WHAT SSD HAS DONE SINCE 2012 IN PITTSBURGH:
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SEVEN FULL LENGTH IN-PERSON PRODUCTIONS
FOUR SEPARATE ONLINE PRODUCTIONS FOUR COLLABORATIVE SHOWS WITH ECLECTIC LABORATORY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA TWO NEW OPERAS (CHOREOGRAPHY/DIRECTION) BY SHANA SIMMONS FEATURING SSD DANCERS ONE SELF-PRODUCED INTERNATIONAL DANCE FILM FESTIVAL ONE FULL SCALE COMMISSION FEATURING 4 DIFFERENT GROUPS AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PA ONE TOUR TO NEW YORK CITY, BOSTON, AND PITTSBURGH WITH BRYCE DANCE CO. & THE MOVING ARCHITECTS PRESENTED WORKS AT: APAP (NYC), THREE RIVERS ARTS FESTIVAL (PGH), pearlPRESENTS DANCE FESTIVAL (PGH), LEADERSHIP ILLINOIS CONFERENCE (CHICAGO), ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE (PGH), VALEES EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE (CHICAGO), PITTSBURGH BALLET THEATRE'S OPEN AIR SERIES (PGH), BOOM CONCEPTS (PGH), BLOOMFIELD GARDEN CLUB (PGH), LEHIGH VALLEY SPRING UP DANCE FESTIVAL (LEHIGH VALLEY), NEW MOVES DANCE FESTIVAL (PGH), NEXT STAGE RESIDENCY (PGH), REVÊRIE FESTIVAL (BELGIUM) COMPANY TEACHING & OUTREACH IN THE COMMUNITY: SACRED SPACES TOUR (PGH), STRONG WOMEN, STRONG GIRLS (PGH), SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY (SLIPPERY ROCK, PA), INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PA (INDIANA, PA), LEHIGH VALLEY DANCE (LEHIGH VALLEY, PA), INTRO TO DANCE FOR ADULTS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, PILATES/YOGA |
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LIST OF COLLABORATIONS/PARTNERSHIPS:
The Union Project/Kelly-Strayhorn Theater
The National Aviary/Project Passenger Pigeon
The Eclectic Laboratory Chamber Orchestra
The Moving Architects(TMA)/Bryce Dance Co.(BDC) (NYC)
Alzheimer’s Association/American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Strong Women, Strong Girls
Carnegie Museum of Art
Bianca Johnson + Dancers (NYC)/Chrisala Brown (Pgh)/XRconnectED (Pgh)
Center for Civic Arts
Allegheny Cleanways/Grounded/Friends of the Riverfront
The Union Project/Kelly-Strayhorn Theater
The National Aviary/Project Passenger Pigeon
The Eclectic Laboratory Chamber Orchestra
The Moving Architects(TMA)/Bryce Dance Co.(BDC) (NYC)
Alzheimer’s Association/American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
Strong Women, Strong Girls
Carnegie Museum of Art
Bianca Johnson + Dancers (NYC)/Chrisala Brown (Pgh)/XRconnectED (Pgh)
Center for Civic Arts
Allegheny Cleanways/Grounded/Friends of the Riverfront
WHAT SSD WANTS TO DO IN THE FUTURE:
THREE BRANCHES:
PERFORMANCE:
-Continue to bring both in-person and online performance programming reflective of the social topics relevant to our time.
-Provide opportunities for outside choreographic voices to be heard through headliner performances and informal showings.
-Support our dancers who represent a wide demographic range to help sustain their living, encouraging more dancers to live and reside in Pittsburgh, and create an encouraging artistic platform for our artists to thrive.
-Continue to bring both in-person and online performance programming reflective of the social topics relevant to our time.
-Provide opportunities for outside choreographic voices to be heard through headliner performances and informal showings.
-Support our dancers who represent a wide demographic range to help sustain their living, encouraging more dancers to live and reside in Pittsburgh, and create an encouraging artistic platform for our artists to thrive.
EDUCATION:
-Bring our personal expertise to after school programming blending both new technology education with dance education through VDEP Educational Outreach.
-To facilitate adult classes based on movement wellness: fitness classes based on pilates/yoga training, professional dance development classes to continue outside training for dancers, and adult open classes to stimulate the love of dance and movement to the adult population with differently abled bodies.
-To create a low level technology space to offer new technology workshops through our tech collaborators XRconnectED on a regional scale, allowing access to technology which most dancers wouldn't readily be able to engage with.
-Bring our personal expertise to after school programming blending both new technology education with dance education through VDEP Educational Outreach.
-To facilitate adult classes based on movement wellness: fitness classes based on pilates/yoga training, professional dance development classes to continue outside training for dancers, and adult open classes to stimulate the love of dance and movement to the adult population with differently abled bodies.
-To create a low level technology space to offer new technology workshops through our tech collaborators XRconnectED on a regional scale, allowing access to technology which most dancers wouldn't readily be able to engage with.
DANCE COMMUNITY:
-To provide discounted rehearsal space to fellow artistic members in the dance community here in Pittsburgh.
-To provide artistic residency opportunities for outside artists to come to Pittsburgh on a short term basis and collaborate with Pittsburgh-based artists.
-To be a center for outside dance choreographers/companies by offering classes from multiple teachers in the community where they can shape their class the way they want.
-To provide discounted rehearsal space to fellow artistic members in the dance community here in Pittsburgh.
-To provide artistic residency opportunities for outside artists to come to Pittsburgh on a short term basis and collaborate with Pittsburgh-based artists.
-To be a center for outside dance choreographers/companies by offering classes from multiple teachers in the community where they can shape their class the way they want.