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Dawn States Company
Dawn States Company
September 10-October 4
2020 Fringe Festival
Flexible Run Time
Free
Vimeo
This performance explores ballet and disability through collaborative choreography. The work is set at Location 215 and features three dancers with disabilities: Dawn States, Jamie Ray-Leonetti and Dynah Haubert. The dancers navigate solos, duets and group work through use of space and film.
Available for viewing on Vimeo, free. Recommended for 13+.
There is a version of the work featuring Audio Description
About the Artists
Dawn States is the director of this emergent company and has earned their MFA in Dance from Temple University. Dawn States started dancing at age five and fell in love with ballet. At age eighteen, Dawn experienced two severe spinal surgeries and stopped dancing. Through the tutelage of Axis Dance Company they returned to their passion of dance. Dawn is now invested in finding ways to make ballet and dance more accessible to other people with physical disabilities.
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