Frankin Method

Shannon Murphy has been a level 3 certified Franklin Method Educator since 2011 and is now a Senior Faculty at Franklin Methode Institute®. She has mentored and taught Franklin Method Teacher Training levels 1-3 in the U.S., London and most recently the first ever teacher training in China. In the summer of 2017, She created the Art and Science of the Plié Dance Teacher Module. She was the first to implement this 45-hour certificate study into the curriculum at the University of the Arts in the fall of 2020. She teaches extensively for Founder Eric Franklin, training teachers internationally. 

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Shannon is an Assistant Professor at Temple University (Theater), was an adjunct professor at Drexel University, and assistant director of the Drexel Dance Ensemble, Stockton University, and UArts, where she was the Curricular Head of Body Pathways for 10 years. At UArts, Shannon developed a program called Mentored Studio Practice (MSP) in which she combined Franklin Method pedagogy with best praxis for returning to teh studio post injury learned from Harkness Dance Injury Center and additional Dance Science publications. She developed the first Franklin Method dance teacher certification as well as a Pilates certification for the students, as well as a partnership with PT Dr Julie Green for access to Dance specific PT. As an educator, she is committed to radical sustainability and develops curricula to reduce injury and support healing for performers. She has taught Franklin method at Gibney Dance, Princeton University, Swarthmore College, Pittsburgh Ballet Theater, Point Park University, Tisch School of the Arts NYU, Philadelphia Dance Youth Festival, and yearly for Philadelphia Dance Academy. 

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Franklin Method is also a resource for her creative practice. As you can see throughout this website, bio-memisis is used as a practice of becoming. Systems of vitality within the body are imagined as metaphors for creating awareness of self and connection to others.