Two ballet dancers wearing white tendu to the side. The man is behind the woman. The backdrop is blue and green.

Sharing Disabled Lives and Stories Onstage

Luda Lee, the choreographer and director of Black Toe Dance Company in South Korea, describes the process of creating "Trialogue," a piece that explores the stories of three dancers with disabilities.

March 13, 2023  |  Read Article

Erin hugs themself into a ball, balancing on their butt onstage. They are wearing a red leotard with red hair in a bun.

Circus Centering Disability

Erin Ball, Vanessa Furlong, and April Hubbard, who perform as LEGacy Circus in Canada, describe their use of leg attachments, mobility aids, and traditional and non-traditional circus apparatuses in their piece “The World at Our Feet.”

March 6, 2023  |  Read Article

Sungkuk is outside on dirt wearing blue pants. He leans forward to pick up a roll of toilet paper.

Dancing the Weight of Life

Sungkuk Kang, a dancer, choreographer, and the director of OnMom Company in Seoul, discusses his piece "How to Fold" that he choreographed and performed for the 2022 Korea International Accessible Dance Festival.

February 27, 2023  |  Read Article

Three dancers hunched over in child's pose on stage with flower petals surrounding them.

“People Come into the Room and Make Work”

Deborah Slater, a choreographer in San Francisco and the organizer of Studio 210, a performance, rehearsal, and residency space, shares the history of the studio and how it has served as an incubator for myriad creative endeavors for more than four decades.

February 13, 2023  |  Read Article