AXIS Dance Company Performs Tonight at Sonoma State University

Sonoma State University's Associated Students Production and the Dept. of Theatre Arts & Dance Department) will present a special performance featuring acclaimed AXIS Dance Company tonight, Sept 6 at Evert B. Person Theatre.

Leave preconceptions at the door. The award-winning 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.

Members of the world renowned AXIS Dance Company will perform four pieces including "The Narrowing," as seen on Fox TV's "So You Think You Can Dance," choreographed by Sebastian Grubb and works by Victoria Marks, Sonya Delwaide and Amy Seiwert.

Other dance pieces include "Terre Brune," with an original music score by former Kronos Quartet cellist Joan Jeanreneaud and choreographed Sonya Delwaide based on a short poem of the same name by French Canadian writer Marie Savard; "The Reflective Surface," choreographed by Amy Seiwert with original score by Darren Johnston utilizing Seiwert's interpretation of ballet-based vocabulary; and "what if would you," a dance that reaches out beyond the stage with choreography by Victoria Marks with text by Sibyl O'Malley and original score by Beth Custer.

AXIS also presents a free "inMotion" dance class from 12 to 2 p.m. today, Sept. 6 at PE-1 on the SSU campus. The workshop is free and open to the public.

The performance is set for 7:30 p.m. tonight ~ Sept. 6, 2013. Tickets: Sonoma State University students, faculty, and staff admitted free. General admission - $10. Tickets are available at the Sonoma State University box office at 707-664-4246 or order tickets online at https://tickets.sonoma.edu/Online/default.asp. The piece will be performed in the Evert B. Person Theatre, Sonoma State University, 1801 E. Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park, Calif. Evert B. Person Theatre is accessed through the main entrance to Sonoma State University. Tickets also sold at the door one hour prior to curtain.

PARKING: After entering the main entrance of Sonoma State University, turn right. Use Parking Lot E or Parking Lot F. Parking permits are required at all times. Permits may be purchased from the vending machines located at the entrance to parking lots. The fee is $5. Use ramp to the left of Parking Lot E to access the main entrance of Evert B. Person Theatre.

For more information, call 707-664-4246 or visit www.sonoma.edu/as/asp/.