Successfully completed his studies at the Juilliard School in New York. He completed his Masters at the University of Maastricht in Art, Culture and Cultural Heritage. From 1994 to 1999, Shropshire danced at the American Repertory Ballet. In 1999 he joined Galili Dance in Groningen, where he created a number of dance pieces. In 2005 Shropshire created his first full evening programme. In the 2005–2006 season he worked together with the Icelandic City Theatre and the Icelandic Dance Company on a new production of Carmen. He then choreographed the piece Falfurious for Codarts. From 2009 to 2012, Shropshire was artistic director and choreographer at NND (Noord Nederlandse Dans). Shropshire now works as a freelance choreographer. Especially for Codarts he developed material from the show Cinematic (from 2012) in Lamento Della Ninfa. On behalf of the Holland Dance Festival he created a new piece for the New Zealand Dance Company. For this TOTM Tour, Shropshire designed “The Golden Pas de Deux”.
Stephen Shropshire choreographed Lamento Della Ninfa with and for students of the Godards, Rotterdamse Dansacademie.