Judith Smith: “Making Physically Integrated Work Part of The Dance Canon”

"I started AXIS’ commissioning program out of selfishness. I wanted new motivation and I wanted to be pushed." Judith Smith, founding member and artistic director emerita, reflects on how AXIS Dance Company grew and eventually shaped the field of disability in dance.

February 11, 2021  |  Read Article

Turning Setbacks into Comebacks

Zazel-Chavah O’Garra, artistic director of ZCO/DANCE PROJECT in NYC, reflects on how the effects of her benign brain tumor caused her to become an advocate for physically integrated dance.

November 19, 2020  |  Read Article

Artistic Opportunities for All Abilities at All Stages

Tiffany Tjosvold, director of Embrace in Victoria, BC, shares the breadth of Embrace’s programs for kids and adults with and without disabilities, as well as the impact it has had in Victoria’s community.

February 10, 2020  |  Read Article

Kitty Lunn: “I’m Waiting for the World to Catch Up with Me”

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT; ILLUSTRATION BY LIZ BRENT-MALDONADO Kitty Lunn is a ballet and modern dancer and teacher, a disability activist, and the founder of Infinity Dance Theater, a dance company founded in 1995 featuring dancers with and without disabilities. Based in New York City, Kitty is committed to bringing motion […]

May 20, 2019  |  Read Article

Experiencing the Democracy of Dance

PODCAST BY SILVA LAUKKANEN In this episode of DanceCast, Silva interviews Connie Vandarakis, a master DanceAbility teacher in Philadelphia. Connie shares her unusual entrance to dance, her experience in academia, how chronic hip pain and a hip replacement led her to DanceAbility, and why she deeply believes in the curriculum […]

December 6, 2018  |  Read Article