This evening-length piece uses dance, original music, storytelling and a lobby installation, created through a collaboration among Bay Area artists. Guest aritst include Michael Perraeult, Takeshi Sakuma and Tom Metz. The stage set was designed by Lauren Elder, with lighting designed by Elaine Buckholtz. Amy X Neuberg is musical director and composer of an original sound score which also includes live performances by violist Katrina Wreede and cellist Ela Robertson. People with disabilities, as a group, share common experiences that cross race, class, gender and age distinctions.
Disability culture encompasses a body of knowledge about societal barriers.
There is a lack of awareness among the general public about this culture. The 80-minute piece, reflecting the pride and history, heroes and heartaches of people with disabilities is framed by personal stories of the AXIS dancers through live text and visual imagery. Our hope is to be provocative, enable audience members to examine their own attitudes, and to break the cultural segregation between people with and without disabilities.