Country Profile: France
Country Profile: France
Country Profile
Delphine Maurel, Artistic Director of theatre company, La Bulle Bleue in Montpellier gives an overview of France's arts and disability scene, which is dominated by employment support organisations known as ESATs but is nevertheless known for innovative work. Julien by Compagnie
Country Profile: Italy
Country Profile
Flavia Dalila D'Amico is a scholar and curator in the field of performing arts, who is currently a research fellow at the Department of Planning, Design and Technology of Architecture at the Sapienza University of Rome. Here she looks at the arts and disability sector in Italy, which despite continued
Country Profile: Canada (northern Turtle Island)
Country Profile
Glasgow-based disabled artist, Sandra Alland, examines disability arts in her birthplace, the settler-occupied Indigenous territories in the north of Turtle Island – known more widely as Canada. *Note: After English and French place-names, I list in parentheses: Indigenous place-names; names of First Nations territories occupied by the city/province; and/or numbers/names of
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
Country Profile: Greece
Country Profile
Two disabled artists – Filareti Papadopoulou, dancer, performer and vice president of ARTOGETHER, and Vassilis Oikonomou, actor, director, drama teacher, and founder of the THEAMA professional inclusive theatre ensemble – explore Greece, a country that boasts numerous inclusive groups and individual artists doing important work both within and beyond its
The long read: Dance and Disability in Poland
Country Profile, Opinion
March 24, 2020
By Alicja Müller (translated by Marta Dziurosz). Read the full version published in Polish on taniecpolska.pl Recently, Teatr 21’s ‘Rewolucja, której nie było’ (“The Revolution That Didn’t Happen”), directed by Justyna Sobczyk, received one of two special awards from the jury of the 12th International Theatre Festival Divine Comedy 2019. Celebratory remarks
Country Profile: Switzerland
Country Profile
In the latest country profile, disabled journalist and artist Kate Lovell examines the exploding disability arts scene in Switzerland. When seeking to discover the disabled talent making innovative work in Switzerland, on its stages is the best place to find home-grown disabled artists. The performing arts are the stand-out creative form
Country Profile: Spain
Country Profile
In the latest of Disability Arts International's country profiles, UK-based disabled journalist and theatre-maker, Kate Lovell, explores Spain, a country with a host of disability arts festivals and a federal funding structure. Political context BamBú cía de Teatre perform El mirador de las palabras que no puedo decir at Festival 10
Country Profile: Sweden
Country Profile
In the latest of Disability Arts International's country profiles, UK-based disabled journalist and theatre-maker, Kate Lovell, explores the landscape of disability arts in Sweden, finding that there is much to learn from. Elefantöra ensemble perform as part of Bits & Pieces. Photograph: Tilo Stengel In a country known for its
Country Profile: Korea
Country Profile
WonYoung Kim is a disability rights lawyer, dance artist and theatre-maker who recently published a new book about law, disability and aesthetics, Defending the Unqualified. Working with Sarah Pickthall, coach, digital dance producer and co-founder (with Jo Verrent) of Sync, the leadership programme working globally, Won shares this overview of arts and disability