BIOGRAPHY
Shana Carroll
Shana Carroll is Co-founding Artistic Director of The 7 Fingers. Since its inception in 2002, Shana has directed, written and choreographed a dozen or so of their touring and/or resident shows, including Passengers, Cuisine and Confessions, Sequence 8, and Traces. Shana’s collaborations extend beyond The 7 Fingers- in 2024 she was Co-choreographer and Circus Designer for Water For Elephants on Broadway, for which she received the Chita Rivera Award for Best Choreography as well as Tony, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circles nominations in the same category. Other notable credits include: Director and Creator of Cirque du Soleil’s Crystal; Acrobatic Designer and Choreographer of Cirque du Soleil’s shows Iris (Los Angeles) and Paramour (Broadway); Circus Designer and Co-creator of the immersive night club experience Queen of the Night (New York City); Co-choreographer of the Medieval Segment of the Sochi Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony; Director and Choreographer of Cirque du Soleil’s performance at the 84th Academy Awards.
In 2023, Shana was honoured as a Compagne des Arts et des Lettres du Québec from the Conseils des Arts et Lettres du Québec, in recognition of her contribution to Quebec culture.
A former trapeze artist of 20 years, Cirque du Soleil soloist, and alumni of Montreal’s National Circus School, Shana first got her start in San Francisco’s Pickle Family Circus. She is originally from Berkeley, California.