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If Cities Could Dance
Disability Arts Ensemble Takes Access & Dance to New Heights
Season 5
Episode 8
Experience the disability arts ensemble Kinetic Light as they rehearse their ambitious aerial work "Wired" at San Francisco’s Z Space, as well as take their movement to the universally accessible Ed Roberts Campus in Berkeley, California, revisiting the Bay Area’s historic role in the disability rights movement. The group shares how access is a creative force in everything they create.
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