What’s new in Europe Beyond Access II?
What’s new in Europe Beyond Access II?
Opinion
March 1, 2024
Following the announcement that Europe Beyond Access has secured Creative Europe funding for a further four years, Project Director, Ben Evans explains what was learnt from the first iteration and what changes will be made. Moby Dick, Chiara Bersani/Danskompaniet Spinn. Image: Simone Cargnoni Late last year, it was confirmed that Europe Beyond
Queering the Crip, Cripping the Queer
Case Study
Queering the Crip, Cripping the Queer is an exhibition on queer/disability history, activism, and culture at the Scwules Museum, Berlin. It brings together work by over 20 international contemporary artists whose work explores the multiple historical, cultural, and political intersections of queerness and disability. Disability Arts International spoke to one
Meine Damen und Herren
Artist
Ladies and gentlemen have turned into a collective. And how a collective works is an important question for everyday work. In many great performances that have been acclaimed by audiences and critics, our professional and full-time collective has shown what it is capable of alone or in cooperation with well-known colleagues. We continue
Diana Niepce: O OUTRO LADO DA DANÇA
Diana Niepce. Photo: Eduardo Breda Accessibility: wheelchair accessible audio description tactile guidance hearing amplification through an induction loop About the show In O OUTRO LADO DA DANÇA, Portuguese choreographer and dancer Diana Niepce examines hierarchies that structure the body. She asks what traces and images the history of dance has left in the mental archives. Which movements, which
SOILED
In his new work, Turinsky creates a utopia of the human against the narrative of the Anthropocene based on his own experiences related to disability. SOILED opens an imaginative space that does not deny a presence of horror and yet preserves the deliquescent images of the past in the emerging
The Dan Daw Show
Accessibility: with hearing amplification through induction loopearly entrywith surtitles About the show After having spent a lifetime being an inspiration to others, Dan is finally seizing the moment to inspire himself. Taking ownership of the beautiful mess that encompasses all that he is, Dan lets go of who he once was to
Sophia Neises
Artist
Sophia Neises is a choreographer, dramaturg, performer and theatre educator from Germany. In 2019, as a visually impaired artist she began an intense exploration around audio description as an art form, as well as ‘non-visual dance’ and its influence on the relationship between performer and audience. She has also collaborated
Europe Beyond Access introduces Sophia Neises (Germany)
Film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRMazLMphr0 How do you create dance that is brilliant for non-sighted audiences. Not just accessible, but the best that it can be? We meet choreographer and dramaturg Sophia Neises and learn more about her unique creative practice. Sophia Neises is a choreographer, dramaturg, performer and theatre educator from Germany. In 2019, as
‘I am a dancer’ by Leisa Prowd
Opinion
November 4, 2022
Harmonia being performed at Theater Bremen in Germany. Photo: Jord Landsberg This article was originally published by Delving into Dance. I am continually questioning the idea of, “What is dance?” When I say, “I am a dancer” the question that usually follows is, “What form of dance do you do?” Up till
Europe Beyond Access presents new film about Disabled Artists and Covid-19
Film
How have disabled artists across Europe experienced the pandemic? How have artist networks, collaborations, perspectives and ambitions changed since 2020 when Covid-19 began to circulate around the world? Our latest film features disabled artists reflecting on the past few years. Queer disabled Polish performer Katarzyna Żeglicka reflects on how lockdowns made