all in dance

In this episode of DanceCast, Mary Verdi-Fletcher shares her history founding and directing Dancing Wheels, a company and school based out of Cleveland, OH that has been uniting the talents of dancers both with and without disabilities since 1980. Mary was one of the first professional wheelchair dancers in the US, and has inspired many to follow her path through her desire to provide full and equal access into the world of dance. In this interview, she looks both backward and forward, appreciating the strides that have been made for dancers with disabilities, as well as discussing what more still needs to be done.

https://stanceondance.com
https://bodyshift.org
http://www.dancingwheels.org

Judith and I talk about her work in Axis Dance Company and her 10 year plan about getting the integrated dance scene together in USA.

• Axis dance Company - http://axisdance.org
• Keshet Dance Company http://keshetarts.org
• Body Shift http://bodyshift.org
• VSA Texas http://vsatx.org

Talking about past, present and future of Marc's artistic endeavors.

Artistic Director and Choreographer Marc Brew trained as a professional dancer at the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School and The Australian Ballet School. He has been working in the UK and Internationally for the past 20 years as a dancer, choreographer, director, teacher and speaker; with the Australian Ballet Company, State Theatre Ballet Company of South Africa, Infinity Dance Theatre in New York and for 5 years up until early 2008 with CandoCo Dance Company. He was a guest performer, collaborator and media spokes person for the London Hand Over Ceremony for the Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Games Closing Ceremony and in 2009 was appointed Associate Director with Scottish Dance Theatre – ‘Scotland’s principal contemporary dance company’ where he co-directed ‘NQR’ and was Associate Artist at Tramway Theatre in 2015/16. Since 2001 Marc has been dedicating time to his own choreography with Marc Brew Company.

• Marc Brew Dance Company http://www.marcbrew.com/
• Axis Dance Company http://www.axisdance.org/
• Candoco Dance Company http://candoco.co.uk/