SAND-R

Artist

SAND-R (he/they), otherwise known as Sander Verbeek is a proud to be disabled artist from The Netherlands. SAND-R's career started at Holland Dance Festival (HDF) in 2016. At HDF he quickly got to collaborate with other European dance companies through iDance and also to perform with The Dutch National Ballet.

Kimberley Harvey

Artist

Kimberley Harvey is a performer and choreographer based in the UK whose work explores perspectives of touch, being held, intimacy and communication. She has been a Candoco Artist with Candoco Dance Company since 2010, during which time she has led dance classes and performed at the London 2012 Paralympic Closing Ceremony. In 2011,

Huge inflatable sculpture and a gold car propped up in a Venice street

Shape Arts brings the UK’s Disability Arts movement to the Venice Biennale

Case Study

Leading UK disabled-led arts organisation, Shape Arts has curated a landmark exhibition of work by disabled artists which also charts the UK's disability arts and rights movements. Crip Arte Spazio: The DAM in Venice is on display at CREA during the run of the 2024 Venice Biennale. Shape Arts CEO

Time to Act: Two Years On, Data-led insights on Performing Arts and Disability in Europe

Toolkit

Two years on from the ground-breaking Time to Act report, British Council has commissioned On the Move - to conduct a follow-up report looking further into the knowledge gaps in the cultural sector that contribute towards inequalities for disabled artists and audiences. This new report reveals data-led insights into the accessibility,

Panel: Dis_rupting the museum

How are Deaf and disabled performing artists challenging the ways we think about art and its spaces? Chiara Bersani, Seeking Unicorns: photo Alice Brazzit Our experience of galleries and museums are dominated by normative bodies. But which bodies are not present and what are disabled artists doing to change this? Inspired by Italian

Image of Serbian writer, choreographer and performer Natalija Vladisavljević leading a work session with her dance group.

Europe Beyond Access presents ‘Learning Disabled Leaders in Theatre and Dance’

Film

Find out how learning disabled leaders in theatre and dance are challenging perceptions of the creative potential of disabled artists and breaking the boundaries in the performing arts. https://youtu.be/UZ4CVp_51RQ In this short film, five learning disabled choreographers, performers and interdisciplinary artists from Serbia, Germany and the UK reflect on their sources

Learning disabled woman in a black outfit dancing expressively

Time to Act: How lack of knowledge in the cultural sector creates barriers for disabled artists and audiences

Toolkit

Time to Act: final full report published A research report authored by On The Move, and commissioned by the British Council in the context of Europe Beyond Access. Spanning 42 countries, Time To Act provides the first transnational evidence that lack of knowledge in the mainstream cultural sector is a key barrier

Europe Beyond Access presents ‘Arts, disability and social change’

Film

Discover how a generation of disabled dancers, choreographers and interdisciplinary artists are creating social change through the work that they make. https://youtu.be/OpeK6lPyNuI?list=PLdiB3YQ6fPnk5oUHsVP9L_V6WtWUztJ7- Artists involved in Europe Beyond Access from USA, Sweden, Poland, UK, Portugal and Austria reflect on how they are confronting the normative gaze and making a political statement by taking

Photograph of a theatre crowd, some of whom are learning disabled and wearing ear defenders

Relaxed Performances: a comparative study across six countries

Case Study

Between April 2018 and April 2020, French-based organisation Ciné-ma différence commissioned a comparative survey of 16 organisations* delivering Relaxed-style Performances in France, Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Switzerland. The resulting report also includes a toolkit with a series of recommendations so that other organisations can implement

A female dancer presents against a background of colourful illustrations, one depicting a dancer in a wheelchair, the other showing a dueting couple

Beginner’s Guide to Inclusive Dance Teaching (from Holland Dance Festival and Stopgap Dance Company)

Toolkit

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUZnILuxrUK-5E8KKh7uk9FcbD5emhY7F A new resource for dance teachers has just been launched by Holland Dance Festival and Stopgap Dance Company, supported through Europe Beyond Access. The eight-part video series is aimed at dance educators who are keen to increase the accessibility of their teaching and covers topics from: warm upsmovement explorationsdiscovering and