Friday, April 11
Physically Integrated Contemporary Dance
AXIS Dance Company
LAXSON AUDITORIUM | 7:30 p.m.$20 Premium | $15 Adult
$13 Senior | $11 Student/Child
"Technically flawless and artistically stunning." — Bangor Daily News
A program of cannily constructed and masterfully executed dances awaits anyone venturing into a performance by AXIS Dance Company. This troupe creates performances of visual and physical discovery, creating fascinating works of movement art. Uniquely, AXIS combines the talents of disabled and non-disabled dancers. The fluid and seamless movements performed by each AXIS dancer helps us all appreciate the beauty of overcoming physical challenges.
AXIS Dance Company has become internationally known for its high artistic and educational standards and innovative movement vocabulary.
A program of cannily constructed and masterfully executed dances awaits anyone venturing into a performance by AXIS Dance Company. During a performance, one loses track of who is the physically challenged dancer, and who is not — carefully executed choreography performed by each and every one of AXIS' talented dancers keep one marveling at how these performers transcend handicaps.
Since 1987, AXIS Dance Company has created an exciting body of work developed by dancers with and without disabilities. They are pioneers of a powerful and inclusive dance form, "physically integrated dance." More than any other physically integrated company in the U.S., AXIS has been a bridge between contemporary dance and physically integrated dance. AXIS has performed in theaters and dance spaces at its home base in the Bay Area, on tour throughout the U.S., as well as in Germany and Siberia.
Under the Artistic Direction of Judith Smith, their stellar repertory includes works by Stephen Petronio, Bill T. Jones, Joe Goode, Joanna Haigood, Sonya Delwaide, Victoria Marks, Ann Carlson as well as by AXIS choreographers.
AXIS Dance Company's performance is also funded in part by the National Dance Project of New England Foundation for the Arts, with lead funding from Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Additional funding is provided by the Andrew W. Mellon foundation, The Ford Foundation and JP Morgan Chase.
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