The Beauty in Every Body From "8 Things to Do This Weekend" By Brian Schaefer of The New York Times When the dancer and choreographer Alice Sheppard darts down a sidewalk in her wheelchair, she doesn’t slow down or apologize. “Speed is just part of my personality,” she says in “Kinetic Light: Beyond the Stage.” [...]
Remarks published here after being shared verbally when accepting The 2019 Juried Bessie Award announced on July 10, 2019 in New York City. Thank you for being here tonight at this incredible celebration. This is a WOW moment. Thank you Carlota, Pam, and Abby for seeing into my work and for recognizing its beauty and [...]
REVEL IN YOUR BODY, a dance film directed by Katherine Helen Fisher and starring Alice Sheppard and Laurel Lawson of Kinetic Light, will have it's NYC Premiere at The Dance on Camera Festival on Saturday, July 13, 2019. The 60-minute screening will be a program of selected dance film shorts and end with a 20 [...]
This week The New York Times published, I Dance Because I Can, a piece I wrote for their ongoing Disability Opinion series. I share in the piece what dancing feels like and why I make the artistic choices I make. In some ways, this was an opportunity to correct many of the assumptions that are made [...]
DOWNLOAD PRESS RELEASE HERE Alice Sheppard welcomes Candace L. Feldman as Managing Director of Disability Dance Works, LLC. A respected arts administrator and leader with more than a decade of experience producing and presenting across the United States, Feldman joins a growing team of professionals from the arts, technology, and social justice sectors working together [...]
Nov 16, 2018 7:30 PM EST Join Kinetic Light for the first ever livestream of the breakthrough dance production titled DESCENT. Starring disabled dancers Alice Sheppard and Laurel Lawson with video and lighting by Michael Maag, this multi-media dance duet has consistently sold out each time it is performed onstage. For one night only - [...]
On Nov 15 & 16th in Troy, NY at EMPAC / Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, DESCENT will have its first performances following the sold-out premiere early this year in New York City. Buy your tickets today Download the official press release ************************** DESCENT by Kinetic Light Performed on an architectural ramp installation with hills, curves and peaks, DESCENT celebrates the [...]
It’s moments like this. Breath. Moments where the spotlight is so singularly bright that I’m grounded in the knowledge that “it’s never the shine of a single star that counts as success. It’s the brilliant glow of a constellation of artists in community growing together and creating culture.” I’m thrilled to share the news of [...]
Breaking News! We are thrilled to announce details of the New York Premiere of DESCENT at New York Live Arts March 22, 23, 24 2018. Buy your tickets today Download the official press release Help spread the word by sharing our facebook announcement ************************** DESCENT by Kinetic Light Performed on an architectural ramp installation with hills, curves and [...]
