AXIS Dance Company

We collaborate with disabled and non-disabled artists to create virtuosic dance productions.

Roots Above Ground

Sonsherée Giles dances on top of a large rectangular table; she lifts one leg forward and reaches one arm back in a diagonal. Four disabled and nondisabled dancers sit on the table to her left and right. Behind them is a projection of trees in a forest.
Photo by Doug Kaye, Dancers DeMarco Sleeper, Erik Debono, Sonsherée Giles, Louisa Mann, JanpiStar

Roots Above Ground explores the multiple meanings of home as it peels back the layers to uncover the human need for belonging.

Janpi and DeMarco face back-to-back and begin to wheel away from each other in their wheelchairs. They are lit by a white circle of light on a dance floor textured by baking soda. The rest of the floor is lit red with fiery projections on the back wall.
Photo by Doug Kaye, Dancers DeMarco Sleeper, JanpiStar

Concept and Direction: Marc Brew
Choreography: Marc Brew in collaboration
with the Dancers
Dancers: DeMarco Sleeper, Erik Debono, JanpiStar, Louisa Mann, Sonsherée Giles, Yuko Monden Juma
Music Composition: Miles Lassi
Additional Music: “Carry Me Home” by the Sweeplings
Set and Costume Design Emma Kingsbury
Lighting Design & Production Manager: Walter Holden
Visual Projection Design: Jaco Strydom
Dead / ASL Consultants: Antoine Hunter & Zahna Simon
Audio Description Consultant: Jess Curtis for Gravity Access Services
Community Partner: East Bay Sanctuary Covenant

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