Department of Theatre, Drama, and Contemporary Dance

Noah Shahadey is a senior majoring in Contemporary Dance with minors in Tourism, Hospitality and Event Management, as well as, Media with a concentration in Creative Advertising. Upon graduation, Noah is contracted by Royal Caribbean International cruise line to work with their Entertainment team. He also has an abundance of experience working in photography. His areas of expertise include portraits, action shots, and still shots. Prior to coming to Indiana University (IU), he danced competitively at One Step Above Dance Company, located in Bloomington, Indiana, where he specialized in the styles of jazz, lyrical, contemporary, acrobatic, and musical theater. In the summer of 2021, he trained with Water Street Dance Milwaukee in Wisconsin. During his IU career, he has performed in the Winter Faculty Dance Concert (2019-2021) in multiple guest artists' works, including Home by Rennie Harris, Ego by Juel D. Lane, Kavin Kaattil: In the Beautiful Forest by Prathiba Natesan Batley, and Beclouded by Cameron McKinney. He has danced in a number of student works in the Junior Choreographic Performance Projects (2018 & 2019), New Moves (2019 & 2021). Noah has also choreographed works titled Fragmented in the Junior Choreographic Performance Project Show (2020) and reverie in the Advanced Choreographic Show (2021). Noah is from Bloomington, Indiana and graduated from Bloomington High School North in 2018 with an Academic Honors Diploma.