Country Profile: Australia

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Country Profile: Australia

Country Profile

Australian disabled musician and arts, access and inclusion consultant Morwenna Collett explores Australia, a country that has produced some incredible d/Deaf and disabled artists, inclusive organisations and events. The Shadow Whose Prey The Hunter Becomes, Carriageworks, Back to Back Theatre. Photograph: Zan Wimberley 2019 Australia is home to some incredible d/Deaf and

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Europe Beyond Access introduces… Katarzyna Żeglicka (Poland)

Film

https://www.youtube.com/embed/AHLx4WTvIK8 Katarzyna Żeglicka is a queer disabled performer, dancer, choreographer and a trainer of self-defense and assertiveness. As well as being an artist whose work closely ties into activism, she campaigns for the prevention of violence against disabled women. As part of Europe Beyond Access, Żeglicka has taken part in artist laboratories

A learning disabled man ina silver body suit holds a glowing yellow circle on a stage

Art Without Limits: New Funding in Portugal

Case Study

Disability Arts journalist Paul F Cockburn speaks to Américo Rodrigues, Director of DGARTES (Portugal's arts council) and Maria Vlachou, Director of Associação Acesso Cultura, about new public funding in Portugal aimed at both supporting disabled artists and improving cultural access to wider audiences. Terra Amarela's Fala aos Bichos (2020). Photograph:

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Europe Beyond Access introduces… Irini Kourouvani (Greece)

Film

https://youtu.be/AiztFVeW_cg?list=PLdiB3YQ6fPnk5oUHsVP9L_V6WtWUztJ7- Celebrating the work of Irini Kourouvani, a disabled dancer and choreographer based in Greece who has developed her unique practice by moving between the worlds of sports and performing arts. Having taken part in four world championships (athletics, para dance sport, powerlifting and sailing), her dance credits include performing with

Open letter to major European policymakers demands full participation of people with disabilities in the arts

Opinion
December 3, 2020

On the International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2020, members of the European Arts & Disability Cluster have written an open letter to multiple European policymakers to ensure the European cultural programme 2021-2027 has the full participation of people with disabilities as artists, as arts professionals and as audiences. The cluster

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Belfast International Arts Festival’s first foray into digital access

Case Study

Belfast International Arts Festival is a cross-arts annual festival which takes place in October, usually spread across multiple venues throughout the city. The coronavirus pandemic has forced the festival online for its 2020 iteration. Joe Turnbull speaks to members of the team about how they tackled digital access for the

Al Di Qua: a manifesto from Italy

Opinion
December 2, 2020

Al. Di. Qua. is a newly formed group leading the way in advocating for the autonomy and rights of disabled artists in Italy, as well as transforming the way disabled people are framed in the mainstream media and public imagination. Bringing together the voices of both established and emerging disabled artists

A female dancer with blonde hair using a wheelchair duets with a non-disabled male dancer outside in the sun.

Commission: Uncharted

Photos by David Thibel. An outdoor site-specific Europe Beyond Access commission from Skånes Dansteater in Sweden. Uncharted was created under the artistic direction of Caroline Bowditch and Luke Pell following the Europe Beyond Access laboratory they led in Malmo. About the work Three different places, six different bodies. In known and unknown environments

DIN A 13 tanzcompany

Artist

DIN A 13 tanzcompany is a dance ensemble comprised of dancers with different bodily capabilities. By means of continual artistic and conceptual development of their productions, DIN A 13 tanzcompany managed to become a globally renowned mixed-ability dance ensemble. The artistic approach taken by the company is marked by the exploration

Claiming the stage: Disability and Radical Aesthetics

On Facebook Live on 3 December at 19:00 CET (International Day of Disabled People) Disabled artists across Europe are producing some of the most experimental, innovative and avant-garde theatre and dance of our time. And yet, barriers continue to prevent disabled artists from accessing mainstream cultural venues, sharing their work with