Art & technology: East Bay-based Axis Dance Company breaks new ground and breaks down barriers.
The troupe, which includes disabled and nondisabled performers, has been a unique force in the arts world for some four decades. Its latest work, titled “Kinematic/Kinesthetic” created by company artistic director Nadia Adame with multidisciplinary artist Ben Levine, employs new technology developed to enhance movement and artistic expression for physically disabled persons.
Axis describes the devices as telescoping crutches and robotic hexapod legs developed by engineering students at Carnegie Mellon and University of Maryland.
This marriage of art and technology (and, of course, talent) is onstage in Axis Dance Company hour-long presentations at the Exploratorium on San Francisco’s Embarcadero at 8 p.m. Thursday and noon and 3 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $29.95-$39.95.
The company also performs at 7:30 p.m. May 21 at Bing Concert Hall, Stanford University, presented by Stanford Live; tickets are $16-$68. Tickets and more information are at axisdance.org.
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