School of Fine & Performing Arts (M.F.A.) She received her Bachelors of Fine Arts Degree from The Juilliard School, Master of Fine Arts Degree and Early Childhood through Adolescence Teacher Certification-Dance from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. A native New Yorker, her professional credits include: Dance Theater of Harlem, Joffrey Ballet, Broadway, National Commercials, International F
ilms, and National/International Television Broadcasts. A few countries she has been blessed to live and perform are: Norway, Amsterdam, England, France, Germany, Indonesia, Dubai, Scandinavia, and the Persian Gulf. She has taught and choreographed internationally and nationally at Taipei’s International Dance Festival, National Taiwan University, Illinois State University, Columbia College, television, and theater. While in the states, she has developed arts integrated curriculum for the Chicago and Wisconsin Public School Systems, held positions of Dance Department Chair at the Chicago Academy for the Arts, Co-Chair for Alvin Ailey Dance Camp Chicago, and Director of Student Outreach Programs in Chicago. To learn more about Dr. Shell M. Benjamin visit:
http://su.shorter.edu/dr-shell-benjamin/
