Although I use a wheelchair, dance is an essential part of who I am. I communicate and express myself through movement to tell stories about being human, about who we are. I have always felt a need to dance and create work for dancers and that need has taken me all over the world, including Miami next week. My ensemble, AXIS Dance Company, will be part of the Forward Motion Physically Integrated Dance Festival & Conference here in Miami that runs from Sept. 26-29. Yes, it’s a

The definition of inclusive: Including the specified extremes or limits as well as the area between them. “Inclusive dance has taken a huge step in artistic recognition on a national and international level over the last 30 years because of the giant leaps in dance training and choreography.” says Karen Peterson of Karen Peterson and Dancers. To that end, the Forward Motion Festival, the first encompassing inclusive dance festival, will be held in Miami, a city that embraces

Respect. Equality. Inclusion. These are tenets that should be upheld in all facets of life. Karen Peterson, founder and artistic director of Karen Peterson and Dancers, is working for dancers with disabilities to be respected and included in the contemporary dance world. September 26 through 29, the inaugural Forward Motion International Festival and Conference of Physically Integrated Dance, which Peterson founded and organized with Susan Caraballo and Robert Rosenberg, will

Miami será la sede de la primera edición de FORWARD MOTION del 26 al 29 de septiembre, un evento de danza producido por Karen Peterson and Dancers (KPD) que merece ser celebrado doblemente como hito histórico y estimulante punto de partida. “Con el apoyo generoso por dos años de la Knight Foundation y la financiación inicial del National Endowment for the Arts, siento que FORWARD MOTION no es solo la culminación y reconocimiento del trabajo de toda mi vida en Miami-Dade, sino

Although I use a wheelchair, dance is an essential part of who I am. I communicate and express myself through movement to tell stories about being human, about who we are. I have always felt a need to dance and create work for dancers and that need has taken me all over the world, including Miami next week. My ensemble, AXIS Dance Company, will be part of the Forward Motion Physically Integrated Dance Festival & Conference here in Miami that runs from Sept. 26-29. Yes, it’s a

Miami, 23 sep (EFE).- "Si tienes cuerpo, puedes bailar", dice a Efe el bailarín parapléjico puertorriqueño Jean Pablo Crespo Rodríguez, quien la semana próxima participará en Miami en el primer festival anual Forward Motion, de danza inclusiva e integrada. Cuando tenía solo un año, Janpi, como es conocido por sus familiares, amigos y compañeros de la compañía Axis, de Oakland (California), sufrió un accidente que le dejó paralítico. Desde 2012 la silla de ruedas que usa para