Background
Shearer-Nelko, born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, went to high school in that city while training at her mother’s dance studio, Shelley Shearer School of Dance.
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Education
She then completed Performance for Camera and Dance programs at the University of California, Los Los Angeles
Career
Shearer-Nelko developed a style that Dance Informa digital magazine has said to be "a unique fusion of ballet, modern and jazz techniques that is diverse and theatrical." She began bringing her students to the PULSE on Tour Dance Convention and eventually was asked to choreograph opening and closing numbers for the company"s shows. At this time she met her mentors, Brian Friedman, Desmond Richardson and Cris Judd.
Achievements
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Shearer-Nelko won the 17th Annual McCallum Theatre Festival Award as the Top Choreographer Finalist 2014 for Division 1, and from there, she was awarded Second Place Grand Prize. She was second runner-up in the Capezio A.C.E 2013 in New York City for the Top Choreographer Finalist /of Choreographic Excellence.
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Awards
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Place Grand Prize; Capezio Dance Shearer-Nelko won the 17th Annual McCallum Theatre Festival Award as the Top Choreographer Finalist 2014 for Division 1, and from there, she was awarded Second Place Grand Prize. She was second runner-up in the Capezio A.C.E 2013 in New York City for the Top Choreographer Finalist /of Choreographic Excellence.Place Grand Prize; Capezio Dance Shearer-Nelko won the 17th Annual McCallum Theatre Festival Award as the Top Choreographer Finalist 2014 for Division 1, and from there, she was awarded Second Place Grand Prize. She was second runner-up in the Capezio A.C.E 2013 in New York City for the Top Choreographer Finalist /of Choreographic Excellence.