Yahoo

How inclusive dance TikToks are 'changing perspectives on what disabled people are capable of'

At age 14, Kate Stanforth was training to be a professional ballet dancer when she suddenly became unwell. She was ultimately diagnosed with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), a chronic illness ...
WLRN

Dance Festival Promotes Inclusion For Disabled Performers

A dance festival is trying to break through misconceptions about disabled dance performers. The Forward Motion Dance Festival, being held Sept. 26 to Sept. 29, will showcase groundbreaking physically ...
BroadwayWorld

Dance/NYC Releases New Findings & Resources for and by Disabled Artists

Enter Your Email to Unlock This Article Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. "Dance/NYC has demonstrated the ...
BroadwayWorld

Dance/NYC Announces Disability. Dance. Artistry. Residency Program

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Dance/NYC and its program partner Gibney have announced the Disability.
KQED

Disabled and Able-Bodied Dancers Sweat Together at Community Dance Jams

10 people gather in a circle for the beginning of an AXIS Dance “community dance jam” — a workshop in an improvised dance form known as “contact improvisation.” AXIS Dance instructor Sophie Stanley ...
Miami Herald

Disability is not a deficit. It is a powerful creative force | Opinion

Kinetic Light dancer Laurel Lawson arches her back off the floor as Alice Sheppard, with her knees in Laurel’s footplate, crawls on her forearms, creating an optical illusion. Hayim Heron Courtesy of ...
The Gazette

Disabled, non-disabled dancers from AXIS Dance Company to perform in Colorado Springs

All bodies are not the same. All bodies do not move in the same ways. AXIS Dance Company was founded more than 30 years ago by women who wondered how disabled and nondisabled bodies could merge in the ...
Forbes

Dance/USA Announces Inaugural Fellowship, Disabled Dancer Laurel Lawson Is One Recipient

Dance/USA, a national service organization for professional dance, is breaking grounds in the notably able-body dominated industry, as well as supporting dancers in marginalized communities to ...
WHDH

Disabled dancers are celebrated at this South End dance company, complete with virtual shows

BOSTON (WHDH) - Abilities Dance in Boston’s South End is on a mission to create an inclusive environment for all dancers, no matter physical ability. The company hopes to challenge the perspectives of ...
WSLS 10

Disabled residents enjoy Valentines dance

ROANOKE, Va – Tonight, Roanoke County Parks and Rec hosted the thirty ninth annual Valentine’s Dinner Dance. The dance allows disabled residents of the Roanoke area to have a night out and enjoy good ...
The Stage

Nearly half of disabled dance employers lack budget for access needs, report finds

Dance is being stymied by a lack of funding to support disabled talent, leaders and the organisations they work with, according to a new report that labels the concern a “sector-wide problem”. Dance ...