After that, offers to perform and create kept coming. It’s this sense of non-separation that inspires me. Axis Dance Studio. Performed by AXIS Dance Company with an integrated cast of 20 dancers. https://www.arts.gov/accessibility/accessibility-resources/publications-checklists/accessibility-planning-and-resource, Discovering Disability: Data & NYC Dance. I feel that a radically inclusive dance sector generally looks at creating spaces with the least amount of barriers that keep people of all body types and abilities from dance. http://jodiawards.org.uk/about/, Please add your favorites! Sarah Nguyen is a 2020/21 Dance/USA Archiving & Preservation Fellow. The impact of the pandemic is tremendous and isolating. Research in Dance Education, 1-17. doi: 10.1080/14647893.2012.721762 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14647893.2012.721762#.Ujl9e0QxFaF, Aujla, I. J. Founded in 1987, AXIS is the nation's most acclaimed ensembles of disabled and non-disabled performers. On June 30th, 2011 AXIS dance Company was featured on Fox Tv's "So You Think You Can Dance?" 2014. I have had many roles [including] costume designer, performer, teaching artist, and associate director…. Paving the way for physically integrated dance, AXIS shares its cutting edge artistic and education/outreach work with thousands annually all over the world. How did AXIS Dance Company get started? ©AXIS Dance Company. http://www.communitydance.org.uk/DB/animated-library/finding-your-way.html?ed=32213, McFee, G. "The Philosophical Aesthetics of Dance: Identity, Performance and Understanding" Alton: Dance Books (2011), Mitchell, D, and Snyder, S. "Cultural Locations of Disability" Chicago: University of Chicago Press (2006), Ogden, C. A. and Wakeman, S. (eds) "Corporeality: The Body and Society (Issues in the Social Sciences)". Milwaukee365.com is the leading online resource for Arts, Culture and Entertainment activities and information in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area. The project provides AXIS with a period of research and … AXIS Dance Company is a professional physically integrated contemporary dance company and dance education organization founded in 1987 and based in Oakland, California. It is the company’s first Hancher performance. As company member Sonsherée Giles noted in an e-mail interview, “The language I use and the choices I make to be more accessible and inclusive have been directly informed by my history with AXIS.” Here, in their own words, are Giles, JanpiStar, DeMarco Sleeper, and Yuko Monden Juma on what they’ve learned about dance and about disability from being part of AXIS, what an inclusive dance field looks like to them, and—in a nod to the current times—how the pandemic has impacted their relationship to dance. Journal of Inclusive Practice in Further and Higher Education. (Eds.) At Axis Dance Studio our mission isn’t just to build skilled dancers. (2002), Cameron, C. (2011) "Disability Arts: From the Social Model to the Affirmative Model". http://www.dance.nyc/advocacy-and-research/research/2015/05/discovering-disability-data-nyc-dance/, Diverse and Inclusive Practice in Dance - Delivered in partnership with Candoco Dance Company, Magpie Dance and Trinity Laban http://www.trinitylaban.ac.uk/schools-and-community/professional-development/dance-professionals/specialist-training-days, Inclusion in dance education (U.S.) http://nationalartsstandards.org/sites/default/files/Dance_resources/Dance%20Inclusion%20Guidelines.pdf, Infinity Dance Theatre training http://www.infinitydance.com/education.html, Luna Dance Institute. "Inclusive Arts Practice and Research: a critical manifesto" forthcoming Mary 2015 http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781138840997/, Hugh Herr, The New Bionics that let us run, climb and dance https://www.ted.com/talks/hugh_herr_the_new_bionics_that_let_us_run_climb_and_dance, Johnston, K. "Stage Turns: Canadian Disability Theatre" Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press (2012), Keshet Arts 'Creating an Adaptive Dance Program for Your Community' Handbook http://keshetarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Adaptive-Dance-Handbook-v2016.pdf. Art is essential, dance is essential, contact is essential. Inside AXIS Dance Company: A Conversation with the Company, An Open Letter to Arts and Cultural Industries: You Matter…More Than Ever, #TuesdayThought: Adrian Matejka on the Power of Poetry, #ThrowbackThursday: Paving New Career Pathways in the Media Arts. Nurture your network and further your business goals with smart intelligence on the people and companies that matter most to you. If you do not see your listing within 14 days of submission and would like to know why it was not included, please