Four people sit onstage, one with a cane. The lighting is red, and a silvery set piece seems to swirl behind them.

Exploring How Performance is Experienced

Jess Curtis, an award-winning choreographer, performer, and scholar based in San Francisco and Berlin, shares how his career took a turn when he accepted a job in an interdisciplinary nouveau cirque company in France, and how he later established himself in Berlin while still running his company Jess Curtis/Gravity in the Bay Area.

February 10, 2022  |  Read Article

Daniel stands with his hands on his hips in a dance studio

How Dance is Taught

Dance educator Daniel Levi-Sanchez advocates for a teaching style that empowers students instead of isolates them. Since acquiring a disability, he has begun to revisit dance with a focus on dance teachers with disabilities.

February 7, 2022  |  Read Article

One dancer in a wheelchair and one dancer doing a handstand are in front of an Azerbaijani sign.

Inclusive Dance in Azerbaijan

Nigar Sultanova, founder of DanceAbility Azerbaijan, shares her philosophy of how there is no right or wrong way to dance, as well as how she has created several inclusive offerings for her Azerbaijani community.

January 31, 2022  |  Read Article

Changing the Community Perspective

Tebandeke Joseph, an African contemporary dance artist based in Uganda, shares how he aims to change the community perspective on disability through street performances and through the schools, as well as through building an accessible center and library.

January 27, 2022  |  Read Article

Two wheelchair dancers are in the foreground on stage and a clump of colorfully dancers make a shape together in the background.

Developing Disability Dance in South Korea

Young Mook Choi and Nanyoung Sim of Light Sound Friends, an organization in South Korea that supports dancers with disabilities, share their myriad programs that are changing the landscape of disability dance in South Korea.

January 3, 2022  |  Read Article