Follow AXIS Dance Company down the rabbit hole for a performance and live fundraiser with a special screening of Alice in Californiland on December 5th (5pm PST). Following the screening, stay tuned for a Q+A with choreographer Arthur Pita and AXIS Artistic Director Marc Brew.

For over thirty years, AXIS has been headquartered in downtown Oakland, now the epicenter of gentrification, displacement, and homelessness in the Bay Area. To respond to and create dialogue around these realities, in October 2019 AXIS premiered its biggest production to date with Arthur Pita’s Alice in Californiland. Bringing his vast experience of entwining storytelling, dance, and theater to life, Pita creatively reacted to the realities of rampant displacement through the lens of Alice in Wonderland. A fearless visual storyteller, Pita's disturbing, nightmarish story sits in a kaleidoscopic world of harsh reality and psychedelic fantasy in equal measure.  Together, Pita and his long-time collaborator set and costume designer Yann Seabra have developed an aesthetic that effectively reaches audiences and invites them to look deeper at social issues and question our culture and society.

Alice in Californiland is a part of AXIS' campaign to raise $30,000 for our 2020 End of Year Fundraiser.

Content Warning: Simulated substance abuse and its effects.

Accessibility: Open Captions will be available for the performance and CART Captioning will be provided for live portions of the event.

Unfortunately, we will not be able to provide Audio Description for this event.

If you have any additional access needs, please contact us at marketing@axisdance.org and we will do our best to accommodate your request.