contact info@axisdance.org. Langtree, Ian. Swain, J., French, S and Cameron, C. "Controversal Issues in A Disabiling Society" Open University Press (2003), The National Disability Arts Collection and Archive: NDACA - Home to the Heritage and Rich History of the Disability Arts Movement (UK) http://www.ndaca.org.uk/ndacaic, UPIAS, Fundamental principles of Disability (London Union of the Physically Impaired, 1976), Verrent, Jo. Their work has received nine Isadora Duncan Dance Awards and nine additional nominations for both their artistry and production values. http://www.creativecase.org.uk/creativecase-we-are-astonishing, Whatley, Sarah The Spectacle of Difference: Dance and Disability on Screen http://journals.library.wisc.edu/index.php/screendance/article/viewFile/325/319, American Dance Wheels Foundation. My whole life I wanted to be a dancer but because I was in a wheelchair and living in the Caribbean ( Puerto Rico) every time I was trying to take a class or join an artistic group, I was rejected. While this list currently includes only English-language resources, we will be happy to post information in other languages. This innovative yet traditional event promises to be a combination of fun, professionalism and passion. AXIS Dance Company | 1428 Alice St, Oakland, CA, 94612, United States, AXIS Dance Company: Changing the face of dance and disability. The University of Iowa’s Hancher will present AXIS Dance Company on Thursday, April 25 and Friday, April 26 at 7:30 p.m. at Space Place Theater, located on the first floor of North Hall on the UI campus. After that, offers to perform and create kept coming. ... AXIS Artistic Director Judith Smith and MANCC Director Carla Peterson honor AXIS’s 27 year history with a conversation about the legacy of repertory companies. AXIS Dance Company is within the scope of WikiProject Disability. Deeply committed to promoting and supporting physically integrated dance, AXIS has also created a comprehensive community education and outreach program. http://www.invisibledifference.org.uk/resources/, General Resources on Arts/Dance and Disability, Websites for Arts Organizations with Disabled Artists, Disability Arts: Practice, History, & Theory, Information on Training Programs & Teachers, Performing Arts & Disability Technical Assistance, Proceedings of Disability Arts Conferences, People Dancing: the Foundation for Community Dance, http://hdl.handle.net/2027/SPO.ACT2080.0037.313, http://www.parallellinesjournal.com/article-from-social-model.html, http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781138840997/, https://www.ted.com/talks/hugh_herr_the_new_bionics_that_let_us_run_climb_and_dance, http://keshetarts.org/wp-content/uploads/Adaptive-Dance-Handbook-v2016.pdf, http://www.disabled-world.com/sports/dancing.php, http://www.communitydance.org.uk/DB/animated-library/finding-your-way.html?ed=32213. AXIS on SYTYCD 2011- Changing the Face of Dance and Disability Judith Smith, the co-founder and director of AXIS Dance Company, a trailblazing Oakland performing arts organization that works with disabled dancers, announced her retirement Wednesday.She is 57 years old. Phase 1 of her Fellowship ran from June-September 2020, and was hosted remotely by AXIS Dance Company. (Ed.) In Parallel Lines, 1:1. Choreography by Shinichi Iova-Koga with AXIS Dancers. Submit your information, ideally with weblinks to references or pages where a resource can be ordered here. I am sad for performing arts in general and theaters. AXIS has paved the way for a powerful contemporary dance form—physically integrated dance—performing in over 100 cities in the US, Israel, UK, Europe, and Russia. Photo by David DeSilva. The Creative Diversity. & Redding, E. 2013. 2011. 3:2, Cameron, C. (2014) "Developing an Affirmative Model of Disability and Impairment". After I got tired of being told that I couldn't be a dancer, I decided that I would be a dancer in my own way. I have been working with AXIS for more than three years now, and in that time, I have developed a strong interest in including everyone in dance. It is one of the first contemporary dance companies in the world to consciously develop choreography that integrates dancers with and without physical disabilities. 