Art as Action

Our programs welcome and accommodate people with (dis)ability/chronic illness, creating spaces where they feel considered and catered to from the moment they arrive. We create physically/emotionally safe and comfortable spaces, allowing our dancers the freedom to surrender to the flow of dancing instead of fighting to conform to specific shapes and movements. Through modifying choreography to be physically integrative, we have found more opportunities for innovation and creativity. To continue breaking down barriers to dance and expand accessibility, we now offer both virtual and in-person programming.

Art as Action is a physically integrative dance company that is redefining what it means to be a DANCER by embodying the following values: it is possible to honor your own body’s needs/limitations AND experience the expansiveness of dance; the beauty, healing, and storytelling powers of dance are attainable for everybody; and creativity is a human right. Art as Action, and its flagship program Reconnect with your Body, centers people with (dis)ability and chronic illness, specifically Parkinson’s Disease.