“My work is no longer about what my body produces; it’s not what my body does, but what my body is.” Australian performance artist Hanna Cormick discusses how her artistic practice has become a reclamation of body through radical visibility.
“We need role models in this field so there’s somebody who other disabled people can copy or aspire to be, but I don’t think that’s possible unless more dancers come into this field. I personally think it’s very important to establish the status of disabled dancers and train more disabled dancers.” Kazuyo Morita, a dancer and actress from Osaka, Japan, shares how crucial role models are to motivating people with disabilities to try dance.
“I don’t really mind being called inspiring, but I hope the dance itself was inspiring as much as the dancer onstage. I want to inspire people with good dance.” Netherlands-based b-boy and ILL-Abilities member Redouan “Redo” Ait Chitt shares how what drives him is to be a good dancer, period.
“Breadth of Bodies: Discussing Disability in Dance” is published and available for purchase! This book has been five years in the making and we are honored to share it with our community.
San Francisco-based theater-maker Erin Merritt, San Francisco-based administrator/dance artist Andréa Spearman, and Brooklyn-based dancer/administrator Megan Wright discuss funding and social justice as part of Chlo and Co’s Tabled series.