503-532, Riddell, S and Watson, N. "Disability, Culture and Identity" Prentice Hall (2003), Roundtable on Disability Blogging from Disability Studies Quarterly http://dsq-sds.org/article/view/8/8, Sandahl, C. and Auslander, P. "Bodies in Commotion Disability and Performance" Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press (2005). Occupy is a site-specific journey inspired by the history, design and architecture of Yerba Buena Gardens and the unique movement capabilities of AXIS Dance Company and its broader community of performers. Where I used to think of it as a limit to what was possible, it's now a unique interpretation that adds to the beauty of the art. Smith co-founded AXIS Dance in 1987, a decade after a car wreck left the former accomplished horse-rider disabled at the age of 17. "Shifting Ground: on Scottish Dance Theatre." "Bending over backwards: Disability, dismodernism and other difficult positions". In AXIS we don't have specific roles for disabled and nondisabled; we are all treated like equals in the dance space. "Making An Entrance; theory and practice for disabled and non-disabled dancers" London: Routledge. Animated, the community dance magazine (Winter edition). 1428 Alice Street Suite 200 | Oakland, CA 94612 (510) 625-0110 | Contact Us Animated, the community dance magazine. Located in Oakland, California, AXIS has been accomplishing this for over 30 years through three pillars of activity: Artistry, Engagement & Advocacy. After becoming disabled I got the opportunity to be a part of two physically integrated dance companies before finding my way to AXIS. http://www.dance4.co.uk/sites/default/files/news/13-03/changing-perceptions-publications-released-2013/barriersv2lo.pdf Audio files http://dance4.co.uk/sites/default/files/news/13-03/changing-perceptions-publications-released-2013/barrierstodancetrainingforyoungpeoplewithdisabilities.mp3, Discovering Disability: Data & NYC Dance. This first piece premiered in 1988, receiving a standing ovation. At Axis Dance Studio our mission isn’t just to build skilled dancers. Nurture your network and further your business goals with smart intelligence on the people and companies that matter most to you. Disability Narratives and available identities" Community Development Journal Vol 42 No 4 October 2007 pp. Select the category that is most applicable, knowing that many valuable resources will fit into more than one. M ‘Performing between intention and unconscious daily gesture. Dancing Wheels, Infinity Dance Theater, Joint Forces, Spitzer Dance Company, and Axis are part of a growing trend where wheelchairs and crutches expand choreographic possibilities. Fox, A. AXIS Dance Company’s Divide by Marc Brew (2014). AXIS Dance Company. Find descriptions, dates, times and locations for free events, theatre, music, dance, concerts stand-up comedy, art exhibits, museums, film, author events, lectures, workshops, kid-friendly events, special events and more. Based in Oakland, Calif., AXIS Dance Company is one of the few companies that includes dancers with and without physical disabilities. The pandemic has [helped] me recognize how important the space we are moving in is, and moreso when you're using a wheelchair to move. Thank you for your submission! The message that AXIS shares makes an impact not only to dancers, but the community as well—changing not only what dance looks like, but people's notion of ability. http://www.creativecase.org.uk/?location_id=1510&item=2237, Verrent, Jo. Focus intentionally. [It] is not the same [as working together in real life]  but I'm grateful that even though the world has changed the way we socialize, we as artists keep finding ways to keep doing the work. AXIS Dance Company’s mission is to create and perform high quality contemporary dance that is developed through the collaboration of dancers with and without disabilities. (also available via Dance4 website, see link below). Research in Dance Education 8, (1): 5-25, Access Guide. ... Our studio was built from the ground up through hard work and dedication, and it’s a place with a lot of history. Welcome to AXIS Dance Competition where Linda Diamonds years of experience bring you the vitality of a new beginning. British Journal of Special Education, 40(2), 80-85. AXIS Dance Company with consultant Debra Cash of Boston Dance Alliance, and our colleague Jo Verrent of Unlimited - the world's largest commissioning program for disabled artists - have collaborated on this compendium of information for artists, educators, producers, funders and others interested in the issues of dance that includes people with disabilities. http://www.disabled-world.com/sports/dancing.php, Marsh, Kate. AXIS Dance Company is a physically integrate... excerpt from "the beauty that was mine, through the middle, without stopping" choreographed by Joe Goode (2007). My journey [toward dance] began before I can remember. We use the sport and art of dance to instill our core values of training, talent, tenacity, and teamwork so that our dancers can grow as athletes, artists, and human beings. At The Axis Centre for Dance, we believe that the dancer comes first. Trying different teachers and dance studios in Puerto Rico, Latin America, and around the world, I found the information about physically integrated dance and AXIS Dance Company's Summer Intensive and that's how I joined the company. The two founded Axis soon after in 1987, creating a dance that the company performed a year later at a festival. