AXIS Dance Company
AXIS redefines dance & disability.
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GYROKINESISยฎ is a unique movement system that is designed to gently awaken all systems in our bodies while creating mobility and functional strength. The circular movements with a quality of โyawningโ can balance the tone of the soft tissues, decompress the joints and open up energy pathways.
Grounded in Laban/Bartenieff principles, this movement improvisation class will explore the vitality that comes with holding seemingly opposing physical ideas simultaneously. Paying particular attention to the presumed polarity of inner vs. outer, we will playfully explore how inner sensation, intention, and meaning is supported by and foundational to a dynamic, embodied presence in the world.
MoveLab is an innovative movement class designed to support whole-person wellbeing through exploring our unique relationship to movement & embodiment while centering self-trust & satisfaction.
Come take class with our full company! This improvisation class is designed to re-awaken curiosity with a playful approach to dance, while deepening our listening skills.ย This class offer a creative framework in which participants can reconnect with their bodies, explore their imaginations, increase their stamina, and experience the pleasure of movement in a welcoming, accepting environment.
Join our full company for an exploration into foundations of contemporary dance technique: Release, contraction, extension, use of momentum, and connecting breath with movement.ย Also we will all use the idea of translation to creatively explore, connect with our curiosity, and experience joy for movement!
AXIS Dance Company invites disabled and non-disabled dancers from around the world to engage, share and learn from one another and the AXIS dancers and staff for our annual Summer Intensive.
The Summer Intensive Application is now closed.
AXIS Dance Company invites disabled and non-disabled dancers from around the world to engage, share and learn from one another and the AXIS dancers and staff for our annual Summer Intensive.
The Summer Intensive Application is now closed.
AXISโs newย Artistic Director Nadia Adameย presents a triple bill of world premiere pieces for her first home season in this role. Sept. 16th - 18th, ODC Theater, SF.
AXISโs newย Artistic Director Nadia Adameย presents a triple bill of world premiere pieces for her first home season in this role. Sept. 16th - 18th, ODC Theater, SF.
AXISโs newย Artistic Director Nadia Adameย presents a triple bill of world premiere pieces for her first home season in this role. Sept. 16th - 18th, ODC Theater, SF.
In this special opportunity at the ODC/Dance studios, AXIS offers participants the chance to experience diverse repertory form our 2022 Home Season Adelante.
Join AXIS for a screening of our 2021 dance film,ย Flutter, as well as recorded excerpts from current repertory. Experience complex musicality and physicality in the companyโs pre-recorded pieces and explore how movement can highlight our individual and collective strengths.
Join the AXIS dancers in-person for a FREE all-levels improvisational dance jam at the gorgeous Berkeley Ballet Theater studios! In this class, disabled, non-disabled, and neurodiverse participants are invited to respond to the people and environments around them with embodied joy.
The goal of the AXIS Choreo-Lab Fellowship is to develop, refine and advance the artistic skills of disabled choreographers. The Lab offers an inclusive environment where established, disabled artists mentor their peers to challenge boundaries and create perception changing art.
In order to be considered for the Choreo-Lab Fellowship, you must be available for the duration of the Lab, identify as a disabled choreographer, reside in and be legally able to work and receive payment in the United States.
AXIS is honored to be presented at the 2023 Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in Western Massachusetts, where we will make our festival debut on the iconic outdoor Henry J. Leir Stage.
AXIS is honored to be presented at the 2023 Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in Western Massachusetts, where we will make our festival debut on the iconic outdoor Henry J. Leir Stage.
AXIS is honored to be presented at the 2023 Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in Western Massachusetts, where we will make our festival debut on the iconic outdoor Henry J. Leir Stage.
AXIS Dance Company invites disabled, non-disabled and neurodiverse dancers from around the world to engage, share and learn from one another and the AXIS dancers and staff for our annual Summer Intensive.ย
The 2023 Summer Intensive will take place IN-PERSON from July 24th-28th, 2023, in partnership withย Cal State University East Bayย in Hayward, CA.
Join AXIS for an unforgettable performance of a world premiere dance work at the Opening Ceremony of the 2023 Invictus Games, held at the Merker Spiel-Arena in Dรผsseldorf, Germany!
Founded by Prince Harry, Invictus is an annual event that supports the recovery and rehabilitation of wounded, injured and sick servicemen and women through the power of sport and athletics.
This September, we are thrilled to partner with the New York City Ballet School Programs to offer an internal Fundamentals of Inclusive Teaching workshop for NYCB School Programs teaching artists and staff.In this program at New York City Ballet, students and educators work to strengthen their own artistic voices and explore how ballet is an […]
This October, AXIS makes our debut at the 51st anniversary of "el Cervantino," one of the most important international artistic and cultural events in Mexico and Latin America. Performing our triple bill Adelante, we are thrilled to share our work in the historic city of Guanajuato, joining 2,200 artists from 31 countries in this vibrant and historic celebration of the performing arts.
This October, AXIS makes our debut at the 51st anniversary of "el Cervantino," one of the most important international artistic and cultural events in Mexico and Latin America. Performing our triple bill Adelante, we are thrilled to share our work in the historic city of Guanajuato, joining 2,200 artists from 31 countries in this vibrant and historic celebration of the performing arts.
AXIS is honored to teach an Integrated Master Class with students at the Universidad de Guanajuato's Salรณn de Danza del Edificio de las Artes.
AXIS will perform excerpts of Ben Levine's Tread and Asun Noales' Desiderata at the historic Palacio de Bella Artes in Mexico City, at 5pm CST. The performance will include a question and answer session with AXIS artists.
Following AXIS' performances at Festival Internacional Cervantino, we are thrilled to perform and offer both a Composition Class and Integrated Master Class at the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Arte & Literatura, located at the stunning Palacio de Bellas Artes in the historic center of Mexico City.
AXIS is honored to join this performance series at Arizona State University, which provides K-12 studentsย with an opportunity to see incredible artists from around the world and theย opportunity for teachers to incorporate these performing arts experiences into their daily curriculum.ย The program offers In-person and live-streamed performances with a Live Q&A. Tickets for in-person attendance is $3 per person (students, chaperones, etc), and online viewing is FREE. Please note that this performance is for K-12 students and educators, and not open to the general public.
AXIS is honored to teach a Composition Class to High School students and an Accessibility 101 workshop to Arts Administrators at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts.
Disabled, non-disabled and neurodiverse participants of all experience levels are invited to join AXIS for an accessibility-driven contemporary dance class. We will begin with warmups designed to draw awareness to the full body, before moving on to technique and improvisation exercises that encourage all dancers to respond to the environment and each other with embodied joy.
This week, renowned disability culture activist and performer Petra Kuppers is in the studio with our dancers, exploring concepts related to her Crip/Mad Archive Dances project and 2023/24 Guggenheim Fellowship. Learn more about Petra's work and see what she has been up to with AXIS this week through a virtual sharing this Friday Feb. 2nd […]
Join us for a virtual class at for Passport to the Arts: Lincoln Center's free program for children, disabled and/or neurodiverse teens, and adults and their families to connect with the performing arts
