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
As the founder of Burnswood Studio, Shelby cultivated a DIY performance and event space dedicated to emerging artists and interdisciplinary collaboration. Her work as a producer and community-builder continues through her leadership of Fleet Cooperative, a collective committed to developing original, process-driven performance. Fleet’s body of work includes Monomyth (2023), Cabaret (2024), and GNAW (New York City, 2025), each reflecting a commitment to immersive, evolving storytelling.
Most recently, Shelby has been developing Fleet’s “living theater” process through Limelight, an evolving performance framework that centers spontaneity, audience relationship, and the dismantling of rigid theatrical binaries. This work marks a deepening of her interest in performance as a shared, present-tense experience—one that invites both artist and audience into transformation.
In addition to her work with Fleet, Shelby recently directed and completed Dramaturgy in collaboration with Junction Company, further expanding her voice as a curator of layered, process-informed performance. Her leadership in these spaces reflects a dedication not only to artistic excellence, but to nurturing environments where artists can take risks, experiment, and be fully seen.
As a freelance artist, Shelby moves fluidly between roles—dancer, choreographer, director, educator, videographer, and producer. Her interdisciplinary approach and commitment to intentional creation continue to shape work that is both personally resonant and collectively impactful.
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Shelby Taylor is a multifaceted artist from Brigham City, Utah, whose work spans coast to coast and across disciplines. Rooted in the performing arts, her practice centers on celebrating the complexity of human experience and cultivating deep interconnectedness through intimate, immersive performance. Drawing from time spent in artistically rich cities including San Francisco, Atlanta, New York City, and Los Angeles, Shelby brings a layered, cross-cultural perspective to her work—one that values collaboration, presence, and emotional honesty.
A product of esteemed institutions including Northwest Dance Project, San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, Broadway Dance Center, Millennium Dance Complex (Los Angeles and Salt Lake City), BYU’s Contemporary Dance Theater, Movement Lifestyle, and Edge Performing Arts Center, Shelby’s artistic path has been shaped by a commitment to continuous learning and embodied exploration. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Event Industry Management from Brigham Young University, grounding her creative work in strong skills in production, organization, and leadership.