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When

29 Jul 2020
1.00 pm

Where

Online

Accessibility

Auslan

What is Access in Dance?

Two dancers are intertwined together through their arm movements. From the left the dancer is bent over with his arms stretched downwards and they are linked with the hands of the dancer on the right. Her head is facing upwards with her body leaning backwards. To the right of the image is a wheelchair. Coloured image on a blacked-out stage, stage lighting shining on the artists.

Murmuration ‘Days Like These’ (2018), artists Matt Shilcock and Melinda Omokaro. Photo by Giselle Vollmer.

We’re pleased to be joining forces with Ausdance NSW & VIC and Accessible Arts to present a free public forum on accessible dance education, training and practice.

In a ‘double-act’ our CEO and internationally acclaimed Disabled Choreographer Caroline Bowditch will chat with Arts Development Officer of Accessible Arts NSW and Musician/Composer Liz Martin.

Probed by Ausdance NSW’s Projects & Programs Manager and Performance Researcher Kate Maguire-Rosier, Caroline and Liz will outline the politics, language and processes relating to the disability arts community, address what accessible dance can look like today and answer your questions!

Where: CrowdCast. Watch the reply.

Key questions

  • What do you think about when you think about dance and disability?
  • What has your experience been teaching as a teacher with disability, or with disabled students?
  • Have you seen a performance by a disabled choreographer? What was it?
  • What does access and inclusion mean to you in the context of dance education or professional practice?
  • How does access enhance dance training and making?

We will be inviting questions and comments from attendees in advance.

Please post on the Facebook event, or email projects@dance.net.au

Accessibility

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