Set against the backdrop of Disability Awareness Month. BODY MOVES International Inclusive Dance Festival will be held in November
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Set against the backdrop of Disability Awareness Month. The third edition of the BODY MOVES International Inclusive Dance Festival, as its name suggests, aims to not only provide a platform for deserving dancers who happen to have a disability, but also to educate the general public about the lives of people living with a disability I am.
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festival inclusivity
“We all have limits,” said Caryn Green, CEO of Civicwa Art Center. The Citizen.
Sibikwa Arts Center hosts festivals that take place from mid-November to early December at various venues across Gauteng and the Western Cape.
“[The festival] The idea is to have multiple dancers with disabilities perform. “When you watch these dancers perform, you forget about their disabilities,” Green said.
Mark Smith, a famous British deaf dancer and choreographer, will be in town for two weeks to create new work. Synergy 2.0with an inclusive dance ensemble from South Africa.
The residency culminates in a performance of the newly conceived work. synergistic effecta work performed by ensembles including UK-SA.
“The work is [Synergy] “We're looking at the daily lives of people living with disabilities,” Green said. Mr Green said the program would explore how people living with disabilities are affected by things like burden reduction and climate change.
Building on Elon Musk's ambitious plans to send humans to Mars, this film explores what life on Earth has been like for communities living with disabilities, and what life on Earth is like for them. consider how life on another planet could be improved.
“It also gives us a perspective on how people living with disabilities would cope if we moved to another planet.”
Another highlight of the festival is “Bell and Siren 2,” a dynamic reconstruction of the original “Bell and Siren” commissioned by Civicwa in 2023.
The work was supported by the Global Disability Innovation Hub's UK aid-funded AT2030 programme, choreographed by Thapelo Kotlolo and performed by Jabu Vilakazi and Keaoleboga Seodigeng.
This work examines the vibrant yet unstable world of queer club culture and the tension between the freedom of nightlife and social constraints on identity and expression.
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accessibility
The show will be performed at the Civicwa Arts Center in Benoni, the Market Theater in Johannesburg and the Unmuted Artsability Festival in Cape Town.
The show costs between R50 and R100. The chosen locations and show prices speak to the festival's accessibility.
“It's about putting all the work in the hands of people,” Green said.
For the first time, the festival has a unique format focused on artistic residencies, performance tours, and a series of interactive workshops and discussions.
“We always try to meet the community where they are, people who wouldn't normally be involved in that kind of work.”
The festival will feature renowned dancers, choreographers and facilitators Gladys Agulhas, Gaby Salanufi, Teresa Puti Mojella and others from the Africa Tikun Center and Sibikwa Arts Center in Gauteng and the Western Cape. An inclusive dance workshop for carers and young people will also be held.
Workshops with caregivers explore the relationship between self-care and caregiving through movement and provide tools to create supportive environments for people of all abilities.
Youth-focused workshops use dance to encourage creative expression and reflection on social and environmental justice, tackling themes of climate change and the marginalization of people with disabilities.
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