J. Shannon Filmore 
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CHOREOGRAPHER DANCER COLLABORATOR: TRU KINGDOM MEGA CREW INSTRUCTOR: HIP HOP STYLES Shannon is a 2006 graduate of Fort Hayes Performing Arts High School, where his passion for dance began. He has also studied dance at BalletMet, the Columbus Youth Ballet, with instructors Alfred Dove and Shelly Steward. Shannon's performances and affiliations are diverse from East coast to West. Shannon travels often to pursue dance opportunities including workshops with Monsters of Hip Hop, Movement Lifestyle, The Pulse, Broadway Dance Center in NYC and in studios in major cities including Atlanta, LA and Chicago, in many cases the recipient of scholarship awards. Shannon has also worked closely with Quilan (Cue) Arnold in various projects including participating a dancer and instructor of On Cue classes. Locally his dance credits include OSU Dance Linx, The Dove Project, work as a background dancer and choreographer with various recording artists, and dancing in Africa to America presented by Judah Performing Arts. |
His choreography has been featured in a Michael Jackson Tribute in the Fort Hayes 2010 Spring Concert, OSU Dance Linx, for recording artist Paris and in mainstage productions for Xclaim since 2011.
He has worked as an instructor of Hip Hop styles and Street Jazz throughout Central Ohio and the Midwest, including: Richland Academy, Diamond Dance and Fitness, Cutting Edge Dance, Columbus Dance Academy, NorthPoint, Cutting Edge Dance, Infusion Dance Company, Funklab of Dayton and Millennium Dance of Pittsburgh. In 2017 Shannon co-founded Tru Kingdom Mega Crew Inc., an all styles dance crew that has performed in several collaborations with Xclaim.. Shannon joins Xclaim for his tenth season.
He has worked as an instructor of Hip Hop styles and Street Jazz throughout Central Ohio and the Midwest, including: Richland Academy, Diamond Dance and Fitness, Cutting Edge Dance, Columbus Dance Academy, NorthPoint, Cutting Edge Dance, Infusion Dance Company, Funklab of Dayton and Millennium Dance of Pittsburgh. In 2017 Shannon co-founded Tru Kingdom Mega Crew Inc., an all styles dance crew that has performed in several collaborations with Xclaim.. Shannon joins Xclaim for his tenth season.
