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 one of the first contemporary dance companies in the world to consciously develop choreography that integrates dancers with and without physical disabilities . Their work has received nine Isadora Duncan Dance Awards and nine additional nominations for both their artistry and production values.
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54-492: A Las Vegas resort/casino concert venue named The AXIS from December 2013 to February 2018 Other uses [ edit ] Axis, Alabama , an unincorporated area in the United States See also [ edit ] Axis system of harmonic analysis Axes (disambiguation) Axial (disambiguation) Axios (disambiguation) Axis 2 (disambiguation) Axius (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
81-424: A Las Vegas resort/casino concert venue named The AXIS from December 2013 to February 2018 Other uses [ edit ] Axis, Alabama , an unincorporated area in the United States See also [ edit ] Axis system of harmonic analysis Axes (disambiguation) Axial (disambiguation) Axios (disambiguation) Axis 2 (disambiguation) Axius (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
108-679: A Marvel Comics storyline Axis Amerika , the name of two teams of super-villains who have appeared in DC Comics Axis, an asteroid in the Gundam science fiction media franchise Axis (film) , a 2017 drama directed by Aisha Tyler Axis (novel) , a 2007 science-fiction novel by Robert Charles Wilson AXIS Dance Company , a professional contemporary dance company and dance education organization in Oakland, California, U.S. Brands and enterprises [ edit ] Axis Bank ,
135-446: A botanical term meaning the line through the centre of a plant Optical axis , a line of rotational symmetry Axis (journal) , online journal published by The Mineralogical Record Technology [ edit ] Apache Axis , a web-service framework from Apache Software Foundation Yahoo! Axis , a mobile web browser Arts and entertainment [ edit ] Music [ edit ] Axis: Bold as Love (1967),
162-494: A mobile web browser Arts and entertainment [ edit ] Music [ edit ] Axis: Bold as Love (1967), a studio album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience Axis (Paul Bley album) (1977) Axis (Pegz album) (2005) "Axis" (song) , 2013, by Pet Shop Boys The Axis of Awesome , an Australian comedy music act that performed from 2006 to 2018 Other uses in arts and entertainment [ edit ] AXIS (comics) , "Avengers & X-Men: AXIS" (2014),
189-400: A new dance vocabulary began to be developed. Physically integrated dance, seeks to broaden the definition of ‘dance’ and ‘dancer’ and increase opportunities for artistic expression through movement for a wide spectrum of physical attributes and disabilities. The physically integrated dance movement is part of a broader disability culture movement, the goal of which is to center and celebrate
216-567: A private sector bank in India AXIS Capital , a Bermuda-based and global operating reinsurer Axis Communications , a Swedish manufacturer of IP cameras AXIS Flight Training Systems , an Austrian-based manufacturer of flight simulators Axis Percussion , a drum-related manufacturer Axis Records (disambiguation) , several music labels Axis Telecom , a national GSM mobile operator in Indonesia PH Live ,
243-430: A private sector bank in India AXIS Capital , a Bermuda-based and global operating reinsurer Axis Communications , a Swedish manufacturer of IP cameras AXIS Flight Training Systems , an Austrian-based manufacturer of flight simulators Axis Percussion , a drum-related manufacturer Axis Records (disambiguation) , several music labels Axis Telecom , a national GSM mobile operator in Indonesia PH Live ,
270-410: A studio album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience Axis (Paul Bley album) (1977) Axis (Pegz album) (2005) "Axis" (song) , 2013, by Pet Shop Boys The Axis of Awesome , an Australian comedy music act that performed from 2006 to 2018 Other uses in arts and entertainment [ edit ] AXIS (comics) , "Avengers & X-Men: AXIS" (2014), a Marvel Comics storyline Axis Amerika ,
297-525: A theater group of disabled adults to expand that work into dance. They started with a lighting and movement workshop and the experimenting expanded from there. AXIS dancers with disabilities have included wheelchair users (both manual wheelchairs and power wheelchairs), crutch users, and people with amputations. AXIS dancers who are not disabled come with training in a variety of contemporary dance, improvisation and other movement practices. Through interactions between these dancers of varying physical abilities
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#1732780457871324-404: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Axis [REDACTED] Look up Axis or axis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An axis ( pl. : axes ) may refer to: Mathematics [ edit ] A specific line (often a directed line ) that plays an important role
351-448: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages AXIS Dance Company Founded in 1987 by Thais Mazur, Bonnie Lewkowicz, Judith Smith and others, AXIS is a long running contemporary dance company that consciously develops choreography that integrates dancers with and without physical disabilities. Thais Mazur, the original Artistic Director, became inspired when she began working with
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405-549: The San Francisco Bay Area which they call home. They also have a program in which they travel to schools across America and perform for a school assembly and teach the students afterward. For schools near the SF Bay Area, AXIS opens the doors to their theatre for an annual Dance Access Day and does in-school residencies through school district Physical education programs. The COVID-19 pandemic had
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459-649: The Arts , Bates Dance Festival , San Francisco Exploratorium , and CAL Performances-UAM/PFA. AXIS has performed in more than 100 U.S. cities, Europe, Israel, and Siberia. In 2002, they performed at the Olympic Arts Festival in Salt Lake City for the 2002 Winter Olympics . They also performed at the 2012 London paralympics . In 2015 AXIS Dance Company performed at the John F. Kennedy Center for
486-751: The Performing Arts for National Dance Day In May 2016 during its 30th anniversary season, AXIS Dance Company hosted the first three-day National Convening: The Future of Physically Integrated Dance in the USA Gibney Dance in New York City. This event was supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation National Project Program, and culminated in the creation of the report, The Future of Physically Integrated Dance in
513-489: The Shia alliance of Iran, Syria, and Hezbollah Axis of Upheaval (first used in 2024), foreign policy neologism of the Anti-western collaboration between Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea Jakarta-Pyongyang-Peking Axis , diplomatic alignment and alliance between Indonesia, China, and North Korea during Sukarno's Presidency Political spectrum , sometimes called an axis Science [ edit ] Axis (anatomy) ,
540-461: The USA , which looks at “ways to 1) improve and expand training opportunities and develop pedagogy for dancers with disabilities; and 2) improve training and expand opportunities for disabled choreographers and non-disabled choreographers to work with disabled dancers or integrated ensembles.” Often when touring, AXIS will couple outreach, advocacy, and dance education into their stay at a venue. In 2017
567-402: The company had a residency with Gibney Dance in New York City that included a choreography intensive, master classes , town halls, and teacher workshops. According to former Artistic Director Judith Smith, the company spends about 50% of their time on educational work. AXIS Dance Company frequent hosts master classes with the company member dancers as teachers wherever they are on tour or in
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621-670: The first-person experience of disability, not as a medical-model construct but as a social phenomenon , through artistic, literary, and other creative means. AXIS Dance was one of the earliest companies in the international emerging field of physically integrated dance. They have commissioned works by a number of prominent choreographers, including Ann Carlson , Sonya Delwaide, Joe Goode, Joanna Haigood, Margaret Jenkins , Bill T. Jones , Victoria Marks , and Stephen Petronio . The company has created over sixty repertory works, including multiple evening-length works. The company has also created pieces for commissions by Yerba Buena Center for
648-463: The name of two teams of super-villains who have appeared in DC Comics Axis, an asteroid in the Gundam science fiction media franchise Axis (film) , a 2017 drama directed by Aisha Tyler Axis (novel) , a 2007 science-fiction novel by Robert Charles Wilson AXIS Dance Company , a professional contemporary dance company and dance education organization in Oakland, California, U.S. Brands and enterprises [ edit ] Axis Bank ,
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