Creating
ripples
of care
Circle O reimagines a dance world where Black Disabled and other multiply marginalized creatives are central, and every body is worthy of care.
What we do
Performance
Explore past shows created and performed by Kayla Hamilton.
Education
Learn about Audio Description, access as creative possibility, and movement for every-body.
Consulting
Custom Disability Arts programs and access practices for cultural institutions.
Community
Share space with fellow artists, thinkers, and organizers moving us all to get free.
Where We Come From
From farming to dance, from Texarkana to The Bronx—learn about the legacy of Circle O.
Film without access features
Film with audio description & captions
Everything we do aims to be an invitation into a world with more creativity and care. An invitation to enter a space with an attunement to our own needs and our inherent interdependence.
In a world where there is no singular “right” way to look, move, or be—who might you become? What might we build together?
Kayla Hamilton
Founder and Artistic Director, Circle O
Bessie Award Winner • Jerome Hill Fellow • Pina Bausch Foundation Fellow • NEFA’s National Dance Project Grant Recipient • Wynn Newhouse Awards Recipient
Kayla Hamilton is a Texas-born, Bronx-based dancer, performance maker, educator, consultant, and artistic director of Circle O—a cultural organization uplifting Black Disabled and other multiply marginalized creatives.
She has developed & designed access-centered programming for the Mellon Foundation, Movement Research, DanceNYC, and UCLA, and is the co-director of Angela’s Pulse/Dancing While Black.
In 2024-2025 Kayla will go on both a performance tour with her show ‘How to Bend Down/How to Pick It Up’ (premiering in Summer 2024 at The Shed in NYC) and an educational tour with a dance pedagogy she co-developed called ‘Crip Movement Lab’.
Featured
How to Bend Down / How to Pick it Up
An immersive dance performance honoring lineages of Black disabled imagination playing at The Shed in NYC from August 15-17, 2024.
Education
Check out the range of our educational offerings, from education for educators to the ins and outs of audio description.
Access. Movement. Play. Residency
Learn more about the disability dance residency directed by Circle O.
Supported by
“I stood at the border, stood at the edge and claimed it as central. Claimed it as central, and let the rest of the world move over to where I was.”
TONI MORRISON
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