American Council of the Blind's
Audio Description Project
announces

- With the generous support of the DC Aid Association -

To All People Interested in Arts Access, Dance
and Audio Description (Washington, DC area)

Free Tickets and Transportation (from Union Station Metro) for people who are blind or have vision impairment
and a guest to-

a professionally audio described performance of
AXIS DANCE COMPANY
one of the world's most acclaimed and innovative ensembles of performers with and without disabilities

Saturday, May 19 at 8:00 pm or Sunday, May 20 at 7:00 pm

Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H Street, NE
(between 13th and 14th Street, NE), Washington, DC

AXIS Dance Company, one of the world's most acclaimed and innovative ensembles of performers with and without disabilities, will change the way you think about dance and the possibilities of the human body forever.

Founded in 1987, AXIS has become a jewel of contemporary dance and disability culture; the group has paved the way for a powerful contemporary dance form-physically integrated dance-performing in over sixty cities nationwide, as well as in Europe and Siberia.

AXIS' contemporary work inspires audiences and broadens perceptions of dance and disability. Seeing this group of dancers perform groundbreaking works of movement art on stage-with carefully designed audio description-is a thrilling experience not to be missed.

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

Anyone who wants to listen to the description can request a headset at the theatre. Your feedback will help us in further refining techniques for dance description.

Please note that we can provide complimentary tickets for attendees who are blind or have vision impairment and a guest, so if you know someone who might want to take advantage of this offer, please have them get in touch with

Audio Description Associates at 301-920-0218
(complimentary tickets are not available through the
Atlas box office).

CONTACT by 5:00 pm on Thursday, May 17

Joel Snyder, ACB Audio Description Project
202 467-5083 or 301 920-0218 or at:
jsnyder@acb.org or jsnyder@audiodescribe.com