is a dance artist originally from Gifu, Japan, who lives and dedicates time to their artistic practice in Vancouver, Canada as a settler on the unceded, ancestral territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

Through choreography hybridized with heritage art forms and language that interact with digital and sculptural objects, Shion’s work is alive in content and multidisciplinary in form, activating spaces through their performances that navigate the complexities of the body’s internal and external worlds.

Shion has performed their work across Canada, including presentations at The Dance Centre (Vancouver), Tangente (Montréal), Kinetic Studio (Halifax), and Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), and their experimental dance films have been screened at festivals globally, including Dancing on the Edge Festival (Canada), International Portrait Film Festival (Bulgaria), CAPSULE by the National Arts Centre (Canada), Hibrido Brazilian Videodance Festival (Brazil), and Dance Days Chania (Greece). As a performer, she has interpreted the works of artists such as Anya Saugstad, Vanessa Goodman (Action at a Distance), Wen Wei Dance, plastic orchid factory, Company 605, and Ziyian Kwan (Odd Meridian Arts). Shion holds a BFA from Simon Fraser University, is a certified yoga teacher, and is the grateful recipient of the Iris Garland Emerging Choreographer Award (2022) and the Chrystal Dance Prize (2023).

Photo credit: Sewari Campillo