Shannon Mockli

Shannon Mockli is an Associate Professor of Dance at the University of Oregon. Her research centers on choreography and performance, with an emphasis on process, collaboration, and embodied sensing. She earned her M.F.A. in Modern Dance from the University of Utah, where she received the L. Scott Marsh Mentorship Award in 2008. Shannon presents her work nationally and internationally and has collaborated with artists including Leah Glenn (Leah Glenn Dance Theatre), Cynthia Gutierrez (Company Movimiento), Bárbara Lima (ELa FaLa Collective), Subashini Ganesan (New Expressive Works), Cristina Goletti, Brad Garner (GarnerDances), and DanceAbility/Joint Forces Dance Company with Alito Alessi. Her work has been presented at venues and festivals such as the Texas Dance Improvisation Festival, the World Dance Alliance Global Summit in Newfoundland, Physical Theatre Lab in Slovenia, and the Festival Internacional Danza al Borde in Tijuana, Mexico. Her dance film Edge Space was presented at NDEO’s Dance & Disability Virtual Summit 2026, and her film Fluctuating Frequencies was featured at the 2016 World Dance Alliance Americas Assembly at the Universidad de las Américas Puebla. She is a recipient of the Herman Award for Specialized Pedagogy at the University of Oregon and is certified in the DanceAbility® Method through its founder, Alito Alessi.

• MFA 2008, Modern Dance, University of Utah
• BFA 2003, Modern Dance, University of Utah

HONORS 

• 2008 L. Scott Marsh Mentorship Award; University of Utah