Dance
Film: Making the Leap: Dancer to Choreographer
FilmResource
Are you a dancer wanting to develop your own choreographic practice? In this short film, we speak to disabled artists during a Europe Beyond Access laboratory that specifically focused on developing new choreographic skills and approaches. Many of the artists have experience as performers but are now interested in building their careers as choreographers in their own right.
Symposium: Disability and Transforming the Cultural Ecosystem
Conference
May 26, 2023 h10-13 Livestreamed from Brussels
Chiara Bersani
Artist
Chiara Bersani is an Italian artist working in the field of performing arts. She trained in the field of theatrical research with influences from contemporary dance and performance. Her first choreographic work, Family Tree, received several national awards including the Perspective Dance Award 2011 and was part of the NID Platform 2014.
Manolis Saridakis
Artist
Manolis Saridakis lives in Athens, is 35 years old, and works in dance, theatre, and music. He received his training as a contemporary dancer and choreographer as part of Onassis Stegi’s iDance, Europe Beyond Access, and Unlimited Access programs, held both in Greece and beyond, alongside contemporary and African dance workshops given by the Liminal arts organization. Manolis has appeared in Onassis Stegi productions (“Sweet Abyss”, “Deep Fusion Butterfly Band”, and more) and in a large number of theatrical performances staged by ARTOGETHER (Art of People With and Without Disabilities). He starred in the documentary film “I Am a Dancer” directed by Stavros Petropoulos, and produced by Onassis Stegi. He is studying découpage at the Theotokos Foundation, music at the National Conservatory of Athens, and qigong at the “Spring of the Young Forest” School for Martial Arts.
Watch Society Uncensored: Disability and culture, visibility and representation
FilmResource
On 19 February 2023, Onassis STEGI premiered their second episode of Society Uncensored, titled ‘Disability and culture, visibility and representation.
Demy Papathanasiou
Artist
Demy Papathanasiou worked for many years as a mechanical engineer. In her forties, she began to train in dance. She is now an esteemed choreographer and led one of the Europe Beyond Access artist laboratories in Athens.