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. What this looks like to me is providing levels of education for different dance abilities that can be scaffolded and built upon, allowing artists with different body types and abilities to build foundation and training that leads them to a professional-level company. That has shaped my ability and knowledge over time and allowed me to grow as a dancer. 1428 Alice Street Suite 200 | Oakland, CA 94612. "Finding Your Way". The Creative Case for Diversity. Subject area(s): Arts and Letters Advocacy and Philanthropy The two founded Axis soon after in 1987, creating a dance that the company performed a year later at a festival. Many of these references are found at http://www.invisibledifference.org.uk/resources/, which includes some material on UK law and other topics that are beyond the scope of our efforts. Physically Integrated Dance Wikipedia Page, Adaptive technologies and the built environment http://ablersite.org/about, Albright, A.C. "Choreographing Difference; The Body and Identity in Contemporary Dance" Hanover: Wesleyan University Press (1997), Alright, A.C. "Strategic Abilities: Negotiating the Disabled Body in Dance," Michigan Quarterly Review, Disability, Art, and Culture (Pt 2), Summer 1998 http://hdl.handle.net/2027/SPO.ACT2080.0037.313, Ames. AXIS Dance Company celebrated 30 years this weekend with their home season, “Onward and Upward,” at the Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts in Oakland. AXIS has been a home that is impossible to find in any organization that is not physically integrated. AXIS exists to change the face of dance and disability. It wasn't until [I was] 13 that I had the privilege to dance in a studio; I traveled more than one hour by train to get to the studio in Yokohama [,Japan]. We want to create safe spaces for people to be creative and feel empowered… In AXIS I have the experience to share dance with so many different bodies and people that keep expanding my mind and my notion of what dance can be. Now, I've come to see disability as a trait that completes someone, as a component of their identity. "Wheelchair Dancing: Types & Information" Disabled World. One thing is for sure, the future of dance doesn't necessarily need to happen in the same room! AXIS Dance Company, Dancers’ Group and Yerba Buena Gardens Festival presented Occupy – A site-specific journey through an urban garden, July 1-2, 2017. University of Chester Press (2013), Oliver, M. "The Politics of Disablement: Critical Texts in Social Work and the Welfare State" Palgrave Macmillan (1990), Oliver, M. "Understanding Disability: From Theory to Practice" New York: St. Martin’s Press (1996), Parekh, V. "Please Stop Calling My Life with a Disability 'Inspiring'" Alternet.org (2016) http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/please-stop-calling-my-life-disability-inspiring?akid=14173.42675.WZQIb8&rd=1&src=newsletter1054726&t=19, Reed, S.A. "The Politics and Poetics of Dance" Annual Review of Anthropology, Vol. Founded in 1987 and based in Oakland, California, AXIS has become a jewel of contemporary dance and disability culture. "Does education include?" AXIS Dance Company has become one of the world’s most acclaimed and innovative ensembles of performers with and without disabilities. Dwayne Scheuneman is affiliated with Axis Dance Company Stay informed and up-to-date on your network with RelSci news and business alerting service. Dancers: Sonsherée Giles, Joel Brown & Sebastian Grubb. Sandahl, C and Auslander, P (eds). Coming to work with AXIS just confirms my belief that no matter how your body is, you can be creative and fulfill any role in the artistic world. I feel it is a great tool this virtual access that we have now in the world because that opens the possibilities to bring people together from different parts of the world. In some ways, due to the challenges that everyone is/was facing, dance became even more important for expression and connecting with the community. AXIS Dance Company, Dancers’ Group and Yerba Buena Gardens Festival presented Occupy – A site-specific journey through an urban garden, July 1-2, 2017. Vol. ... Our studio was built from the ground up through hard work and dedication, and it’s a place with a lot of history. "Barriers to dance training for young people with disabilities". Bodies in Commotion Disability and Performance. Occupy is a site-specific journey inspired by the history, design and architecture of Yerba Buena Gardens