Alice Sheppard and Laurel Lawson fly through the air in their wheelchairs, upside down, arms outstretched and curved. Projected patterns swirl below them. Alice is a multiracial Black woman with short curly red hair and coffee-colored skin; Laurel is a white person with cropped teal hair.

Cultivating Authentic Disability Representation in Dance

At times, the Opening Ceremonies for last year’s Paralympic Games was a beautiful celebration of the talents of the disabled dancers and athletes onstage, like when the brilliant South African dancer Musa Motha made magic with his crutches. But then came a moment that many in this disability dance community found upsetting: The nondisabled performers […]

Meet the Dancer Who's Redefining What it Means to be Disabled

In Rachid Ouramdane’s Tenir le temps, Annie Hanauer articulates the choreography with unforced precision, her natural demeanor and smooth transitions the perfect fit for Ouramdane’s undulating, abstract patterns. Few seem to notice that there is something slightly different about her: Hanauer was born missing part of her left arm, and now has a prosthetic one. […]

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