Shannon Murphy is a dance artist/educator. She received her MFA in Dance from University of the Arts and is one of 10 English-speaking faculty for the Franklin Method Institute, specializing in Franklin Method for dance. Recently her work was shared at the Painted Bride Art Center, Penn Museum, and as asynchronous performance in the form of zines/art books. Her choreographies span across contemporary concert dance, musical theater, improvisational scores, and performance art. She joined Temple University in the fall of 2021 as an adjunct professor. She teaches in many places, including Drexel University, Stockton University, and UArts, where she is the Curricular Head of Body Pathways, developing programs to reduce injury and support healing for dancers. Through practice and performance she creates invitations for gathering practicing complexity, differentiation, and resilience. These practices model possible ways of being and being together through experiencing sensate, erotic, and imaginative explorations of biological metaphors.