AXIS Dance Company
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AXIS exists to redefine dance and disability.
06/16/2026
What does community care look like in your spaces?
Accessibility is often talked about as a service. We think of it as a relationship.
At its best, accessibility creates the conditions for people to care for one another, participate fully, and show up as themselves. Many of the practices we now recognize as accessibility emerged from disabled communities finding ways to support each other when existing systems fell short.
Community care isn't a side effect of access. It's one of its greatest strengths.
Photo by Steve Disenhof
Dancers Hannah Westbrook, JanpiStar, Julie Hasushi, Alaja Badalich
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Bold white text reads Accessibility is Community Care, layered under an image of four disabled, non-disabled and neurodivergent dancers captured in motion with humor an dynamic energy, wearing coordinated grey costumes.
Hear us out...
Footage from AXIS' 2025 Summer Intensive accessible ballet workshop 🩰
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Video of a diverse group of dancers and students, disabled and non-disabled, participating in an accessible ballet workshop at AXIS dance studio. Some students plié on the ground with their upper or lower limbs, while others plié standing or seated in chairs / wheelchairs. Overlaid text reads: "What if dance was for everyone?"
Who's registered for our final 2025-2026 AXIS for All?? 🙋♀️
Next Friday, June 5th, dancers and movers of all backgrounds will come together to explore ballet through accessible movement practices that reimagine the class experience for every body.
Through barre work, center exercises, and movement translation, participants will explore ballet while centering creativity, access, and individual expression.
If you missed out on registration, sign up for our email newsletter and be the first to know about Fall classes! (link in bio 🔗)
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Video of an AXIS accessible ballet workshop in progress. Disabled and non-disabled dancers move through barre exercises to music, some in standing positions, while others are seated on the floor or in wheelchairs.
Until the next time ✈️
AXIS' East Coast tour was a success! From studios to stages to classrooms, thank you to every community that welcomed us along the way.
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AXIS tour video edit, with clips of dancers waving at the camera on travel days, in performance at Lincoln Center, as well as photos of the dancers leading workshops at UVA.
05/22/2026
Thank you to The Dance Enthusiast for the wonderful feature on AXIS’ Big Umbrella Festival appearance!
“[AXIS] not only challenges biases and moves the field forward for disabled dancers, but also conceives bright, new perspectives on dance for all”. —
We’re grateful to see Patterns recognized not only as a performance, but as an example of what becomes possible when access, artistry, and disability culture are centered from the beginning.
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An artistically blurred image of an AXIS dancer Anna Gichan in bright rainbow colors whirling around space. Bold white text features the quote included in the caption. Pink logo for The Dance Enthusiast, and white AXIS logo also included.
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1370 Tenth Street, C/o Berkeley Ballet Theater
Berkeley, CA
94710
Opening Hours
| Monday | 9am - 5pm |
| Tuesday | 9am - 5pm |
| Wednesday | 9am - 5pm |
| Thursday | 9am - 5pm |
| Friday | 9am - 5pm |
