Tag Archives: AXIS Dance

Dance Icon Remy Charlip

Posted on August 15, 2012 by

AXIS is saddened to hear of the passing of dance icon Remy Charlip. Remy was an amazing person, choreographer, poet, artist, and writer. We collaborated with him several times, always with wonderful results. He will be missed by many.

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Flashback Fridays: Descending Cords, 1999

Posted on August 13, 2012 by

Spring 1940 One tree another tree Each standing alone and erect The wind and the air Tell their distance apart But beneath the cover of earth Their roots reach out and at depths that cannot be seen The roots of … Continue reading →

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AXIS SI Day 3 of 7

Posted on August 7, 2012 by

Day 3 of 7 Today we continued working with our trios. All dancers really tried to incorporate relationships to space and others – something we played with during improv class. Here are some snapshots from the trios.

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Day Two – Jumping In

Posted on August 6, 2012 by

(Day 2 0f 7) Our AXIS website is down ( HELP!) but the Summer Intensive classes are in full swing! Here is a short report from day 2 of 7. The day started with our AXIS technique classes taught by Emily & … Continue reading →

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30 dancers, 5 countries, 7 days

Posted on August 5, 2012 by

AXIS Summer Intensive 2012 Day 1 of 7 30+ people in one room from 5 different countries, new and familiar faces… AXIS’ annual Summer Intensive has started! On this first day we came together to get to know each other to move … Continue reading →

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Back from the past

Posted on June 29, 2012 by

Browsing through some old pictures we just came across this beautiful photo with Megan & Stephanie. We are so excited to have Megan joining us again for the site specific work “falling up” to be performed July 14th at the … Continue reading →

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Where The Hell is Matt?

Posted on June 20, 2012 by

You probably have seen him. Matt. “He dances badly all around the world”. When you watch his videos you can’t help but smile: seeing all those people all over the world dancing together is just… cool! In February we got … Continue reading →

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Continuing my summer with AXIS – By intern Erika

Posted on June 12, 2012 by

It’s hard to believe I have already been with AXIS for nearly an entire month; the time has flown by! It seems almost impossible to sum up everything I have learned thus far. Not only am I learning from the … Continue reading →

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The Adventure Begins

Posted on May 16, 2012 by

Hello! My name is Erika Burg and I am AXIS Dance Company’s new summer intern. Between college graduation this past Saturday, packing up and moving back to the glorious Bay Area Sunday, and beginning this amazing internship on Monday my … Continue reading →

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AXIS is thrilled to welcome apprentice Joel Brown!

Posted on May 15, 2012 by

Joel Brown, Dancer, studied vocal performance and jazz guitar at the University of Utah from 2008-2011. In May 2011, he released his first music album, “In Retrospect”, under the Spy Hop Records Label. Joel grew up learning dance and gymnastics … Continue reading →

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