I’m driven by connection—between artists, audiences, and ideas. After years of performing and producing from LA to NYC, I’ve rooted myself in Salt Lake City to build spaces for experimental performance and creative collaboration.
Whether I’m choreographing, performing, or producing, I thrive at the intersection of logistics and imagination.
Awarded the Utah Performing Artist Fellowship (2024)
Salt Lake Arts Council
Meet The Force Behind Fleet Cooperative
Shelby Taylor is a Utah-based interdisciplinary artist, director, and producer whose work centers on immersive performance, emotional honesty, and community-driven creation. Trained extensively in ballet, jazz, tap, contemporary, ballroom, hip hop, heels, house, punking, vogue, pointe, dancehall, improvisation, Gaga, and Forsythe methodologies, Shelby draws from a wide spectrum of movement languages to create physically dynamic and emotionally resonant work.
Her training includes institutions such as Northwest Dance Project, San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, Broadway Dance Center, Millennium Dance Complex, and BYU Contemporary Dance Theater. Shelby is the founder and artistic director of Fleet Cooperative, where she develops original process-driven works including Monomyth, Cabaret, GNAW (NYC debut, 2025), and Fleet’s evolving “living theater” process, Limelight. Most recently, she directed and completed Dramaturgy in collaboration with Junction Company. Through choreography, production, and mentorship, Shelby fosters collaborative spaces where artists are encouraged to experiment, challenge themselves, and grow.