S1: Welcome back. You're listening to Kpbs Midday Edition. I'm Jade Hindman. A new evening length dance theater production at La Jolla Playhouse from renowned dancer Jen Freeman and choreographer ...

Jennifer Freeman, popularly known as Jenn, spent many years of her life struggling to understand why everyday experiences felt more overwhelming and emotionally complex for her than for others. In ...

Jenn Freeman has spun and leapt for as far back as she can remember. But the dancer choreographer says a late diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder "changes everything" about her understanding of why ...

Dance/movement therapy has the capacity to meet people with autism in many ways. This approach is not only unique, but unlike many treatment approaches in autism, the goal is to channel the ...

It’s Thursday afternoon, and 4-year-old Miranda Schecter has just arrived to her dance lesson. Twisting and twirling in her lavender leotard, she giggles and jumps around before class. Her grandmother ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Not since the perfect (what other word is there?) Kimberly Akimbo first made us laugh and bent our hearts two years ago has a ...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Jordan Soriano, a 26-year-old with autism and epilepsy, is the youngest male amateur dancer in the United States competing in the theater arts/cabaret division of Dancesport, ...

Jordan Soriano, 26, uses his dance skills to communicate with his audience despite having nonverbal autism. Soriano's instructor and dance partner says he has grown a lot thanks to dance when it comes ...

Ahead of Riverdance’s 25th Anniversary Show at Dublin’s legendary Gaiety Theatre this summer, the Irish dance show has announced AsIAm, Ireland’s national autism charity, as its partner. The main ...

The documentary "Room to Move" follows choreographer and performer Jenn Freeman as she reframes her creative process to create an evening-length... Dancer Jenn Freeman reframes her art after late ...