Lily Sheppard ’22
Class of 2022, BFA in Dance, Choreographer and Dancer
“Marymount will forever be a place where I found the most vast and fruitful relationships with people and dance. Every connection I formed throughout my 4 years there, both people and academically, have helped develop my artistry in a multitude of ways that I have carried on through different mediums post grad.”
About
Lily Sheppard, originally from the metro Detroit area of Michigan graduated from Marymount Manhattan College receiving a BFA in Modern Dance. Lily has worked closely alongside and performed works by Peter Chu, Sonya Tayeh, johannes wieland, Micaela Taylor, Yin Yue, Jenn Freeman, Martha Graham and more. She has also attended professional training programs that include b12 festival in Berlin, Springboard Danse Montreal, GibneyPro, Complexions and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Upon graduation from Marymount in 2022, Lily was awarded the Gold Key in excellence for modern dance. Lily has also most recently been the associate choreographer for ‘Is It Thursday Yet?’, an evening length show performed and created by Jenn Freeman and created and directed by Sonya Tayeh. Sheppard also worked as an associate choreographer for Juilliard’s New Dances under Jenn Freeman in the fall of 2024. She has also performed as a member of ‘verbal animal’ , a Brooklyn based contemporary dance theater company. Lily has been freelancing as a dancer and choreographer in New York City as well as sharing her art through masterclasses nationwide to young artists that include jazz, contemporary, fusion, floor work and improvisation.