AXIS Dance Company

At Atlas Performing Arts Center. Purchase tickets here.

Part of the 2010 International VSA Festival. For more information visit www.vsarts.org.

Prepare to leave all your preconceptions at the door. 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. AXIS has paved the way for a powerful contemporary dance form - physically integrated dance, performing in over sixty cit ies nationwide, as well as in Europe and Siberia.

AXIS' contemporary work inspires audiences and broadens perceptions of dance and disability. Seeing this group of dancers perform groundbreaking works of movement art on stage is a thrilling experience not to be missed.

Co-presented with VSA, International Organization on Arts and Disabilities as part of the 2010 International VSA Festival. This project is an NPN Creation Fund Project co-commissioned by Tigertail Productions in partnership with Dance Place, The Flynn Center for the Performing Arts and NPN and with support from NPN Performance Residency Program. Vessel is funded by NEFA's National Dance Project, with generous support by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the MetLife Community Connections Fund of the MetLife Foundation, National Tour Sponsor of AXIS Dance Company. This tour is made possible by a grant from MAAF in partnership with the NEA's Regional Touring Program and supported in part by the NEA.