axis dance company

"Through difference, there is beauty” - Marc Brew, AXIS Dance Company

In this episode, our featured voices are Marc Brew the Artistic Director and Choreographer along with Danae Rees the Managing Director of AXIS Dance Company. AXIS Dance Company’s mission is to bring together both disable and non-disabled artists to create a radically inclusive dance sector and world by removing barriers and showcasing the beauty of difference. To find out more about AXIS Dance Company and their fundraising event on December 5th with the special screening of Alice in Californiland at 5pm pacific time go to axis dance dot org 

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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/