Shannon Evans, Company Member Shannon joined Dissonance in 2014. She graduated from The University of Akron as a B.F.A. dance major in the Spring of 2014. She has worked and performed with the STREB company, DancEvert Company, Avant-Scene Danse, and Neos Dance Theatre. She originally started her training under Judy Williams Henry at Movement Laboratory, in which she toured and performed in Italy, New Orleans, and the United Nations. She also trained with the Salzburg International Ballet Academy under Jania Batista, Fernando Coelho, and Peter Breur. In 2008, Shannon was selected to attend the Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Arts and performed works by Jorge Laico, Billy Hartung, and David Pressan. Christine Motta, Apprentice Christine Motta joined Dissonance in 2016. She is a Chapel Hill, NC native who began her training at Triangle Youth Ballet. While studying, Christine performed lead and supporting roles in works including The Nutcracker, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and Dracula to name a few. Christine also attended UNC School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, NC, where she graduated with a concentration in Ballet in 2012, performing works by Ethan Steifel and Larry Keigwin. Christine graduated from University of South Carolina Columbia in May 2016 studying Dance Performance, Spanish, and Pre-Physical Therapy studies. While at USC, Christine had the pleasure of performing in George Balanchine’s Serenade, Stars and Stripes, Walspurgisnacht, and Western Symphony, and Donizetti Variations under the direction of Stacey Calvert, as well as pieces choreographed by Thaddeus Davis, Tanya Wideman-Davis, Paul Taylor, Shaun Boyle, Amanda Miller, Stephanie Wilkins. Jessica Potts, Apprentice Jessica joined Dissonance in 2015. Dancing since the 8th grade, Jessica recently graduated from Howard University with a B.F.A in dance. She is from West Palm Beach Florida. She has danced at the Presidential Inaugural ball as well as the Terrace Theatre at the Kennedy Center and performed in the Oman Project in conjunction with the Smithsonian Museum of African Art. Jessica Potts plans to continue her education at George Mason University and dance professionally in D.C. so that she can one day own a non-profit arts foundation to train pre-professional youth in the performing art of dance.
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