In Defense of Regret was collaboratively created by three separate choreographers, Maurya Kerr, Alex Ketley and Bobbi Jene Smith. Each Choreographer has a unique voice and interest in working with AXIS, but all three share a similar aesthetic sensibility regarding the idea that movement can be an amazing map of our interior landscapes, instead of creating dance through a more graphic or architectural vantage point.
![Lani places one hand on the shoulder of Dwayne as she extends one leg back in a high arabesque. Dwayne reaches one arm across his chest to a wheel of his wheelchair, and brings his other one up into a curved wrist gesture in front of his face. Dwayne wears a plaid shirt and olive green pants so my: Lani has turquoise dyed hair and wears a blue skirt and top.](https://axisdance.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/AXIS2017_nDefenseofRegret_PhotobyScottShaw_DwayneLani_Web-1024x683.jpg)
Premiere June 2015
Choreographer: Maurya Kerr, Alex Ketley and Bobbi Jene Smith
Rehearsal Director: Sonsherée Giles
Dancers: Nick Brentley, Julia Crothers, Keon Saghari, Dwayne Scheuneman, and Sophie Stanley
Music: Emily Adams and Matan Daskal
Lighting Design: Jack Carpenter