Erin Donohue and Yvonne Montoya, co-organizers of Dance in the Desert, discuss how the event has been successful in building bridges and relationships across the Latinx dancemaker…
"I love to compete in para dance even though I know I will not win because I know they will judge me as a dancer, not as a wheelchair dancer." Slovenian para dancer Nastija…
"My dream is for my disability friends to access any type of dance and that we can be accepted as we are." Lusi Insiati, a dancer in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, shares her experience…
"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…
“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.
Amplifying Latinx Dancemakers in the Southwest
Nastija Fijolič: “Judge Me as A Dancer, Not as A Wheelchair Dancer”
Lusi Insiati: “To Be Accepted as We Are”
Hanna Cormick: “Not What My Body Does, But What My Body Is”
“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.
Bay Area performance artists Nick Brentley, Jaq Dalziel, and Kevin Seaman discuss gender and sexuality as part of Chlo and Co’s Tabled series.