Meet New Dances 2013 Guest Choreographer
Ahmad Simmons
Ahmad Simmons is a native of Fort Worth, Texas where he began his training at the Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts. While in Texas, he trained extensively through the Dallas Black Dance Theater, the Debbie Allen Dance Institute and the Dian Clough West Dance Center.Additional training includes summers at the Broadway Theatre Project in Florida and Montreal’s Springboard Danse program. Holding a BFA in Dance from Point Park University, under the direction of Susan Stowe, he has performed works by Bill T. Jones, Robert Battle, David Parsons, Lar Lubovitch, Daniel Ezralow, Aszure Barton, Martha Graham, Heidi Latsky, and Kate Skarpetowska. After graduating he danced a season with Eisenhower Dance Ensemble. He is currently touring nationally and internationally as a dancer with River North Dance Chicago performing in such countries as Germany, Switzerland, and Russia. In addition to concert dance work, he is a proud member of the Actors’ Equity Association and has performed with the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera in a number of shows including Cats, West Side Story, Oklahoma with Shirley Jones, Peter Pan with Cathy Rigby, Hairspray, The Producers, and Oliver. In Chicago, he can be found teaching classes for B-Discovered Dance Company, Dimensions of Dance, Extensions Dance Center and Visceral Dance Center. Ahmad is also a proud Co-founder/Artistic Director of Pursuit Productions, a company with the mission to produce and present collaborative work by fresh, innovative minds in Chicago.
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