Rosy Simas (Seneca Nation of Indians, Heron clan) is a transdisciplinary and dance artist.
Simas’ knowledge of her Hodinöšyö:nih family and lineage is the underpinning of her relationship to culture and history—stored in her body—expressed through her work—of moving people, images, and objects that she makes for stage and installation.
Simas’ work weaves personal and collective identity themes with family, sovereignty, equality, and healing. Simas creates with a team of Native and BIPOC artists. Her work is driven by deep listening.
Simas’ past works for stage include she who lives on the road to war, Weave, Skin(s), and We Wait in the Darkness. Simas’ installations have been exhibited at the Walker Art Center, Onöhsagwë:de’ Cultural Center, All My Relations Arts, SOO Visual Arts, and the Weisman Art Museum.
Simas is a Doris Duke Artist, Forge Fellow, Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Fellow, First People’s Fund Performing Arts Fellow, Guggenheim Arts Fellow, McKnight Foundation Fellow, Dance/USA Fellow, United States Artists Fellow, Joyce awardee, and State of the Art Prize awardee. Her other accolades include a Native Arts and Cultures Foundation SHIFT award and multiple awards from the New England Foundation for the Arts National Dance Project, the MAP Fund, and the National Performance Network.
Simas is the Artistic Director of Rosy Simas Danse and a 2024-2026 Walker Art Center artist in residence.
Bare Hill Choreographer Rosy Simas (Seneca Nation of Indians) will present a dance for five performers, that she describes as “a movement between the stars and the earth to generate peace.”
“My creative history with New Dance Alliance goes a way long. Since my friend, Chivas Sandage brought me to New Dance Alliance to rehearse in early 90’s, the place has become a part of my creative life. The long time existence of the studio and Performance Mix Festival are vital to the artists who seek and explore deep into their process. Whenever I step into the studio, it’s a new space with a lot of memories. I lie down on the floor, listen to my body, and I dance. It is valuable. The time in the space nurtures my practice and artistic vision. Karen’s vision of Lift-Off residency, feedback sessions, providing peer to peer connections are more significant than ever. It has been helping us to get through 2020 and we are going into 2021.”
– Nami Yamamoto
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