Infinite Flow Dance
Join us on April 29th, 2021 at 4pm to celebrate International Dance Day with Infinite Flow Dance. Infinite Flow is an award-winning Los Angeles based non profit and professional dance company composed of dancers with and without disabilities. Their mission is to promote inclusion and encourage people to learn something new about themselves and the world around them. Infinite Flow was established in 2015 by Marisa Hamamoto (She/Her), a professional dancer and stroke survivor, who will be one of the six featured dancers at this event. Since 2015 Infinite Flow has performed over 100 times for school assemblies and corporate events for companies such as Apple, Facebook, and Red Bull. Dance videos of Infinite Flow have been viewed by over 75 million people on Facebook alone, and they have been featured on NBC Today, ABC Good Morning America, and among other media outlets.
Joining Marisa, the five other dancers that will be featured at this event includes Tatiana Lee (She/Her), an actress, model and lifestyle influencer born with Spina Bifida, a birth defect that occurs when the spine and spinal cord don’t form properly; Mia Schaikewitz (She/Her), who is paralyzed from the waist down because an Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM) ruptured in her spinal cord at age 15; Shaheem Sanchez (He/Her), a self-taught dancer who went deaf at the age of 4 and is also the lead instructor for Infinite Flow Kids; Dmitriy “Kima” Kim (He/Him), is a dancer from Russia who moved to the U.S. in 2016 to avoid persecution for his sexual orientation, Kima lost his leg in an accident in early 2017, but that did not stop him from dancing; and Natalie Trevonne (She/Her), who was diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, which caused her to lose her vision at the age of 18, but she refuses to let her blindness define her and encourages everyone to go after their dreams.
Infinite Flow wants to take diversity, equity, and inclusion out of the head and into your hearts, bodies, and souls. This dance group aims to uplift unheard voices and share authentic stories of historically underrepresented people at the intersection of Disability x Creativity x Unique Identities while motivating and inspiring individuals and organizations to be the change and take action. They also want to promote health and wellness while studying and working remotely, as well as create unity and inclusion through technology, dance, and dialogue. One other way Infinite flow has reached these goals besides their virtual events, is through a short film they launched in October 2020 called Scoops of Inclusion. This has been used as an online learning platform empowering kids to celebrate diversity and take part in creating an inclusive world.
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