Artist and company profiles
This is a list of professional Deaf and disabled artists, or disabled-led companies, who are actively seeking international partners and opportunities. Each artist or company currently has work ready to tour or for exhibition. We are proud to list companies from all over the world.
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Academy Art of Diversity: Teatro la Ribalta
Academy Art of Diversity - Teatro la Ribalta are a professional theatre company in which disabled and non-disabled artists work as an ensemble. Read more
Alessandro Schiattarella
Tags: Dance
Alessandro Schiattarella is a dancer, choreographer and video-grapher based in Switzerland, and his research focuses on less-visible disability. Read more
Anna Berndtson
Tags: Dance, Live Art, Theatre, Visual Arts
Performance is the foundation of my artistic practice, working foremost with Long Duration Live Performance Art. The public is essential in my work, as their presence becomes part of the live experience. Being present over several hours or even over several days is the main challenge in this art form. Read more
Artistas Diversos
Tags: Dance, Visual Arts
Artistas Diversos is an NGO that produces and exhibits the work of disabled artists covering all types of artistic expression, from all over the world - free of charge for the artist. Read more
BewegGrund, Switzerland
Tags: Dance
BewegGrund stands for equal rights, self-determination, equal opportunities and integration. Read more
Candoco Dance Company
Tags: Dance
Candoco produces excellent and profound contemporary dance for audiences and participants that excites, challenges and broadens perceptions of art and ability. Read more
Caroline Bowditch
Tags: Dance, Live Art, Theatre
Australian-born but now Glasgow-based performance artist and choreographer, Caroline Bowditch describes herself as a performer, maker, teacher, speaker and mosquito buzzing in the ears of the arts industry in the UK and further afield. Read more
Cathy Waller Company
Cathy Waller Company produce explosive and vibrant contemporary dance work that incorporates live music and original composition Read more
Casson & Friends
Casson & Friends are a Record Breaking Dance Theatre Company that create interactive accessible performance with a focus on collaboration, interaction and joy. Read more
Chisato Minamimura
Tags: Dance
Chisato Minamimura is a professional conceptual dance choreographer, dance artist and BSL art presenter. Read more
CiM Dance Company
Professional, contemporary, dance company which joins together interpreters with and without disability, promoting a unique approach to inclusion while aiming for high artistic standards. Read more
Dançando com a Diferença
Tags: Dance, Film, Live Art, Music, Theatre, Visual Arts
Institution whose main goal is to promote social inclusion and culture through inclusive dance. Read more
Dance Into Space Foundation
Dance Into Space Foundation (DIS) is an East African Contemporary dance-theatre company with a mission to give dance to all. Read more
Deaf Men Dancing
A unique and exciting dance company of all male, highly trained professional dancers who are all deaf. Read more
Dr Ju Gosling aka ju90
Tags: Dance, Film, Live Art, Spoken Word / Live Literature, Visual Arts
Artist working mainly with digital lens-based media, but also with performance, text and sound. Read more
Ensemble BewegGrund Trier
Ensemble BewegGrund Trier (founded in 2000, artistic director Maja Hehlen) is a DanceAbility Dance Company open to everybody. Read more
Epic Arts
Tags: Dance, Theatre, Visual Arts
Epic Arts uses the arts as a powerful tool for transformation that explores and celebrates the richness of diversity through creative experiences. We work with people of all abilities and backgrounds through our Inclusive Education, Community and Social Enterprise Programmes to encourage a change in perceptions and attitudes at both a personal, and public level. Read more
Estela Lapponi
Tags: Dance, Film, Live Art, Theatre, Visual Arts
Estela Lapponi is an actress, dancer, creator / performer, choreographer, artistic director, producer and Brazilian video artist. Read more
Fittings Multimedia Arts
Tags: Comedy, Dance, Film, Live Art, Music, Spoken Word / Live Literature, Theatre, Visual Arts
Disability-led national organisation that makes popular theatre characterised by directness, comedy, music, emotion and immediacy, working with material, performers and artists, reflecting the UK's diverse cultures. Read more
Folk in Motion
Tags: Dance
Wheelchair dance company which has developed and performs an adapted form of English folk dancing, 'wolk'. Disabled folk musicians appear as guest artists. Read more
Heidi Latsky Dance
Heidi Latsky Dance (HLD) is an internationally recognized physically integrated dance company from New York City. Read more
Ich bin O.K.
