Lin Shook
Artist • Teaching • Dance
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Languages Spoken
- English
Areas of Expertise
- Modern Dance
- Creative Movement
Learning ENviornments
- Virtual
- In-Person
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Testimonials
She was tremendous! Lin Shook was exceptional in her commitment and knowledge of curricular integration. We would have her back in the blink of an eye. She enchanted our small learners into a world of new animals, songs, movement and high-level vocabulary. What an educational treat!
Dr. Ann O'Connell, Dever School
Lin Shook is founder and artistic/executive director of Perceptual Motion, Inc., a modern dance company with dancers aged 22 to 74. She has an MA in dance from American University and a BA in education. She has conducted workshops, dance residencies, and teacher in-services through Urban Gateways, C.A.P.E., Arts 4 Learning, ArtStart, the Vittum Theater, the Illinois Arts Council Arts-in-Education program and Perceptual Motion, Inc. since 1985
Ms. Shook was one of three dance specialists who wrote the Chicago Fine Arts Standards for dance, has written extensively on arts integration for the Illinois Alliance for Arts Education and Chicago Public Schools and has published lesson plans on the Arts 4 Learning website.
Lin’s work has been influenced by her studies with Hanya Holm, Eric Hawkins, Alwin Nikolais and Liz Lerman and in Chicago with Shirley Mordine, Nana Shineflug and Jan Erkert.
“Shook’s connection to arcane, sophisticated science and art is fascinating.” -Sid Smith, dance critic
“Shook’s choreography is challenging and innovative.” -Lucia Mauro, dance critic