and the unique movement capabilities of AXIS Dance Company and its broader community of performers. Photo by Ren Dodge. It's in my blood and bones. http://www.americandancewheels.org/, Audio files http://dance4.co.uk/sites/default/files/news/13-03/changing-perceptions-publications-released-2013/identificationanddevelopementoftalentedyoungdanderswithdisabilities.mp3, Aujla, I.J. In 1987, she cofounded AXIS Dance Company (then AXIS Dance Troupe), which pioneered physically integrated dance created through the collaboration of dancers with and without disabilities. I've been with [the company] for three years now. Axis Bank Reports, Axis Bank, Reports, Company History, Directors Report, Chairman's Speech, Auditors Report & other important info of Axis Bank. The language I use and the choices I make to be more accessible and inclusive have been directly informed by my history with AXIS. Be center stage. Working with AXIS Dance Company has opened my mind for more possibilities in the creative space. Axis Dance Co. | 202 South Second Avenue, Durant, Oklahoma 74701 | info@axisdanceco.com | 580.920.9910 The words ring out in a cavernous dance rehearsal studio at Oakland’s Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts.Ten professional dancers of the physically integrated AXIS Dance Company instantly shift their travel patterns, devising ways to brace a spine that is tipped 90 degrees while seated in a wheelchair. Dancing Wheels, Infinity Dance Theater, Joint Forces, Spitzer Dance Company, and Axis are part of a growing trend where wheelchairs and crutches expand choreographic possibilities. [Online] http://www.parallellinesjournal.com/article-from-social-model.html, Cameron, C. (2011) "Not Our Problem: Impairment as Difference, Disability as Role". Founded in 1987, AXIS Dance Company is an Oakland, California-based physically integrated dance company whose ensemble comprises disabled and non-disabled performers. http://www.unlimitedimpact.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Shape_AccessGuide_2015.pdf, Accessibility Planning and Resource Guide for Cultural Administrators. Dance Informa spoke with Judith Smith to find out more about the physically-integrated contemporary dance company and why AXIS makes such an impact. AXIS Dance Company is one of the world’s leading and most innovative ensembles of dancers with and without disabilities. 2005. This company by its nature of being physically integrated challenges stereotypes of what a dancer looks like and who can dance. Have a suggestion for a new category? http://www.dance.nyc/advocacy-and-research/research/2015/05/discovering-disability-data-nyc-dance, Independent Street Arts Network. http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/please-stop-calling-my-life-disability-inspiring? Popular Music (2009) Volume 28/3. But I do fear that the urge to experience dance and be in a company the ways we are used to will start to weigh on the community before things start to run smoothly again. http://www.unlimitedimpact.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Unlimited_ProducersResourcePack-Dec-2015-v2.pdf, Arts Council England Celebrating Disability Arts. Under her creative leadership, AXIS has grown into a dynamic ensemble known internationally for its … This pandemic has made me realize how much we relate to other bodies to get ideas and create. Being in a space where I feel invited and not excluded is for me the ideal space for everyone to enjoy movement. ©AXIS Dance Company. People Dancing: the Foundation for Community Dance. Dwayne Scheuneman is affiliated with Axis Dance Company Stay informed and up-to-date on your network with RelSci news and business alerting service. We want everyone to feel welcome in the dance space. Roots Above Ground, a 45 minute physically integrated dance program making its world premiere at AXIS’ Home Season, will explore the multiple meanings of home. ©AXIS Dance Company. Sarah Nguyen: 2020/21 Fellowship with AXIS Dance Company. "We are Astonishing: on Disability Arts." AXIS Dance Company exists to change the face of dance and disability. Teachers, studio owners, dancers and parents shared what they want in a dance competition, and AXIS is here to deliver! AXIS Dance Company exists to change the face of dance and disability. The company has received numerous prestigious dance awards and has worked with some of the nation’s leading choreographers. It's a way of life—my first true love. Please let us know below. My journey to becoming a dancer started when I was very young. However, ironically, we ended up engaging the community in different ways that allowed us to reach people that we might not under normal circumstances. 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