All-Terrain Dance is a dynamic and visceral style developed by Artistic Director Daniel Wilkins that juxtaposes a variety of techniques from diverse cultural backgrounds. Utilizing clean balletic lines, modern release, martial arts, break-dancing, tumbling and wrestling, Wilkins investigates the limits of physical architecture with an acute attention to agility. The fluidity and attack that signals the intermixing of these vocabularies allows DASS to tackle movement with a comprehensive realism and intensity. Committed to the pure athleticism of the human body, All-Terrain Dance exemplifies the contrastive and changing forces that constitute contemporary life in society. DASS' All-Terrain productions traverse multiple artistic mediums. Visual art, video and photographic projection interact with technologically innovative set and lighting design as well as fashion forward costume design.

History
Artistic Director/Choreographer Daniel Wilkins formed DASSdance in 1996 after seeing a need for daring and innovative movement in the dance community. Incorporated with the State of New York as a 501 (c)(3) in 2000, DASSdance took up residency at Diane von Furstenberg-The Theater and created a sensation in the fashion industry.

DASSdance has appeared in several fashion publications such as Fashion Wire Daily, Flaunt, Paper Magazine, Art News, W Magazine, New York Magazine, as well as The Seattle Times, The Daily, and the New York Times radio WQXR. DASSdance has collaborated with Diane von Furstenberg on costume creation and enlisted the talent of visual artists, sound artists, and lighting directors on seven full-length works to date:

Haunted House (2001)
Love Forever Now (2001)
Forward (2002)
Religilistic (2004)
Out of the Dust (2006)
Poor Man's Boogie (2007-2008)
Fighting Water (2009)

DASS has also been presented by festivals in New York and Washington State, including DanceNow Festival (New York, 2004), d.u.m.b.o. Dance Festival (New York, 2006), Move! Festival (Tacoma, 2006, 2007), On the Boards 12 Minutes Max (Seattle, 2006, 2008), the Lynnwood Family Multicultural Festival (Lynnwood, 2007). Winterfest (Seattle Center, 2008), Seattle Weekly's Artopia (Seattle, 2008), and Chop Shop Festival (Bellevue, 2008).

In 2004, DASS transitioned into a bi-coastal company with primary residence in Seattle. The company has performed works at the Bagley Wright Theatre in the Seattle Center, Edmonds Performing Arts Center, and the Velocity MainSpace Theater. DASS officially became a Washington State charitable organization in 2007.