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The Arts Access Dance Program offers participants a way to express themselves through movement and dance.

As with the other programs, the goal here is to allow the participants with disabilities to express themselves fully through art, in this case, the art of dance.

Drawing on the principle of an artist assisting another artist, Arts Access in partnership with the Roxey Ballet Company facilitates the dance program with professional dancers. These dedicated and talented dance professionals bring together both disabled and able-bodied dancers to create choreographic works, study dance, and perform in company presentations. They are fellow artists, fellow dancers that understand the soul of a dancer, and do whatever is necessary to allow that soul to be expressed.

A variety of music is used and participants are allowed to create their own movements by themselves or with assistants. In addition to performing, students act as choreographers and direct able-bodied dancers.

Rather than enforcing existing dance vocabulary that would not make sense in the context of a wheelchair dance arena, new vocabulary and methodologies are constantly being devised and revised to allow participants to experience the joy of expression through dance. One such innovation is the use of computer-aided choreography, allowing the dancers with disabilities to design and choreograph dance pieces on computer, and then ultimately see them brought to life in full stage productions.

 

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