CONTEMPORARY DANCE THAT'S ACCESSIBLE!

AXIS Dance Company's mission is to create and perform high quality contemporary dance that is developed through the collaboration of dancers with and without disabilities. AXIS teaches dance and educates about collaboration and disability through community outreach and education programs. AXIS is committed to promoting and supporting physically integrated dance, locally, nationally and internationally.

"There is no more defiant a land that I can think of than AXIS. They showed me what dance could be." -Bill T. Jones

"A program of cannily constructed and masterfully executed dances awaits anyone venturing into the home season of AXIS Dance Company this weekend…So irresistible has been AXIS' rise that one long ago stopped marveling at how these performers transcend handicaps…In fact, one attends their concerts with the expectations one brings to any superior repertory modern dance company." -Allan Ulrich, Voice of Dance

"The performance itself exceeded our hopes. The quality of the choreography and the presentation was wonderful. Both the evening and student matinee performances were excellent artistry." - Hanlina Kuslieka, The Fine Arts Center, UMass Amherst

WHAT'S NEW

AXIS wishes you a wonderful Spring Season. We have a lot of exciting news to share with you in our Spring newsletter. We hope you'll take a moment to read on and learn about our 20th Anniversary celebration, upcoming performances, education outreach events, and much more! Read more...

Two AXIS collaborations from 2007 have been nominated for the 22nd Isadora Duncan Dance Awards: For choreography "Waypoint" by Margaret Jenkins (with Melanie Elms), and for visual design "Fears of Your Life", Michael Bernard Loggins, Kim Epifano, Ron Reisner, Michael Stasiuk, & AXIS Dance Company. The awards ceremony will be on Monday, April 28th at 6pm at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. http://www.izzies.org/html/awards.html

A short film on AXIS was recently featured on a website "One in 5 Stories". It's a great piece that gives you an inside look at the rehearsal process and features many of our our dancers talking about their experience dancing with AXIS. Watch it now!

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