AXIS Dance Company

AXIS redefines dance & disability.

Tread

Five disabled and non-disabled dancers pose in a line four-wheeled scooter boards. Most dancers lie and crouch towards the floor, while JanpiStar lifts themself up from Zara's knees and hands. The dancers move in stark lighting with black costumes with diamond patterns.
Photo by Doug Kaye

Tread is a joyful exploration of momentum, friction, and gravity that uses wheeled children’s toys to level the playing field between disabled and non-disabled dancers.

David lies belly-forward on a four-wheeled scooterboard, while Alaja lies on top of them, lifting her back and legs upwards.
Photo by Doug Kaye

Premiere September 2022

Choreography: Ben Levine

Dancers: Zara Anwar, Alaja Badalich, David Calhoun, JanpiStar, Louisa Mann

Music Composition: Stephen Johnson III

Lighting Design: Ben Levine & Juan Juarez

Costume Constructionist: Jamielyn Duggan

David Calhoun sits on a four-wheeled scooter, while JanpiStar lies on their back; Alaja Badalich and Louisa Mann push the dancers as they fly through space. All four dancers are smiling and wear black jumpsuits with diamond patterns.
Photo by Doug Kaye

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