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Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre: OPEN AIR SERIES
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A split-bill performance, three female leads present new works as part of this outdoor celebration.
Collaborators Naina Roy Green (Kathak dancer) and Shana Simmons will begin their 6-month journey of exploration blending traditional Kathak styles of dance with Simmons' contemporary background culminating in a new premiere work in December 2022. Jamie Erin Murphy presents a new work experimenting with conceptual ideas of sculpture and costume through the female form. Along with these exciting two new presentations, SSD will showcase fun and light hearted repertory!
Collaborators Naina Roy Green (Kathak dancer) and Shana Simmons will begin their 6-month journey of exploration blending traditional Kathak styles of dance with Simmons' contemporary background culminating in a new premiere work in December 2022. Jamie Erin Murphy presents a new work experimenting with conceptual ideas of sculpture and costume through the female form. Along with these exciting two new presentations, SSD will showcase fun and light hearted repertory!
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Pittsburgh Playhouse's Inside/Outside Series
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Green's unique style of Lucknow and Jaipur schools of Kathak "evokes a soft and subtle restraint combined with sharp lines, percussive footwork, and evocatively emotional storytelling." Berman will join SSD playing the unique sounds of the Udu drum and Dulcimer (a fretted string instrument), to bring the melody of hands-on clay and the rhythm of fingers on strings to the mix. A blend of live music, percussive dancing/speaking, and energetic dance, come engage your senses and see a blend of cultural backgrounds through dance and music!
Tickets: $25 through Pittsburgh Playhouse, includes one drink ticket, bar open for purchase
Where: Highmark Theater, Pittsburgh Playhouse, downtown
350 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15222
When: Wednesday, June 22, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Tickets: $25 through Pittsburgh Playhouse, includes one drink ticket, bar open for purchase
Where: Highmark Theater, Pittsburgh Playhouse, downtown
350 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15222
When: Wednesday, June 22, 6:30pm-8:30pm
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DRAG N' DANCE
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CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF ART
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LIVING LANDSCAPES... coming July 2022
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LIVING LANDSCAPES is Shana Simmons Dance's 2021 project working with environmental themes. Set in an art installation atmosphere, audiences can touch, smell, and sense the environment. Local interviews from nonprofit organizations Grounded and Allegheny Cleanways help dictate and guide you through the space, expressing the needs of the local environment. 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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Recent Past Events...
Constructed Sight 2022 + Dance For Film Festival
March 11-20, 2022
Opening Night Celebration/Premiere Event
Friday, March 11, 7:30pm
Dance Film Festival available online
March 11-March 20, 2022
Access anytime
Link/password will be sent via email on March 11.
Film Workshop
Details TBD, Saturday, March 19, afternoon EST
online + in-person options available
March 11-20, 2022
Opening Night Celebration/Premiere Event
Friday, March 11, 7:30pm
Dance Film Festival available online
March 11-March 20, 2022
Access anytime
Link/password will be sent via email on March 11.
Film Workshop
Details TBD, Saturday, March 19, afternoon EST
online + in-person options available
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. ALL videos from the VDEP SYMPOSIUM are available on the Shana Simmons Dance YouTube Station: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZkviCOKhbh4BHTmRhByB_g |