An Open Rehearsal with Artist-in-Residence Shannon Yu

An Open Rehearsal with Artist-in-Residence Shannon Yu

Speyer Hall, University Settlement

184 Eldridge St., 2nd Floor

NYC 10002

January 31, 2026: 3pm - 5pm

Free!

Join Artist-in-Residence Shannon Yu for a free open rehearsal to see the artist's process.

For The Performance Project residency, three krumpers and a beatboxer will be joining Shannon in creating a live performance piece “Kollide” pulling and stirrrng the immigration narratives.

Shannon Yu is a dancer-choreographer, multi-disciplinary artist, and queer creator. Sha streamlines Hip Hop, Contemporary dance, and Wing Tsun Martial Arts with video projection and sound design, portraying connections between immigration and geometry. Shannon holds an MFA in Performance and Performance Studies from Pratt Institute and a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering from National Taiwan University.

In 2021, Shannon founded multimedia dance company SHA Creative Outlet in Brooklyn, New York, and continues to create and perform in Lenapehoking land. Sha has shown work at Movement Research at Judson Church, Triskelion Arts, Abrons Art Center, National Sawdust, The Landmark Loew's Theater, and has been awarded residencies with Dance in Bushwick, Chen Dance Center, New Dance Alliance, and The Center at West Park.

Shannon has been in festivals such as Performance Mix Festival, the Evolution Festival, YES! Dance Festival, Your Moves Dance Festival, Queer Mvmnt Festival, Inter-Grant Festival and WOW Festival. Shannon had had the honor to work with artists such as Bill T. Jones, Lisa Fagan, marion spencer, Jesca Prudencio, Nic Billy, Lupe Fiasco, Beccs Music, and Ehiorobo.

Shannon was named 2023 Asian American Arts Alliance’s Jadin Wong Fellow for Dance, and 2024 Bandung Fellow for Black and Asian solidarity by Asian American Arts Alliance and Museum of Contemporary Diaspora Art.

Shannon Yu photo: Queer Fitness Collective

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The Performance Project at University Settlement is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

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