PRESS ROOM

July 14, 2022
Mayor Adams, thanks honorees for making impact, at magnificent return of the in-person Caribbean Life Impact Awards
The Mayor of the City of New York, Eric L. Adams, congratulated an overflowing room with elegantly dressed nationals who were honored with the Caribbean Life Impact Awards, on July 13, noting “you cannot go through life and not in some way make an impact, or impression,"....

April 11, 2022
Westbeth Announces Martha Graham's Graham 2 To Headline Annual Dance Festival Westfest This Spring...
Westbeth announced today that Graham 2 of Martha Graham Dance Company will join 15 dance groups in performing in Westbeth's annual WestFest Dance Festival on the weekend of April 30th.

March 30, 2022
Afro-Carribean artist with disability heads dance company...
Zazel-Chavah O’Garra is the founder and artistic director of ZCO/Dance Project, a physically integrated dance company whose goal is to create performances that are “witty, soulful, intelligent, powerful and intriguing.”

July 24, 2021
ZCO / Dance Project Was Awarded...
ZCO/Dance Project was awarded a grant from the Barbara and Carl Zydney for Artists with Disabilities, administered by the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA).

July 02, 2021
Downtown Brooklyn Partnership Announces Participants in its 2021 Rehearsal Residency Initiative
Downtown Brooklyn Partnership announced the latest round of participants in its Rehearsal Residency Initiative...

June 24, 2020
YAI Arts & Culture Reaches Beyond I/DD Community, Therapeutic for Marginalized Groups
From her apartment in Queens, Zazel O’Garra begins her movement class in front of the camera. She sits on a chair in the center of her living room, wearing a pink sleeveless top and black workout leggings, flashing a smile to those tuned in...

November 11, 2020
Diversity Styling Agency - VirgoImage - Releases New Music Visual Celebrating Disability, Fashion and Beauty
Imagine a world where a young blind woman could direct a film, where a woman with paralysis could dance to her hearts delight, and high-end fashion designers from across the globe could....

June 23, 2020
RespectAbility Launches National Disability Speakers Bureau: Women’s Division with 11 Talented Women with Disabilities Speakers available to train organizations on how to be inclusive of the one-in-five people with disabilities...

July 26, 2019
Telemundo 47 - Dancing beyond disability ZCO/Dance Project: Dancing Beyond Disability featured on Telemundo47...

March 27, 2019
News12 Brooklyn - Dancing beyond disability: Dance school teaches students to dance with their hearts Owner Zazel O’Garra, a brain tumor survivor, knows challenges herself.
She says by challenging her students to get out of their comfort zones and perform on stage, they can truly see they are more than their disability. “It feels great and that’s the big thing about dance in general, like if you're dancing out on the floor, you’re dancing with your heart and feeling the rhythm,” says O’Garra...

August 4, 2018
ZCO Dance Project to perform at WNBA Liberty basketball game
Wescheter Disabled on the Move Inc. (WDOMI) will be partnering with the WNBA Liberty basketball team, to celebrate the 28th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act...