Current Projects (2024-25)
‘Dancing with Excess’ – presentations of mixed-ability dance duet ‘SKIN’ and workshops for people of different ages and abilities
Extending the successful touring of the mixed-ability dance duet ‘SKIN’ (Aerowaves 2021, Dance Platform Germany 2022), this impactful project is centred on disability activism, identity, and innovative choreography. The work will be presented in a Relaxed Performance format, alongside public workshops and meetings with local inclusion organisations at each of the four partner institutions in Italy, Germany, Slovakia, and North Macedonia.
‘SKIN’ is by choreographers/performers Renae Shadler and Roland Walter (Australia/Germany) and radically focuses on ‘excess’ where multiple lived experiences co-exist, rather than ‘access’ for people with disabilities. The two apparently disparate performers find common movement languages that question the usual ideas of ‘mixed-abled’ choreography.
Alongside ‘SKIN’, Shadler and Walter will present the workshop ‘Dancing With Excess’. Participants will engage in guided movements and improvisations that advocate for transformation and embrace ‘excessiveness’ both on and off the dance floor. The workshops will utilise technology to connect participants across borders.
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