Shannon DeGroot began dancing at the age of three years old as a competitive Scottish Highland Dancer in her home state of Michigan. When she was fifteen she began training more seriously in ballet, contemporary, and modern techniques under the direction of Nick Shultz, Laura Shultz, and Denise Paavola. She continued her dance training at the University of Missouri Kansas City where she earned a BFA under the instruction of Gary Abbott, DeeAnna Hiett, Tobin James, Ronald Tice, and Paula Weber. During her time here she had the opportunity to work with renowned choreographers such as Kevin Iega Jeff, Christopher Huggins, and Professor Wang. Following her UMKC graduation, Shannon took a four year hiatus from performing to focus on teaching and choreographing in the Mid-Michigan region. Shannon is absolutely elated to be relaunching her performance career with KCCD.