ALL ONLINE PERFORMANCES ARE STILL AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING!
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Constructed Sight: WINTER
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Art that Moves
Constructed Sight is a series of dance for films each created and inspired by a public work of art around Pittsburgh. Each choreographer is working to construct meaningful pieces of choreography by physically incorporating and being inspired by a variety of public works of art.
This project was formulated in direct response to the Covid-19 pandemic in an effort to continue generating meaningful and interactive dance performance events.
Constructed Sight is a series of dance for films each created and inspired by a public work of art around Pittsburgh. Each choreographer is working to construct meaningful pieces of choreography by physically incorporating and being inspired by a variety of public works of art.
This project was formulated in direct response to the Covid-19 pandemic in an effort to continue generating meaningful and interactive dance performance events.
Binds & Bonds
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WHEN:
Sunday, December 20, 5pm EVENT DETAILS: Register for Online Event Link. COST: FREE |
Featured Artists:
Dafna Rehavia is a feminist, activist, mixed media artist, and art therapist. She immigrated and lives in Pittsburgh via Tel Aviv. In her exhibitions, she has explored existential and identity struggles from a personal and sociocultural view. Within this framework she explores the body-self and metaphors of the body as the site of injury. Rehavia has exhibited solo and group shows nationally and internationally including in Tel-Aviv, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, New-York, Boston, Amsterdam, and Wurzburg. She was awarded the Chelsea International fine arts award of Agora Gallery, New York 2015 for her work Cutting and recently completed an art residency in Wurzburg, Germany.
Shana Simmons (Shana Simmons Dance) is a dancer/choreographer/educator in Pittsburgh, PA. Her work is an immersive experience for audience members and speaks from the female perspective while reflecting important societal topics and trends on the human condition.
Chezney Douglas is a BIPOC interdisciplinary artist in pittsburgh. She focuses on bringing awareness and equality to her community through her art forms.
Dafna Rehavia is a feminist, activist, mixed media artist, and art therapist. She immigrated and lives in Pittsburgh via Tel Aviv. In her exhibitions, she has explored existential and identity struggles from a personal and sociocultural view. Within this framework she explores the body-self and metaphors of the body as the site of injury. Rehavia has exhibited solo and group shows nationally and internationally including in Tel-Aviv, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, New-York, Boston, Amsterdam, and Wurzburg. She was awarded the Chelsea International fine arts award of Agora Gallery, New York 2015 for her work Cutting and recently completed an art residency in Wurzburg, Germany.
Shana Simmons (Shana Simmons Dance) is a dancer/choreographer/educator in Pittsburgh, PA. Her work is an immersive experience for audience members and speaks from the female perspective while reflecting important societal topics and trends on the human condition.
Chezney Douglas is a BIPOC interdisciplinary artist in pittsburgh. She focuses on bringing awareness and equality to her community through her art forms.
SHANA SIMMONS DANCE VIRTUAL GALA EVENT: A TOAST TO SSD!
Thursday, December 10, 2020
7:30pm Pre-Show Party (Zoom link, registration required)
8pm YouTube Premiere: Shana Simmons Dance YouTube Station
“It is not just the continual creation of artwork that must exist during this time. It is the ‘events’ and gatherings of humans together that create a sense of unity through artwork. It is the interaction that occurs, the responses to the artwork that must be heard. In a way, it is not just the artwork that needs to exist, it is the uplifting of the audience voice that elevates the voice of the artform.”
~Shana Simmons
~Shana Simmons
Shana Simmons Dance (SSD) presents A Toast to SSD, a brand new online gala event bringing folx together to celebrate dance and the holiday season. This virtual 1-hour event features a variety of artistic presentations, gathering people from all over the country to perform and support SSD and the Pittsburgh dance community. A Toast to SSD will feature guest musical artists: Off-Broadway directors Griffin Matthews (Dear White People) & Matt Gould, Pittsburgh all-female ensemble Kamratōn, Point Park University musical theater performers singing from Kinky Boots, along with performances both old and new from Shana Simmons Dance. This event is co-organized by Shana Simmons Dance company collaborator Jamie Erin Murphy.
The event will premiere for free on YouTube at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 10. SSD saw success using YouTube Premiere to chat with viewers and receive feedback in real time during the Constructed Sight series. Viewers gathered around their devices each week, connecting live to the artists in a forum for discussion and appreciation.
