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Europe Beyond Access Case Studies: Skånes Dansteater

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Part of a series which examines the impact of Europe Beyond Access I on each of the partner organisations, this case study looks at Malmö-based dance organisation, Skånes Dansteater.

A group of people in a studio space sit on the floor looking at paper and print outs

Interpreting dance with disabled artists

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Part of Europe Beyond Access is about building public interest in disabled artists’ work through audience education and taste cultivation.

Seaside promenade space with five performers in the space. One wheelchair user and a group of onlookers.

Celebrating 20 years of Per.Art

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Per.Art, the learning-disability theatre company based in Novi Sad, Serbia is celebrating its 20^th anniversary with a programme of performances at Gallery of Matica srpska 13-15 December. Joe Turnbull spoke to Artistic Director, Saša Asentić about the company’s development over the years.

Per.Art’s Dis_Sylphide. Photograph: Anja Beutler

The late 1990s was a very turbulent time in the former Yugoslavia: the country was being torn apart, by war, secessions, NATO bombings and international sanctions. Amidst the tumult, the Novi Sad Humanitarian Centre ran a series of projects bringing arts to multiple social groups in refugee camps, hospitals, orphanages and residential homes. A young Saša Asentić was amongst the facilitators. In 1999, Asentić had a fateful meeting with a group of learning-disabled people and their parents.