South Shore Dance Alliance

The South Shore Dance Alliance, located at Franklin Center in Griffith, announces the appointment of two new artistic directors, Kacie Noel Garland and Renaldo Maurice Gardner. Garland and Gardner both began their dance careers at Gary’s Emerson...

To many of our SSDA friends and family, these names are not new. Kacie and Renaldo both spent their early dance careers under the direction of SSDA founder Larry Brewer and SSDA board member Michal Davis at Gary's Emerson School for the Visual and...

For students ages 8 and older with dance experience, the SSDA five-week Summer Dance Intensive will run Monday through Friday, July 6 through August 7, 9 am - 3:30 pm. This summer program provides motivated students the opportunity to build serious...

For students ages 8 and older with dance experience, the SSDA five-week Summer Dance Intensive will run Monday through Friday, July 6 through August 7, 9 am - 3:30 pm. This summer program provides motivated students the opportunity to build serious...

On Friday, February 27, South Shore Dance Alliance and Northwest Indiana Symphony Youth Orchestra are joining together in a fundraising gala, “Leap into the Arts,” now in its eighth year. In addition to performances by these groups, this...

South Shore Dance Alliance (SSDA) and the Wirt-Emerson Dance Department are pleased to announce that Gary native Renaldo Maurice Gardner, a company member in New York City's Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, will teach a master contemporary class...

On Friday, February 27, South Shore Dance Alliance and Northwest Indiana Symphony Youth Orchestra are joining together in a fundraising gala, “Leap into the Arts,” now in its eighth year. In addition to performances by these groups, this...

South Shore Dance Alliance and the Wirt-Emerson Dance Department are pleased to announce that Renaldo Maurice Gardner, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater company member, will teach a master contemporary class for intermediate/advanced level dancers...

Still two shows remaining for Cirque du Jazz: A Nutcracker Tale--tonite at 7 p.m. and Sunday matinee at 3 p.m., presented by South Shore Dance Alliance and the Wirt-Emerson Dance Department. Performances are at Griffith H.S. Auditorium, 600 N. Wiggs...

The curtains go up this Friday! Cirque du Jazz, A Nutcracker Tale, delivers an avant garde twist on the holiday classic. Its circus staging, aerial performance surprises, and unique musical mix of classical Tchaikovsky and Duke Ellington jazz combine...