AXIS Dance Company

AXIS redefines dance & disability.

Presenting AXIS Dance Company

“There is no more defiant a land that I can think of than AXIS.
They showed me what dance could be.”

– Bill T Jones, Choreographer/MacArthur Fellow

Now Booking: 2025 – 2026

For over 35 years, AXIS has toured innovative productions with high-profile choreographers that redefine dance and disability across the country and world. Past presenters include the Joyce Theater, Jacob’s Pillow, Kennedy Center and the Dubai World Expo 2020.

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Alongside our artistic offerings, we offer comprehensive engagement programming for disabled and non-disabled community members of all ages and experience levels.

Education & Outreach Guide

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In the center, dancer Julie reaches two arms up from her wheelchair, while dancers Anna and Alaja leap up and away from Julie. On a blue lit background, text reads "quick spin, touch."

Piel De Luna

From AXIS Artistic Director Nadia Adame, Piel de Luna draws inspiration from the mystical energy of the moon. This quartet explores how the moon’s gravitational pull not only affects the tides but also weaves invisible threads that connect the human spirit.  The piece unfolds in a series of interconnected duets, trios, and quartets that embody the mysterious gravitational forces that pull individuals together.

Photo by Steve Disenhof

JanpiStar leans their torso to one side in their wheelchair, as Zara does an arabesque with one hand on the chair for support and stability. Against an orange - blue gradient, subtitles read "And I cried and cried and cried."

Harmony of Souls

Harmony of Souls is a duet from Bay Area choreographer dazaun soleyn that investigates trust and our innate sense of connection. Through movement, music, and visual storytelling, this piece blurs the boundaries between our individual and interconnected experience. It moves through spaces of beauty, tension and eventual release, capturing the essence of the bonds that make us human.

Photo by Steve Disenhof

Seven disabled and non-disabled dancers gesture by raising one upper-right limb, wearing sunglasses and tan/brown costumes. Projected in the background is an abstract image composed of white symbols and text that reads "Blueprints of" with captions above this reading "Avery becomes depressed and withdrawn."

Blueprints of Being

From renowned Spanish choreographer Jorge Crecis, Blueprints of Being is an homage to the experience of being a dancer: The joys, the trials, the injuries, the resilience, and everything in between that makes this profession and way of life a sacred and transformative of act. Through dance, acrobatics, ASL and spoken word, performers share stories that blend the realms of biography and fiction. In the process, audiences are invited to experience aspects of their own identities and histories echoed on the stage.

Photo by Steve Disnehof

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“Like much that is surprising in art … AXIS’s work instructs the viewer in how to appreciate it, and the lesson is delivered with cogent force: Sympathy is irrelevant. Forget what isn’t here, and pay attention to what is.”

Bruce Weber, New York Times

Piel de Luna is supported by:

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