Articles and Resources
Articles and resources useful for artists and organisations
5 disabled artists talk about dealing with Covid-19 restrictions and the issues that disabled people and dance artists particularly are facing in maintaining work.
Shape Arts
Shape Arts has a number of resources for organisations including making events more accessible, and marketing your events. They also have a number of resources on the social model of disability and support in making access statements.
Unlimited
Unlimited supports disabled artists and disability led organisations and have a range of resources that can support the delivery of work including their commissioning funds.
Arts Council England - The Creative Case for Diversity explained.
The Creative Case for Diversity is a way of exploring how artists and organisations can enrich the work that they do by embracing a range of influences and practices, including supporting and working with disabled artists and people and being more inclusive and accessible.
More on the Creative Case
Cake, Communitas and contact
Dance artist, educator, researcher and performing member of Amici Dance Theatre Company, Lizz Fort on the stories we share through dancing together
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Breakdance and visual impairment
Breakdance and visual impairment seemed like an unlikely link to Artistic Director Nathan Geering until he decided to learn more about the experiences of visually impaired theatre audiences and practitioners. In this article, Nathan shares how this journey of discovery provided new perspectives, unlocked creative possibilities and motivated him to create more accessible experiences for people in the arts
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Working in a hospital setting
Kimberley Harvey has performed in a variety of settings and is an artist for Candoco Dance Company. Kimberley was a Dancer in Residence at GOSH 2017-19, which involved dancing in both outpatient clinics and inpatient wards for and with children, their families and hospital staff.
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Working with an Agent for Change
Hannah Barker, Creative Producer at Belgrade Theatre, Coventry explains how and why 11 Million Reasons to Dance supported the process of welcoming an Agent for Change into the theatre and its local community
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