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Ability in Dance

Jul 30th, 2008 | By Blog Editor | Category: "This Season" Features & Other Spotlights

You might often feel like you’re wrestling with your body during dance class. You want to push yourself into a perfect turnout. You discipline your muscles to perform flawless pirouettes.

But in rehearsals at AXIS Dance Company, Inflight Dance Company, Keshet Dance Company, or Propeller Dance, dance isn’t about forcing your body to obey technique. It’s all about embracing your body’s ability for creative movement. And for the dancers in these companies, passion overcomes any physical limitations.

These dancers have a special knowledge of movement. That’s because they practice as dancers with disabilities.

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