AXIS Dance Company returns to Miami in a new work for stage, Light Shelter by sensational New York-based choreographer David Dorfman, which includes segments performed by community members.

These South Floridians auditioned and were selected as Community Performers in David Dorfman's Light Shelter: John Beauregard, Oscar Fuentes, Sharon Meskowitz, Emily Noe, Laura Ortiz, Eliana Parenti, Jessica Pusceddu, Dwayne Scheuneman, Janice Zamora and Yaron Yemini.

This Dorfman project is part of a multi-site commissioning project. In addition to this new work, AXIS will perform Vessel by Alex Ketley. The January 3, 2010 program also includes a duet performed and choreographed by Wally Cardona and Rahel VonMoos.

"There is no more defiant a land that I can think of than AXIS. They showed me what dance could be." — Bill T. Jones

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danceAble is a project for able and non-able dancers, produced and presented by Tigertail and Florida Dance Association. It focuses on dance as a vital art form for persons with and without disabilities.

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See the full danceAble schedule at the Florida Dance Association's website, or call them at 305 547 1117. danceAble includes workshops, screenings and discussion sessions on current issues in the field.

Season partners and supporters for our 30th season include: Aquarius Press; Arthur F. and Alice E. Adams Charitable Foundation; Audrey Love Charitable Foundation; Barefoot Wine; Biscayne Times; Books & Books; Bresaro Suites; Centro Cultural Español (CCE); The Children's Trust; City of Coral Gables Cultural Arts Program; City of Miami Beach Cultural Affairs Program, Cultural Arts Council; Consulate General of the Netherlands; Dade Community Foundation; Dorsch Gallery; E.S. Moore Family Foundation; Florida Dance Association; Florida Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs and the Florida Arts Council; Funding Arts Network; The Galler Group; Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau; Grolsch; MiamiArtZine; Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Mayor and Board of County Commissioners; Miami-Dade County Public Library; Miami-Dade County Public Schools; Miami River Inn; National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the Arts, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and additional funding provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Community Connections Fund of the MetLife Foundation; National Endowment for the Arts; National Performance Network with major funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Ford Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts (a federal agency), Altria, MetLife Foundation and the Nathan Cummings Foundation; Pridelines; Publix Super Markets Charities; River Lounge; Safe Schools South Florida; The Sain-Orr Royak DeForest Steadman Foundation; Rain Organics; The Law Office of Linda M. Smith; Southern Arts Federation; VSA Arts of Florida; Vortex Communications; WDNA & WLRN FM and our many private supporters.