Shannon Burns is a Sydney-based creative, specialising in choreography and
movement direction.

Her work with Pinchgut Opera includes Dido and Aeneas (2024), Giustino (2023), Pleasures of Versailles (2023), Orontea (2022), Platée (2021), and A Delicate Fire (2020).
Shannon choreographed La Traviata on Sydney Harbour (2021) and Carmen on
Cockatoo Island (2022) for Opera Australia, as well as Inferno for the Australian
Brandenburg Orchestra. She is the choreographer of Siegfried and Roy: The Unauthorised Opera, a new work commissioned by Sydney Festival and associate
produced by LPD Productions (2025). She served as Movement Director for Victorian Opera’s Melbourne, Cheremushki (2023), and as Assistant Director on Il Tabarro (2024), a co-production between Sydney Festival and VO. Internationally, she choreographed a staging of Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire for the Berlin Philharmonic at the Kammermusiksaal, Berlin (2024).

Her theatre credits include the new Australian production of Dear Evan Hansen (2024), co-produced by Sydney Theatre Company and Michael Cassel Group, The Producers (2025) with Joshua Robson Productions, Murder for Two (2023/24), A Little Night Music (2023), Ride The Cyclone (2024), and The Pirates of Penzance (2025) with Hayes Theatre Co. Additional credits include Red Line Productions’ The Seven Deadly Sins / Mahagonny Songspiel (2022) and Send For Nellie (2024) for Sydney Festival.

Shannon has worked on large-scale events and numerous creative developments of
new work. Before transitioning to choreography, she performed extensively as a
dancer across stage, film, television, and major international events. She trained in
ballet at the Queensland Dance School of Excellence and later studied Performing
Arts at ED5INTERNATIONAL.

https://www.shanburns.com.au/

bio updated Apr 2025