A mixed-ability dance project within the Florida Dance Festival dedicated to exploring and promoting dance as an important and vital art form for people with disabilities.

dance workshops, video screenings, panels, a dance jam, performances

Artists from England, Germany, Brazil, San Francisco and Miami gather in Miami for the 2^nd annual danceAble to share, teach and perform. danceAble wowed you last year with Bill Shannon, Bill T. Jones and Sidiki Conde. We promise to do it again with performances by AXIS Dance Company from San Francisco and a special appearance by Olive Bieringa, also from the Bay area, in a Florida Dance Faculty concert.

Sign up for workshops, come to the performances, panel and video screenings or participate in a dance jam. Find out what is happening around the world in dance for artists with disabilities. Activities are open to all individuals with or without disabilities interested in integrated, mixed-ability movement and dance from professionals in health and service organizations to dance artists, students and lay persons.

PERFORMANCES
AXIS Dance Company
Thursday and Friday, June 21 & 22, 8 PM
New Dance Theater, 8th floor
2 NE Second Street (between Miami Ave. & NE 1st Ave.)
$20 (See ticket info below)
This stunning company of able and non-able dancers just won San Francisco's top dance awards - Best Company, Best Choreography and Best Dancer. Among the works to be performed - Fantasy in C Major by Bill T. Jones and Secret Ponies by Stephen Petronio.

WORKSHOPS
You Lead, I Follow: Partnering the AXIS Way
June 18 & 19, 1:45 - 3:15 PM each day
Call Florida Dance Association to register, 305-674-3350
$125 for You Lead, I Follow & FUNdamentals of Integrated Dance, 4 workshops
Developing good partnering work can be one of the most exciting, compelling elements of contemporary dance -- all the more so if you are working with truly unique 'ingredients' (bodies)! This 2-part series focuses on developing original, genuine, breathtaking partnering work, and answering the question, "Where do we go from there?" This choreographic workshop is for adults with and without disabilities with some level of dance, athletic or movement experience.
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FUNdamentals of Integrated Dance
June 18 & 19, 3:30 - 5:00 PM each day
The emphasis of this workshop is FUN! AXIS Dance Company Directors Nicole Richter and Judith Smith invite you to come see what this integrated dance stuff is all about, or develop and hone your skills in a new way. A mood-enhancing creative dance class for adults and teens with and without disabilities with any (or no!) level of dance experience.

Capturing the Momentous
June 20, 21, 22 & 23, 9:00 AM - 12:15 each day
Call Florida Dance Association to register, 305-674-3350
$125 for 4 workshops
Conducted by Olive Bieringa, this dance/theater/performance workshop utilizes the tools of movement, contact improvisation, humor and physical theater. A physical warmup leads to improvisational structures and games for dancing and performing together. All abilities welcome.

Common Denominators
June 22 & 23, 1:45-5:00 PM each day
Call Florida Dance Association to register, 305-674-3350
$60 for 2 workshops
Led by Karen Peterson, this workshop is designed for dancers with different physical abilities who would like to explore their artistic expression through personal movement language. The class will explore balance, weight, impulse and touch, the fundamentals of contact improvisation, and call on trust and sensitivity exercises to increase awareness.

INTERNATIONAL PANEL, DANCE JAM, VIDEO SCREENING
A Global Perspective on Integrated Dance: The Choreographer's View
Monday, June 18, 7-8:30 PM
The Light Box, 3000 Biscayne Boulevard, lobby level
Free
This international panel discussion, moderated by Dr. Michelle Heffner Hayes, Director of Cultural Affairs Miami-Dade Community College will cover vital issues and concerns facing choreographers with disabilities and choreographers who work with dancers of mixed abilities. Panelists include illustrious representatives from CandoCo, (England), DINA A 13 (Germany), LAPA (Brazil), AXIS Dance Company and Olive Bieringa (SF Bay Area), Jeremy Alliger (Boston) and John Beauregard (Miami).

Dance Jam
Tuesday, June 19, 7-8:30 PM The Light Box, 3000 Biscayne Boulevard, lobby level
Free
It is exactly what the title says - an open session for all - dancers of all abilities welcome! Come dance! Discussion follows.

Video Screenings, a Selection of Integrated Dance from England, Germany, U.S. and Brazil
Wednesday, June 20, 7-8:30 PM
The Light Box, 3000 Biscayne Boulevard, lobby level
Free
Videos of professional mixed-ability and integrated dance companies from around the world. Followed by group discussion.

REGISTRATION & WORKSHOP FEES

PERFORMANCE TICKETS

If you require the use of the Florida Relay Service TDD, please call 1 800 955 8771. Venues for all danceAble activities are wheelchair accessible. ASL Interpretation will be provided for performances, International Panel, Dance Jam and Video Screenings. Personal Assistants (PCA's) may attend events at no charge. Service animals are welcome at all events. This flyer is available in alternate formats upon request. Call 305 324 4337.

danceAble is made possible with generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts; Florida Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Arts Council; Florida Humanities Council; the Mayor and Board of Miami-Dade County Commissioners and the Miami-Dade Department of Cultural Affairs; the Miami-Dade County Tourist Development Council; Associação Alumni of São Paulo, Secretaria de Estado da Cultura do Estado de São Paulo-DFC; LAPA Special Station; Miami River Inn; Goethe-Institut Atlanta; New World School of the Arts Dance Division.

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