ELEVATE:   a triple bill of female choreographers (2019)

In Elevate: A Triple Bill of Female Choreographers three seasoned choreographers from NYC, NJ/NYC, and Pittsburgh came together to explore female empowerment in a compelling evening-length triple bill performance presented as part of a 3-city tour.  In this production, three distinct powerhouses, Heather Bryce (Bryce Dance Company, NYC), Erin Carlisle Norton (The Moving Architects, NJ/NYC), and Shana Simmons (Shana Simmons Dance, PA) elevated each other and their collective voices by bringing the strength, individuality, and power of the female voice into the spotlight. This triple bill is a unique opportunity to see how three unique voices interpret fearless femininity. 

Performances toured in Spring 2019 from the Actors Fund Arts Center (Brooklyn),  to The Dance Complex (Boston), and finished at Point Park University’s George Rowland White Performance Center (Pittsburgh).

In the first half of the production, each choreographer presented existing repertory, revealing their distinctive movement signatures and choreographic stylings. 

In the second act, Bryce, Carlisle Norton, and Simmons brought their voices and dancers together in order to create Elevate, a groundbreaking new work that they collaboratively wove together, intently investigating self-imposed boundaries, metaphorical walls they encounter as female artists, and personal experiences that have a collective and universal weight. 

Elevate shined a spotlight on the resilience and power of three distinct female voices speaking together through one work. ​

​Says Bryce of the project: 
​“As we come together and empower each other we begin to elevate our collective voices and bring light to stories that have gone unheard or unseen. As movers we break down walls and bring our full selves to the table, providing opportunities for others to do the same. Through our vulnerability we share our strength. Through our choreography we lift each other up.”