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SHANNA VANDERWERKER
shannavdance@icloud.com AEA
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CHOREOGRAPHY
MUSIC MAN Choreographer Fireside Theatre, WI
ELF Assoc. Choreographer Drury Lane Oakbrook, IL
(Lynne Kurdziel Formato, Dir/Choreo)
THE SONG OF BERNADETTE Assoc. Choreographer New York City Lab
(Christopher Gattelli, Dir./Choreo.)
HEAD OVER HEELS Choreographer Columbia College Chicago
HOLIDAY INN Choreographer Fireside Theatre, WI
MAMMA MIA Choreographer Music Theater Works, Chicago
GUYS & DOLLS Choreographer Fireside Theatre, WI
SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER Choreographer Fireside Theatre, WI
A CHRISTMAS STORY THE MUSICAL Choreographer Fireside Theatre, WI
SUNSET BLVD Choreographer Porchlight Music Theatre
SPAMALOT Choreographer Mercury Theatre Chicago
ANNIE Choreographer Fireside Theatre, WI
LEGALLY BLONDE Choreographer BAM Theater Company, Hinsdale IL
LEAP OF FAITH Choreographer Inaside Chicago Dance Co
MATILDA THE MUSICAL Associate Choreo Drury Lane Oakbrook
(Mitch Sebastian, Dir./Choreo.)
PORCHLIGHT REVISITS! CAN CAN Choreographer Porchlight Theatre, Chicago
MY FAIR LADY Choreographer Fireside Theatre, WI
PIPPIN Associate Choreo Venus Cabaret, Chicago
NEWSIES Resident Choreo New Arts, Newtown CT
42ND STREET Choreographer Fireside Theatre, WI
NEWSIES Choreographer Fireside Theatre, WI
JOSEPH... Assoc. Choreographer Drury Lane Oakbrook
(Grady M. Bowman, Choreo)
LYSISTRATA JONES Choreographer Refuge Theatre, Chicago
(Jeff Nom., Best Choreo)
SOUTH PACIFIC Choreographer Fireside Theatre, WI
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Choreographer Fireside Theatre, WI
FROZEN BROADWAY LAB Choreography Asst. New York, NY
(C. Gattelli, Choreographer)
SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN Choreographer Fireside Theatre, WI
AMAZING GRACE Assoc Choreographer Nederlander Theater, NYC
(C. Gattelli, Choreographer)
WICKED ROCKY HORROR SHOW Co-Choreographer Tropicana Theater, Las Vegas
B’WAY BARES 18-WONDERLAND Asst. Choreographer Roseland Ballrom, NYC
(Shea Sullivan, Choreo.)
HIGH FIDELITY Asst. Choreographer Imperial Theater, NYC
(Christopher Gattelli, Choreo.)
SILENCE! THE MUSICAL Asst. Choreographer NYC Fringe Festival
(C. Gattelli, Choreo/Director)
HOW TO SAVE THE WORLD… Asst. Choreographer New World Stages, Off-Bway
(C. Gattelli, Choreo)
SPIRIT OF THE TIGER Asst. Choreographer Six Flags Great Adventure
(C. Gattelli, Choreo)
PERFORMANCE
ELF Dance Captain/Swing Drury Lane Oakbrook, IL
EVITA Ensemble/Dance Captain Drury Lane Oakbrook, IL
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Ensemble/Enchantress/DC Drury Lane Oakbrook, IL
SINGIN IN THE RAIN Lady in Green Fireside Theatre
WICKED Dance Capt/Swing First National Tour
WICKED Ensemble/Swing Gershwin Theater, Broadway
Dre.dance, NYC Company Member (A. Palermo/T. Diggs, dirs)
HAIR – Actors Fund Concert Tribe Dancer New Amsterdam Theater
KISS ME KATE Ensemble Theater Under the Stars
KIDS OF THE KINGDOM Dancer Walt Disney World, Orlando
FACULTY/CONVENTIONS
VISCERAL DANCE CENTER Musical Theater Chicago, IL
INASIDE SUMMER INTENSIVE Musical Theater Chicago, IL
HOUSTON MET YOUTH INTENSIVE Jazz Faculty Houston, TX
RDA MIDSTATES Theater Jazz Madison, WI
ONE FAMILY FESTIVAL Theater Jazz Chicago, IL
DOVETAIL STUDIOS Theater Jazz Chicago, IL
ROOSEVELT UNIV, CCPA Adjunct Faculty-Jazz Dance Chicago, IL
PURE VIBE DANCE CENTER Musical Theater Faculty Chicago, IL
LOU CONTE DANCE CENTER Musical Theater Jazz Chicago, IL
DANCE EDUCATORS OF AMERICA Theater Jazz National Faculty
INT'L THESPIAN FESTIVAL Musical Theater Dance Lincoln, NE
BROADWAY DANCE CENTER Theater Jazz New York, NY
BACKSTAGE Jazz Las Vegas, NV
DANCE MASTERS OF AMERICA Jazz, Lyrical Chapters 17, 26
TRAINING
POINT PARK UNIVERSITY, BA in Dance, May 2000
Ballet: Nicholas Petrov, Colleen Pratt, Susan Stowe, Kenneth Johnson
Jazz: Doug Bentz, Ron Tassone
Modern: Judith Leifer-Bentz, Ron Hutson
Tap: Jodi Welch