Dance

Unexpected Bodies in Unexpected Places

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The second Europe Beyond Access laboratory for disabled artists from across Europe, took place in Skånes Dansteater in Malmo, Sweden.

A woman dressed in black with short hair and a dyed blonde fringe sits smiling next to a man wearing a summery white vest

Artist laboratory #2: Unexpected Bodies in Unexpected Places

June 3 – June 7, 2019 Skånes Dansteater, Malmö, Sweden

A female dancer lies mid-air across a dancer in a wheelchair who is bent over backwards, their arms stretched out. A drummer plays in the background.

Internationalising Arts & Disability: a network meeting

November 29 – November 30, 2019 The Hague, Netherlands

welcoming a dancer using a wheelchair to dance with them.

Dance and Disability: Crossing the Borders

August 9 – October 11, 2019 Rozbark Theatre, Bytom, Poland

An international gathering of artists create a complicated group structure by intertwining their bodies in a dance studio.

Artist laboratory #3: other artists, other bodies

September 30 – October 4, 2019 AINSI, Maastricht, Netherlands

Stopgap Dance Company

Artist

Stopgap Dance Company create exhilarating dance productions. They employ disabled and non-disabled artists who find innovative ways to collaborate.

Per.Art

Artist

Per.Art is an independent organization active in the field of contemporary performing arts in Serbia.

Marc Brew Company is committed to developing innovative collaborative work that interweaves a physicality derivative of strong contemporary dance technique. The choreographer employs the use of line and extension, with intricate folding, placement and re-placement. This complex use of the body fused with a very human content offers audiences a clear, intricate and emotive experience. The works created by the company can be thought of as a series of physical conversations, encounters and interventions that reflect what it is to be human.

Dançando com a Diferença

Artist

Dançando com a Diferença’s daily challenge is to change the image society has of the disabled and to carve out a space for human diversity within the professional universe of the contemporary arts.

Chisato Minamimura

Artist

Chisato Minamimura is a Deaf performance artist, choreographer and BSL art guide. Born in Japan, now based in London, Chisato has created, performed and taught internationally and is currently a Work Place artist at The Place. Chisato has been involved in aerial performances with Graeae Theatre Company, London’s Paralympic Opening Ceremony and Rio’s 2016 Paralympic Cultural Olympiad. Chisato trained at Trinity Laban in London and holds a BA in Japanese Painting and MA from Yokohama National University.