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Michael Shannon
Michael Shannon
Michael Shannon was the first American graduate of the ''Bolshoi Ballet Academy''.He was a Principal Dancer for the Birmingham Royal Ballet, Vienna StateOpera Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, Stars of the Bolshoi Ballet, Hungarian State Opera Ballet, Kremlin Palace Ballet Theatre, with commendations from President Bush and President Clinton, and has performed for President and Mrs. Gorbachev.
In 2006 he Co-Founded the Greenwich Ballet Academy where he also served as Chairman of Faculty and Academy Director, and in 2008 he was awarded OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHER AWARD in Youth America Grand Prix, also he became Resident Choreographer for America’s Configuration Dance Theatre, awarded Artvoice Best Dance Company in 2008, 2009, and 2010. In November of 2010 he took on the position of Artistic Director of the Royal Ballet School Antwerp.