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Accessibility at Oriente Occidente Dance Festival 2020

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Part of Europe Beyond Access is focused on increasing access to theatre and dance performances for disabled audiences. In Italy, our partner Oriente Occidente have been working to engage the Deaf community in their region.

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Subpac: tactile audio at Oriente Occidente Dance Festival

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September 8 – September 11, 2020 Oriente Occidente, Rovereto, Italy

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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.

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Polish Deaf artists discuss what they need from the arts & culture sector


July 2, 2020 Live Streamed

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A Guide to Theatre Access

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A Guide to Theatre Access is a website which provides a step-by-step guide for venues working on captioned, audio described and British Sign Language (BSL) interpreted performances.