Above image description: Dawn is wearing black tie dye leggings and a pink satin cami top. They are framed in a balletic pose with one leg extended to the front and their arms wide to the side. They have massive pink curly hair and are dancing in a black box theater.Photo: Brian Mengini

Image description: Dawn leans against a pale green wall. They are wearing a faux leather motorcycle style jacket and a thick grey sweater. They are slight of build with sparkling green eyes, a dark pixie style mohawk and a slight smile on their face. Photo: Chelsea Foster

   Dawn started dancing at age five and immediately loved ballet. At age eighteen, Dawn experienced two severe spinal surgeries; a year later they fractured their right hip in a car accident. Medical professionals advised against dancing. Through the tutelage of Axis Dance, Dawn reconnected to their passion of dance. In 2018, Dawn also completed a residency with Full Radius Dance. Dawn is now invested in finding ways to make dance more accessible to other people with physical disabilities. Dawn has earned their MFA in dance from Temple University and received the Rose Vernick Artistic Transformation Award for their thesis work Incurvation. Their most recent work, Healing Connections: 2020 was featured in FringeArts Festival. In addition to Dawn, two other dancers with disabilities were in the work as well as a musician with a disability. The work is available with audio description for free viewing on Vimeo.