twelfth Night” (November 2018)
Cast-member of Chelsea Hamm’s Interarts thesis video project “Yearbook: A Dance Film” (March 2018)