Infinite Flow, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization, and America's first professional wheelchair ballroom dance company recently announced a name change from “Infinite Flow - A Wheelchair Dance Company” to “Infinite Flow - An Inclusive Dance Company.” The company also released an all new logo and announces exciting growth and strategic plans for 2018.
Infinite Flow (IF), an emerging, inclusive dance company that uses dance as a vehicle to empower people and eliminate the stigma associated with disability, has changed its name in overwhelming response to community diversification. “IF began with 2 wheelchair dancers and 2 standing dancers. Now we have a roster of over 15 dancers that include deaf, amputee, little persons and blind dancers, and a national and global following of people of all abilities, as well as a program where kids with and without disabilities dance and grow together, cultivating young leaders and dancers, shaping a new generation,” said Founder Marisa Hamamoto, a professional dancer who was temporarily paralyzed from the neck down with a rare form of stroke. “And our flashmobs are even more diverse advocating for LGBTQIA and other minority groups. Whatever it is, we dance with the message that we are all infinitely different, but can unite as one.”
On the calendar for 2018, IF will produce 2 interactive live dance events that will be both unique and innovative, in addition to its various guest appearances at events and festivals throughout the country. To be announced soon, IF will focus on creating events that bring the community together while building upon its social movement.
Since its inception in 2015, IF has instructed over 200 wheelchair users, hosted over 150 community inclusive dance classes in the Los Angeles area, performed over 60 live shows including performing at the National Dance Day flagship event at the Los Angeles Music Center organized in conjunction with So You Think You Can Dance Producer Nigel Lythgoe’s Dizzy Feet Foundation, and toured to the famed Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Additionally, IF has been featured in many national, local, and digital media & publications and has collaborated with numerous local and national organizations.
With over 30 million video views across Facebook, IF is just getting started. Grants and sponsors have included the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation and Ovation TV and additional funding and corporate support will help IF realize its mission of using dance as a vehicle to mainstream inclusion and remove the stigma associated with disability. Infinite Flow is available for performances, workshops, and speaking engagements.
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