A pre-show Zoom party will begin at 7:30 p.m., with a paparazzi-style feature of guests to kick off the event, guaranteed tunes to get you in the mood from DJ N8theSK8, a holiday cocktail demonstration to mix together from master bartender Jimmy Jakubik, and funny company interviews hosted by Joanna Dehler. Pre-registration will be required to attend this half hour portion.
WHO:
Shana Simmons Dance (Pittsburgh)
Featured Musical Guest Artists: Off-Broadway directors Griffin Matthews (Dear White People) & Matt Gould, Pittsburgh all-female ensemble Kamratōn, Point Park University musical theater performers singing from Kinky Boots
WHERE & WHEN:
Shana Simmons Dance YouTube station, Premiere
Thursday December 10, 2020
Zoom Pre-Show Party 7:30pm
YouTube Premiere 8pm
TICKETS: FREE
YOUTUBE PREMIERE LINK: COMING SOON!!
Pre-registration required for Zoom Pre-Show Party.
Visit www.shanasimmonsdance.com/upcoming for registration.
Suggested donation for event is $5-$50.
DONATE
The event will premiere for free on YouTube at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 10. SSD saw success using YouTube Premiere to chat with viewers and receive feedback in real time during the Constructed Sight series. Viewers gathered around their devices each week, connecting live to the artists in a forum for discussion and appreciation.
A pre-show Zoom party will begin at 7:30 p.m., with a paparazzi-style feature of guests to kick off the event, guaranteed tunes to get you in the mood from DJ N8theSK8, a holiday cocktail demonstration to mix together from master bartender Jimmy Jakubik, and funny company interviews hosted by Joanna Dehler. Pre-registration will be required to attend this half hour portion.
WHO:
Shana Simmons Dance (Pittsburgh)
Featured Musical Guest Artists: Off-Broadway directors Griffin Matthews (Dear White People) & Matt Gould, Pittsburgh all-female ensemble Kamratōn, Point Park University musical theater performers singing from Kinky Boots
WHERE & WHEN:
Shana Simmons Dance YouTube station, Premiere
Thursday December 10, 2020
Zoom Pre-Show Party 7:30pm
YouTube Premiere 8pm
TICKETS: FREE
YOUTUBE PREMIERE LINK: COMING SOON!!
Pre-registration required for Zoom Pre-Show Party.
Visit www.shanasimmonsdance.com/upcoming for registration.
Suggested donation for event is $5-$50.
DONATE
Constructed Sight: September 2020
Click below to access the Constructed Sight WEEK THREE
WEEK THREE, September 26, 8:15PM:
YOUTUBE PREMIERE LINK: https://youtu.be/6mepDCMu5D8
Click below to access the Constructed Sight WEEK TWO
WEEK TWO, September 19, 8:15PM:
YOUTUBE PREMIERE LINK: https://youtu.be/a4kW_M-QnOc
Click below to access the Constructed Sight premiere
WEEK ONE, September 12, 8:15PM:
YOUTUBE PREMIERE LINK: https://youtu.be/v2Uv3gmDSZY
*Shana Simmons Dance is offering these events for FREE to the public!
The choreographers and dancers are participating in this because, well,
WE WANT TO SHARE DANCE, INSPIRATION, CREATIVITY, AND EXPRESSION IN OUR WORLD!
Humble donations can be made to SSD to support the artists involved in this production*
WEEK THREE, September 26, 8:15PM:
YOUTUBE PREMIERE LINK: https://youtu.be/6mepDCMu5D8
Click below to access the Constructed Sight WEEK TWO
WEEK TWO, September 19, 8:15PM:
YOUTUBE PREMIERE LINK: https://youtu.be/a4kW_M-QnOc
Click below to access the Constructed Sight premiere
WEEK ONE, September 12, 8:15PM:
YOUTUBE PREMIERE LINK: https://youtu.be/v2Uv3gmDSZY
*Shana Simmons Dance is offering these events for FREE to the public!
The choreographers and dancers are participating in this because, well,
WE WANT TO SHARE DANCE, INSPIRATION, CREATIVITY, AND EXPRESSION IN OUR WORLD!
Humble donations can be made to SSD to support the artists involved in this production*