AXIS Dance Company "To Color Me Different" by Alex Ketley- Changing the Face of Dance and Disability

AXIS Dance Company's dancers Sonsheree Giles and Rodney Bell perform in "To Color Me Different" choreographed by Alex Ketley. Music by Tim Hecker & Fink
AXIS Dance Company, one of the world's most acclaimed and innovative ensembles of performers with and without disabilities, will change the way you think about dance and the possibilities of the human body forever. Founded in 1987, AXIS has become a jewel of contemporary dance and disability culture devoted to changing the face of dance and disability- for both dancers and audiences. AXIS has paved the way for a powerful contemporary dance form - physically integrated dance- performing in over sixty cities nationwide, as well as in Europe and Siberia.
Under the Artistic Direction of Judith Smith, the Company's list of collaborators read like a Who's Who of contemporary dance-- Bill T. Jones, Stephen Petronio, Joe Goode, Joanna Haigood, Victoria Marks, Ann Carlson, Margaret Jenkins, Sonya Delwaide, Meredith Monk, Fred Frith and Joan Jeanrenaud. AXIS has received seven Isadora Duncan Dance Awards and an additional eight nominations. AXIS is also known for its unparalleled education/outreach program Dance Access and its youth component Dance Access/KIDS! that offer a kaleidoscope of events for adults and youth of all abilities locally and on tour.

[@singdancing8]

This is one of the most incredible dances I have ever seen... everything flows together so perfectly... the performers are intensely focused and fluidly in sync, the music is achingly beautiful and the dance is shocking, passionate and heart-wrenching...

[@varun22333]

wow!!!!!
m mesmerized......being on a wheelchair I can understand what it takes to perform like that...
Hats off to you guys...

[@mierkat88]

I just did a master class with them and saw them perform at USF, sweet people and passionate, fierce performers.

[@LAUREOLA47]

wicked! so precise, so smooth, real quality dance!

[@xchiaroscura]

So good.

[@manny_phesto]

super sick, good work

[@axisdancecompany]

AXIS Dance Company has been nominated for two Isadora Duncan Dance Awards for their performances in the 2007/2008 season:
Ensemble Performance, Rodney Bell and Sonsheree Giles, Too Color Me Different by Alex Ketley.
The other nomination is for Company Performance, the beauty that was mine, through the middle, without stopping... By Joe Goode.

[@JUDITHATAXIS]

thnx everyone for your nice comments!
warmly, judith smith, AXIS Dance Company artistic director

[@axisdancecompany]

Thank you all for your feedback!
@panaceus yes you are correct :)

[@axisdancecompany]

@khanisut1 thanks!!!!!

[@panaceus]

What track is this exactly? It sounds like a remix of Fink's "Make It Good."