October 19 & 20 at Center On Halsted
https://momentadances.org/counterbalance-2024
photo by Lisa Green
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Dancing at a Distance
ReinventAbility's founder and director appears in three MOMENTA Dance Company video projects:
In Unison, Street Staged, Find My Way
PAST EVENTS:
Summer Dance 2024
Salsa with us! MOMENTA Dance Company and Desueno Dance collaborate to lead a Latin dance lesson followed by live music.
September 21 and 22, 12:00 to 6:00
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CounterBalance 2023
CounterBalance features award-winning Chicago artists with disabilities. Passionate dancers embody our stories with “nuance and feats of strength” that have “a humbling effect in that, just when you thought you’ve seen it all, a group of talented artists… remind us that we haven’t seen anything yet.”
May 19, 2022
Global AccessibilityAwareness
Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities
(MOPD)Field Office
ReinventAbility was honored to be invited by the City Commissioner of MOPD to perform alongside the Mayor of Chicago.
August, 2022
Summer Dance
ReinventAbility Founder, center, appeared with MOMENTA to co-lead the first ever wheelchair inclusive Summer Dance interactive event!
March, 2020
MOMENTA
ReinventAbility contributed to a new project introducing pre-professional students to working with a wheelchair dancer. This collaboration was very well received and presented in Momenta's spring concert.
Oak Park, IL
December, 2019
ReinventAbility again sponsored
the inclusion of a dancer with a disability in
The Nutcracker
Variable and at times 'invisible' disabilities can be difficult for others to comprehend. ReinventAbility teaches by example through this inclusion that, when given a chance, we can not only be included but thrive and contribute. And DANCE!
University of Chicago
November, 2019
MOMENTA
ReinventAbility founder was featured in Queens, a piece embodying female empowerment.
Oak Park, IL
August, 2019
SummerDance
Free To The Public.
A celebration highlighting various forms of dance and dance companies from throughout ChicagoLand!
Wrigley Square
Millenium Park
Chicago, IL
August, 2019
ReelAbilities
Film Festival
Celebration included dance vignettes by ReinventAbility, Tango 21, and JMAXX!
Chicago Cultural Center
March, 2019
MOMENTA
Our founder performed in a piece by ReinventAbility Board Member and 3Arts awardee Ginger Lane.
photo by Lisa Green
November, 2018
MFPA artist Peter Soby!
Peter shared his beloved character Muffin The Cat with young people at two Chicago institutions. Children at Comer Hospital enjoyed a reading of Muffin's Fun & Curious Christmas and demonstration of mouth painting. At ICRE-R, Peter shared his own experience of living life with a disability. Students thanked him for helping them feel better prepared for their future!
September, 2018
ReinventAbility founder appeared in
CounterBalance
The Power Of Integrated Dance
A showcase of artists with and without disabilities.
Center on Halsted
Chicago, IL
June, 2018
ReinventAbility was excited to sponsor the inclusion
of a wheelchair dancer in the contemporary ballet
Amira: A Chicago Cinderella Story
This inclusion was historic in that it marked the first time that a wheelchair dancer was presented onstage at the Logan Center! Local school children were thrilled to be introduced to wheelchair dance, inclusion and adaptation possibilities as part of this collaboration.
Logan Center for the Arts
Hyde Park, Chicago, IL