ALL ONLINE PERFORMANCES ARE STILL AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING!
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LIVING LANDSCAPES
Live outdoor screenings happening Fall 2021... Stay tuned...
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LIVING LANDSCAPES is Shana Simmons Dance's 2021 project working with environmental themes. Shana Simmons (choreographer/director), Arvid Tomayko (filmographer), and Andrew Griffin (composer) are collaborating on a feature length dance for film. These films will be screened to live audiences in SPRING 2022 with an online release of the film as well.
The film's concept blends artistic expression through dance with local interviews of nonprofit organizations in Pittsburgh, PA. The journey of humankind from being a part of nature to being interdependent on one another weaves throughout the film's progression. The film connects specific issues that exist in Western Pa to what we can do to help protect our environment through voice, movement, and nature images.
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THE VIRTUAL DANCE EXCHANGE PROJECT
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Shana Simmons Dance is proud to announce an award from the Arts Equity Reimagined fund for The Virtual Dance Exchange(VDEP), a collaboration between SSD, Chrisala Brown, Bianca Johnson + Dancers, and XRconnectED. VDEP was born from conversations about race and age diversity in dance, Covid-19’s impact on the dance world, and comparative dance community structures between New York City and Pittsburgh. The Virtual Dance Exchange Project is a forward-thinking collective, pushing the boundaries of dance into new mediums while addressing issues of equity and their impact on bodies and creative processes.
VDEP will develop original choreography filmed in 360-degree video format putting the viewer at the center of the performance, giving them agency to look around at the environment at will, creating a completely immersive dance experience. This virtual performance will premiere online in the Fall of 2021 along with a series of educational online group discussions addressing systemic racism and how it continues to sustain inequities in the arts community. |
EVENTS:
SEPTEMBER 10: TICKETS GO ON SALE (VISIT VDEP PAGE ON THIS WEBSITE)
SEPTEMBER 24, 12PM: LINK TO ONLINE PERFORMANCE GOES LIVE. VIEW VIA SMART PHONE, COMPUTER, OR VR HEADSET EXPERIENCE!
OCT 1, 7:30PM: IN-PERSON AND ONLINE STREAMING OF VDEP SPEAKS: THE ARTISTS, THE PROCESS, THE EXPERIENCE
Limited tickets for in-person audience at Pittsburgh Community Television, this show will be streamed online as well. Get behind-the-scenes in the TV studio with the artists and dancers. Join online via Pay-What-You-Can ticket link or purchase one of our unique in-person experience tickets!
ONLINE SPEAKER SERIES: OCTOBER 5, 26, NOVEMBER 16, 7PM
Join International and National experts speaking about tech, the arts, accessibility, and equity.
October 5, 7pm: Small Arts Futures in Roboburgh and Beyond
October 26, 7pm: Equity and Cultural Diversity in Dance Education in the Pittsburgh Region
November 16, 7pm: Tech Strategies for Small Performing Arts Companies: What Is Possible Now?
SEPTEMBER 10: TICKETS GO ON SALE (VISIT VDEP PAGE ON THIS WEBSITE)
SEPTEMBER 24, 12PM: LINK TO ONLINE PERFORMANCE GOES LIVE. VIEW VIA SMART PHONE, COMPUTER, OR VR HEADSET EXPERIENCE!
OCT 1, 7:30PM: IN-PERSON AND ONLINE STREAMING OF VDEP SPEAKS: THE ARTISTS, THE PROCESS, THE EXPERIENCE
Limited tickets for in-person audience at Pittsburgh Community Television, this show will be streamed online as well. Get behind-the-scenes in the TV studio with the artists and dancers. Join online via Pay-What-You-Can ticket link or purchase one of our unique in-person experience tickets!
ONLINE SPEAKER SERIES: OCTOBER 5, 26, NOVEMBER 16, 7PM
Join International and National experts speaking about tech, the arts, accessibility, and equity.
October 5, 7pm: Small Arts Futures in Roboburgh and Beyond
October 26, 7pm: Equity and Cultural Diversity in Dance Education in the Pittsburgh Region
November 16, 7pm: Tech Strategies for Small Performing Arts Companies: What Is Possible Now?
RECENT PAST EVENTS 2021:
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TAKE THE AIR- AT IUP
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Take the Air is a walking tour with site specific performances at FIVE locations on the IUP Campus. You can start at Station A or Station E and work your way through the tour OR you can happen upon the artwork at your own leisure. Either way works! Stay and watch the performances or wander off and find the next one... this tour happens on YOUR OWN TIME in YOUR OWN WAY!
CLICK BELOW ON FULL INFO or navigate the menu at the top of the website!
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SPRING FOR SOLOS
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Constructed Sight: WINTER
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Art that Moves
LINE UP OF GUEST ARTISTS:
KISA (FLORIDA)
CALEB MATHURA (PITTSBURGH)
KUSANAGI SISTERS (JAPAN)
TERRELL ROGERS (TEXAS)
ALEXANDRA BODNARCHUK (MINNEAPOLIS)
SHANNON MURPHY (PHILADELPHIA)
ANNA MCDUNN (NYC)
SHAKESPEARE MOVES (GLOBAL COLLECTIVE)
Constructed Sight is a series of dance for films each created and inspired by a public work of art around Pittsburgh. Three choreographers (Shana Simmons, Jamie Erin Murphy, Brady Sanders) is working to construct meaningful pieces of choreography by physically incorporating and being inspired by a variety of public works of art. Constructed Sight: Winter takes a slightly different approach as the choreographers are aiming to collaborate an overall theme connecting each of the six films together through one piece of artwork. Within each film another piece of artwork or architecture will be highlighted and focused on.
This project was formulated in direct response to the Covid-19 pandemic in an effort to continue generating meaningful and interactive dance performance events.
LINE UP OF GUEST ARTISTS:
KISA (FLORIDA)
CALEB MATHURA (PITTSBURGH)
KUSANAGI SISTERS (JAPAN)
TERRELL ROGERS (TEXAS)
ALEXANDRA BODNARCHUK (MINNEAPOLIS)
SHANNON MURPHY (PHILADELPHIA)
ANNA MCDUNN (NYC)
SHAKESPEARE MOVES (GLOBAL COLLECTIVE)
Constructed Sight is a series of dance for films each created and inspired by a public work of art around Pittsburgh. Three choreographers (Shana Simmons, Jamie Erin Murphy, Brady Sanders) is working to construct meaningful pieces of choreography by physically incorporating and being inspired by a variety of public works of art. Constructed Sight: Winter takes a slightly different approach as the choreographers are aiming to collaborate an overall theme connecting each of the six films together through one piece of artwork. Within each film another piece of artwork or architecture will be highlighted and focused on.
This project was formulated in direct response to the Covid-19 pandemic in an effort to continue generating meaningful and interactive dance performance events.