WHAT SSD HAS DONE SINCE 2012 IN PITTSBURGH:

EIGHT FULL LENGTH IN-PERSON PRODUCTIONS~See PROJECTS tab

FOUR SEPARATE ONLINE PRODUCTIONS

FOUR COLLABORATIVE SHOWS WITH ECLECTIC LABORATORY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

TWO NEW OPERAS (CHOREOGRAPHY/DIRECTION) BY SHANA SIMMONS FEATURING SSD DANCERS~(outside commissions)

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), CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART (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), PITTSBURGH PLAYHOUSE'S INSIDE/OUTSIDE 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), HOPE ACADEMY (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

LIST OF COLLABORATIONS/PARTNERSHIPS:

HOPE Academy/East Liberty Presbyterian Church
The Union Project/Kelly-Strayhorn Theater
The National Aviary/Project Passenger Pigeon
The Eclectic Laboratory Chamber Orchestra
The Moving Architects/Bryce Dance Co.(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 collaborative series, 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.

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.

Shana Simmons Dance's seasons are made possible with generous support from:

The Heinz Endowments Small Arts Initiative
Arts, Equity, & Education Fund
A.W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust Fund of The Pittsburgh Foundation
​HOPE Academy/East Liberty Presbyterian Church
The Arts. Equity. Reimagined. Fund
​The Opportunity Fund
Dance Conservatory of Pittsburgh
Individual Donors