Live Art

Teatro La Ribalta: A peep show for Cinderella


September 3 – September 4, 2020 Oriente Occidente Dance Festival, Rovereto, Italy

Film: The Importance of International Collaboration

FilmResource

An enhanced transcript for visually impaired audiences is available at the bottom of the page.

Countries across Europe – including the UK – make an international commitment to presenting disabled dancers, performers, directors and choreographers on mainstream stages as part of Europe Beyond Access. This project, coordinated by British Council, demonstrates how transnational collaborations offers powerful benefits for artists, venues and the wider public. Disabled artists and industry leaders involved discuss how multi-country partnerships:

European Disability Arts Festivals

ToolkitResource

This is an extensive (but not comprehensive) directory of European disability arts festivals whose remit is (primarily) to support the presentation of, and discussion about, work made by disabled artists and/or inclusive companies. This list has been compiled using desk research, recommendations from key partners and user-submitted entries. We cannot guarantee that all information will be accurate and up to date. 

Jo Bannon: ‘Why do we prioritise the visual sense?’

OpinionResource
November 4, 2019

The third Europe Beyond Access laboratory took place in Maastricht and was hosted by Holland Dance Festival. Taking part in the lab, UK performance artist and theatre-maker Jo Bannon reflects on her experience and reveals some of the ideas that inform her work.

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.