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...an interest in the diversity of human expression
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Integration Dance is no hard and fast term and needs to be defined for each context. There are various established Integrated Dance companies who use very different dance and teaching styles. |
photo: Anthony Crickmay, courtesy of CandoCoCandoCoDance Company in London and AXIS Dance Company in Oakland are both Contemporary/Modern repertory dance companies working with mainstream contemporary choreographers. Light Motion in Seattle creates and performs its own work. Joint Forces Dance Company works via Contact Improvisation, while the work of Infinity Dance Theater and Dancing Wheels is rooted in the principles of Classical Ballet and Modern Dance.
While the majority of the companies above work with non-disabled dancers and those with physical disabilities and sensory impairments, Amici Dance Theatre Company from London integrates performers of all ages with sensory impairments, intellectual and physical disabilities.
Methods of teaching, ways of creating access and inclusion therefore vary from company to company or from teacher to teacher according to their artistic vision or educational set up. What unites integrated practice is the principle of working with diversity. Maybe it can be summarized as an interest in the diversity of human expression and a commitment to engage in creative processes that allow for this diversity to be heard and seen.
There are currently two integrated dance course on offer in the UW Dance Program. Both courses are suitable to all students. Previous experience in dance is welcomed but not a prerequisite.