The Smith Center for the Performing Arts
Shaquida Vergo is an experienced dance educator currently serving as a dance instructor at Las Vegas High School since July 2022, where responsibilities include teaching, directing, and choreographing for dance concerts and coaching the LVHS Dance Team. In addition, Shaquida has been a part-time instructor at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas since January 2015 and a teaching artist for Disney Musicals in Schools Las Vegas at The Smith Center for the Performing Arts since March 2012. Shaquida's previous roles include lead teaching artist program manager, on-call event staff, and paraprofessional at Thurman White Academy for the Performing Arts, as well as choreography positions at various institutions such as Dance Center LV and Chaparral High School. Educational qualifications include a Bachelor of Arts in Dance Production Management from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and an Associate of Arts in Dance from Cypress College.
The Smith Center for the Performing Arts
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The hallmark of downtown Las Vegas’ 61-acre urban development known as Symphony Park, The Smith Center for the Performing Arts is a public-private partnership that opened in March 2012. Heralded as the city’s Heart of the Arts®, The Smith Center is an architectural triumph and long-awaited cultural achievement that educates and entertains the citizens of Southern Nevada. The $470 million world-class performing arts center offers a blend of performances by resident companies, first-run touring attractions, lectures and internationally acclaimed performers in music, theater and dance. The five-acre campus features four performance spaces including the 2,050-seat Reynolds Hall, a 258-seat Myron's at The Smith Center, the 250-seat Troesh Studio Theater and the 1.7-acre Donald W. Reynolds Symphony Park for outdoor concerts. Additionally, the campus is home to the Discovery Children’s Museum that opened in March 2013.