Oakland, California's AXIS Dance Company employs contact improvisation techniques with choreographers Bill T. Jones and Stephen Petronio to generate innovative mixed-ability movement and fully integrated dance. For female dancers with disabilities, the materiality of impairment informs gendered assumptions about the act of looking, whether this act is a glance, a look, a gaze, or a stare. Jones and Petronio explore choreography with AXIS that pushes the boundaries of human perception and ability.
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