AXIS Dance Company
Led by Artistic Director Nadia Adame and Managing Director Danae Rees, AXIS is one of the United State’s most acclaimed ensembles of disabled, non-disabled and neurodiverse performers. AXIS was founded in 1987 and creates world-class productions that challenge perceptions and redefine dance and disability. The Bay Area, California-based company has toured over 100 cities in the US, Israel and Palestine, United Kingdom, Europe, United Arab Emirates, and Russia, and has received nine Isadora Duncan Dance Awards. AXIS commissions new work from a host of renowned international choreographers including Marc Brew, Arthur Pita, Robin Dekkers, Asun Noales, and Jennifer Archibald.
In tandem with a robust performance calendar, AXIS provides unparalleled integrated dance education and outreach programs. AXIS builds paths to dance education for disabled and non-disabled people of all ages, experiences, and spectrum of disabilities
Contact details
Octavia Hingle
Marketing Coordinator
AXIS Dance Company
1370 Tenth St.
Berkeley, CA 94710
Artistic Directors
Nadia Adame
Online
Email: https://axisdance.org/contact/
Website: http://www.axisdance.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/axisdancecomp/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/axisdanceco/
AXIS Dance Company presents over 130 touchpoints annually for disabled, non-disabled and neurodiverse people of all ages and experiences. Our events cater to those who dance for recreation and fitness to dancers at the pre-professional level pursuing a career in dance. We offer:
Teacher Trainings
Intensives
In-school Performances, Residencies and Classes
Residencies
Choreographic Labs
Workshops & Masterclasses
Mentoring
Lecture/demonstrations; Presentations, panel discussions and post show talks
“There is no more defiant a land that I can think of than AXIS. They showed me what dance could be.”
– Bill T Jones, Choreographer/MacArthur Fellow
“Fearless and contemporary, inventive and reinvigorated. AXIS is still breaking artistic ground.”
– Claudia Bauer, San Francisco Chronicle
“AXIS questions all of our assumptions about the possibilities of movement, subsequently expanding and enriching the art form itself.”
– John Killacky, Flynn Center for the Performing Arts
“There are many talented dance companies that create strong engagement activities along with their performances, but there are not many that can create the kind of inclusive, immersive experience that AXIS creates.”
– Anthea Scouffas, Director of Engagement/Education, Leid Center
“AXIS’s integrated approach to artistry and advocacy is extraordinary and marks them as leaders in the field and change makers to watch.”
– Kara Gibney, Senior Director of Community Action, Training and Artist Services
Latest Video
Highlights from AXIS' 2022 Home Season