Newman Center Presents: AXIS Dance Company in Denver

Newman Center Presents: AXIS Dance Company

Newman Center for the Performing Arts

AXIS began in 1987 when founding Artistic Director Thais Mazur had the creative vision to gather a group of dancers with and without disabilities to explore dance and create a performance piece. In its first decade the Company developed a new, innovative movement vocabulary distinctly its own and a language of speaking about and teaching "physically integrated" dance. AXIS set out to increase radically the artistic quality and range of its repertory by commissioning world-class choreographers from outside the company as well as continuing to support its in-house choreographers. Since 2001 the company has collaborated with and cmmissioned works by such innovators as Bill T. Jones, Stephen Petronio, Joe Goode, David Dorfman, and Meredith Monk. AXIS wants its work to challenge traditional definitions of "dance," "dancer" and "ability" and to expand dance to include an entire community that has been too often left out of the performing arts.

"...So irresistible has been AXIS' rise that one long ago stopped marveling at how these performers transcend handicaps...In fact, one attends their concerts with the expectations one brings to any superior repertory modern dance company." - Voice of Dance

Funded in part by the National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the Arts, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and additional funding from the Ford Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Community Connections Fund of the MetLife Foundation.

These activities are supported, in part, with funds provided by the Western State Arts Federation (WESTAF), Colorado Creative Industries, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Join us at 6:30 Behind The Curtain for a FREE lecture about tonight's performance. Tickets are not required for the pre-performance talks and no RSVP is necessary.

More Information
Visit www.axisdance.org for more information about AXIS Dance Company.

Location
Gates Concert Hall, Newman Center

Tickets

Subscription renewals can be ordered now.
New subscription orders on sale May 21, 2011.
Single Tickets go on sale July 21, 2011.

Single tickets range from $33-49.
Purchase tickets in person at the Newman Center Box Office (2344 East Iliff Ave, SW corner of University & Iliff), open 10am - 4pm, Mon - Fri (Year 'Round) and 12pm to 4pm, Sat (Sept-May ONLY).

Tickets are also available online at NewmanTix.com or by phone at 303-871-7720 (M-F, 10am-4pm). Service charges may apply.

For more information, or to request accommodations for a disability, call 303-871-7720.

Parking
Parking for Newman Center Presents performances is FREE.

Event Parking is available at the Newman Center Parking Garage - located one block south of Iliff on Wesley between S. University and S. York.

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