Biography

About
Shannon Zimmerman graduated from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County receiving a dual degree in dance and adolescent psychology. With a passion for yoga and mental health, she received her 200HR Yoga Teacher Training in 2014, followed by a Yin Yoga certification.   Since then, she has continued her education by becoming a Soundbath and Breathwork Practitioner in 2019 and 2021.

As an educator, Ms. Zimmerman has spent the last decade teaching dance and yoga at Orange County School of the Arts for the Elective program as well as the Integrated Arts, Commercial Dance and Acting Conservatories. She created her own course, Well-Being of the Artist, for the Integrated Arts Conservatory that combines her broad scope of knowledge about health and self-care.  In addition, Ms. Zimmerman has taught at Marymount College (PLS) and Pacific Dance Center. 

What I Love About MD
Mater Dei feels like a home.  A space where all feel included, supported and welcomed from the moment they become a Monarch.

Other experience: Professionally, Ms. Zimmerman co-founded the LA Follies, a dance company inspired by classic Hollywood films and musicals, which she continues to choreograph for and co-manage. Throughout the past 10 years, the LA Follies have performed at the Dorothy Chandler, the US Grand Prix, the Carpenter Center, Fox Studios, and The Grammy’s, among others. They have had residencies at Hyde on Sunset and the W Hotel in Hollywood.

Education: Bachelor of Science, Dance & Psychology- University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore MD

At MD since: 2022

Teaching since: 2010