A triptych of images. On the left, a headshot of Mx. Pucks, a black queer femme woman. They are surrounded by nature and they are tilting their head slightly back in a dreamy way as their short black hair with light highlights is framing their face has their hand caressing their face. They are wearing a light brown crop top. At center, A photo of Vanessa, a Chicana woman with caramel skin, is leaning on her walker named Pluto that has blue spikes on the backrest. Vanessa is posing with her head leaning on the handle with her eyes slightly closed. Her arm is reach back. At right, Saira who is a Black with warm brown skin is seated wearing an all-white outfit, boots, and fabric over their face.

Mouthwater: A Disabled Dance Festival Launches in Seattle

Mouthwater: A Disabled Dance Festival started as a deeply personal dream for co-founders Saira Barbaric, NEVE Mazique, and Vanessa Hernández Cruz, and fellow curators Mx. Pucks A’plenty and India Harville. “Throughout time, our communities were often seen as either undesirable, objectified, or as a deficit,” the curators write in a joint statement. “We wanted to […]

Why Physically Integrated Dance Still Faces So Many Challenges

After 30 years of pioneering work in physically integrated dance, AXIS Dance Company co-founder Judith Smith has announced plans to retire from the Oakland, California, company. Throughout her tenure, she strived to get equal recognition for integrated dance and disabled dancers, commissioning work from high-profile choreographers like Bill T. Jones. Her efforts generated huge momentum […]

Meet the Dancer Who's Redefining What it Means to be Disabled

In Rachid Ouramdane’s Tenir le temps, Annie Hanauer articulates the choreography with unforced precision, her natural demeanor and smooth transitions the perfect fit for Ouramdane’s undulating, abstract patterns. Few seem to notice that there is something slightly different about her: Hanauer was born missing part of her left arm, and now has a prosthetic one. […]

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