About

Who is Infinite Flow?

Established in 2015, Infinite Flow is an award-winning Los Angeles-based nonprofit and professional dance company that employs disabled and nondisabled dancers with diverse, intersectional identities with a mission to create a more inclusive world, one dance at a time.

Since 2015, Infinite Flow has performed at over 200 events, from school assemblies to corporate events at Apple, Microsoft, adidas, and Red Bull, among others. Our dance videos have been viewed by over 100 Million people across social media, and we have been featured on NBC Today, and ABC Good Morning America, among other national and international media outlets. Infinite Flow was founded by Marisa Hamamoto, a stroke survivor and late-diagnosed Autistic. Marisa recently became the first professional dancer to be named People Magazine's “Women Changing the World”. During the pandemic, Infinite Flow launched Scoops of Inclusion, a short film and online learning platform empowering kids to celebrate diversity and take part in creating an inclusive world. Infinite Flow is available for performances, keynotes, panels, and accessibility & inclusion workshops, virtually and in person.

 

What we believe

  • Dance doesn’t discriminate™ Dance is a universal language. When you dance with someone, you see beyond race, color, size, age, gender, ability, disability, etc.

  • Accessibility is a human right, not a luxury. Lack of accessibility accommodations leads to the exclusion of people with disabilities. Accessibility is a gateway and a foundation to access other rights, thus should be considered first, not last.

  • Inclusion is about us, not “them”™ Them-calling people with disabilities or any other group creates separation. Inclusion is not about one group serving another. It’s about each of us being part of the change.

  • Inclusion inspires innovation. Inclusion benefits all of us. Some of the greatest innovations have emerged from designing from disability: the typewriter, touchscreen, OXO peeler, sliding doors. How can we continue to repeat this?

  • Disability inclusion is intersectional. Intersectionality is a theoretical framework for understanding how aspects of a person's identities combine to create different modes of discrimination and privilege. We take an intersectional approach to better understand and promote disability inclusion.

We are available virtually & in-person for

  • Performances

  • Keynotes

  • Panels

  • Workshops

  • Consultation

  • Film / TV / Video

  • Choreography & Collabs

Featured in

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partners include

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From Marisa

During my childhood, I was told repeatedly that my body wasn’t made for dancing.  At the age of 24, I had a stroke that paralyzed me from the neck down. I thought my life was over and my body was broken.

2 months later I miraculously walked out of the hospital, but I was still paralyzed on the inside. The trauma of the stroke resurfaced years of rejection as a dancer that left me feeling I didn’t belong and I wasn’t worthy. 

3 years later, I discovered ballroom dancing.  Something about connecting with another person through movement brought a new vibration of joy and positivity into my life to replace the sense of isolation and fear.

A simple Google search on dance and paralysis ultimately changed the direction of my life forever. I was shocked at how underdeveloped the area of dance and disability was, and knew it was my destiny to do something about it. 

I found a paraplegic bodybuilder named Adelfo and asked him to dance. He had no dance training and I was initially terrified to dance with him, but after a couple of hours, I realized that dancing with Adelfo was no different from dancing with anyone else.  Everyone’s body is made for dancing and dance doesn’t discriminate.  

This life-changing event eventually led me to create Infinite Flow.

Marisa Hamamoto
Founder, CEO, Artistic Director

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