About the Company

South Shore Dance is a pre-professional transitional dance company designed to encourage the artistic development of young dancers who are seriously considering a career in dance.  SSDA is a not-for-profit entity dedicated to enhancing the educational and artistic experience of aspiring young dancers in the Northwest Indiana area.

About the School

The South Shore Dance studio is nearing completion in the newly renovated old Miller School building on Lake Street in the Miller neighborhood of Gary. Three studios are now up and running! SSDA is a dance school and studio offering dance classes in ballet, jazz, modern, tap, hip-hop and pointe. In seven years of operation,  South Shore Dance has turned out students who have gone on to careers with well known choreographers and dance companies such as: Debbie Allen, Ballet Chicago, Alvin Ailey, Deeply Rooted Productions, Homer Bryant Ballet, Dance Theater of Harlem, The Juilliard School, and more.

The People of SSDA
Click on the Dance Faculty and Board of Directors links to learn more about the all SSDA directors, instructors, choreographers, company members—all those who put the heart and soul into SSDA.

Our new studio location at South Shore Centre for the Arts is now open! Find out more!