Accessibility Artist
Octavia Rose Hingle (they/he) is an East Bay born & raised choreographer, performing artist and cultural producer with a physical impairment. Their performance and installation work centers access as an aesthetic portal into visions of past and future ancestors that travel through the present moment. They are the founder and co-producer of Crip Ecstasy, a nightlife event series that centers accessibility and disability culture from the ground up.
Octavia holds a BA in dance from Middlebury College, and has studied with ODC/Dance, the UCLA Dancing Disability lab, AXIS Choreo-Lab and the Headlong Performance Institute. They have presented work with Counterpulse, Gray Area, 2727 California Street, Queering Dance Festival, LEVYdance and SAFEhouse for the Arts. You can see more of their work at vimeo.com/octaviarose