Combining contemporary dance and hip hop dance, Ich bin O.K. has invented an innovative form of inclusive dance-theatre, where young artists with and without disabilities perform on equal terms Read more
Indepen-dance
Tags: Dance
Established and highly respected inclusive dance development company with a unique place within the dance community in Scotland. Read more
Kaite O’Reilly
Tags: Dance, Literature, Theatre
Kaite O’Reilly is a UK-based playwright and theatre maker who works internationally in disability arts and culture and so-called ‘mainstream’ culture. Read more
Nataly Zukerman
Tags: Dance, Live Art, Theatre
Independent performance artist who creates interdisciplinary works, combining devised theatre, live art, dance and her own autobiographical materials. Read more
Platform-K
Tags: Dance
In all of our dance projects, Platform-K challenges disabled and non-disabled artists to work together and create new art forms; dance and movement languages. Read more
Per.Art
Tags: Dance, Film, Literature, Theatre, Visual Arts
Per.Art is an independent organization active in the field of contemporary performing arts in Serbia. Since 1999, our Art and Inclusion program has brought together people with learning disabilities, artists (theatre, dance and visual arts), special educators, representatives of cultural institutions, architects and students. Read more
People Dancing
Tags: Dance, Live Art, Visual Arts
People Dancing is the UK's development organisation and membership body for those involved in creating opportunities for people to experience and participate in dance. Read more
Plural Inclusive Dance Company
Tags: Dance
Promoting artistic collaboration between dance professionals, dance students and non-professionals, disabled and non-disabled artists, that share and create dance visions standing out for Diversity. Read more
Shape
Tags: Dance, Live Art, Visual Arts
Shape is a disability-led arts organisation founded on the principle that all disabled people should have the opportunity to participate fully in arts and culture, and works with the vision of an inspiring and inclusive arts sector that is accessible to all. Read more
ShareMusic & Performing Arts
Tags: Dance, Film, Live Art, Music, Theatre, Visual Arts
Swedish artist development organisation that works internationally Read more
Signdance Collective International
Award winning international touring performance company, whose creative directors David Bower and Isolte Avila began creating and developing signdance theatre in 1987. Read more
Spare Tyre
Spare Tyre is a leading participatory arts company based in London, which creates and tours work across the UK and beyond. Read more
Step Change Studios
Tags: Dance
Step Change Studios is an award-winning, pioneering dance company committed to making dance accessible for everyone Read more
Stopgap Dance Company
Tags: Dance
Creates exhilarating dance productions of international standard, employing disabled and non-disabled artists who find innovative ways to collaborate. Read more
SZENE 2WEI
Tags: Dance, Theatre, Visual Arts
SZENE 2WEI implements bodily specificities as a medium in dance Read more
Tanzbar Bremen
Tanzbar Bremen creates big scale contemporary dance productions as well as experimental works as a group of mixed-abled dancers, choreographers, creative artists and dance educators Read more
The British Paraorchestra
Pioneering a global movement to showcase disabled musicians with extraordinary abilities. Its mission is to end the limitations placed on them, not by their physical ability but by lack of opportunity. Read more
Together! 2012
Tags: Comedy, Dance, Fashion, Film, Literature, Live Art, Music, Spoken Word / Live Literature, Theatre, Visual Arts
Working to make the main host borough of Newham an international centre of excellence for Disability Arts as part of the Paralympic cultural legacy. Read more
