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Dance and Disability International Conference
Vertigo Power of Balance in collaboration with Suzanne Dellal Centre
Dance and Disability International Conference
21-22.2.2023 Tuesday-Wednesday 9:00-16:0
Suzanne Dellal Centre, Tel Aviv-Yafo
The Conference aim to promote and expose the field of integrated dance to the professional dance community, the culture world and to organizations of people with disabilities.
To support and encourage connections between the various partners and to create fertile ground for present and future collaborations.
To build a professional infrastructure of partners to promote artistic-social movements.
Program
Integrated dance performances, professional and artistic discussion on creativity, disability and identity theme, dance workshops, discussion groups on the influences and relationships within the disability field and the dance world.
Participants:
Dr. Kate Marsh – Assistant Professor C-DaRE (Centre for Dance Research, Coventry University), United Kingdom.
Silva Laukkanen – Practitioner and educator in the field of inclusive dance, USA.
Nataly Zukerman – Creator, dramaturg, lecturer and artistic director.
Dr. Idit Suslik – dance researcher, lecturer and writer. Chairman of the Israeli Society for Dance Research.
Dr. Nitsan Almog- Director of Specialization in Integration and Inclusion, Department of Education and Society, Ono Academic College.
Ayala Frankel – Artistic Director of Kelim Choreography Center, Founder and Artistic Director of “NIFGASHOT” Festival.
Rina Wertheim – Dancer, creator, researcher, Assistant Artistic Director of the Vertigo Dance Company.
Saar Harari – Artistic Director of Gaga, dancer, choreographer and Gaga teacher.
Dr. nili Broyer – Center for Disability Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Sharon Fridman – Choreographer Israel/Spain.
Noa Wertheim – Artistic Director, Choreographer and Co-founder of the Vertigo Dance Company.
Tamar Binyamini – Dancer and performance artist, dance and yoga teacher, independent creator from Jerusalem.
Hai Cohen and Tali Wertheim – dancers, creators and dance teachers, co-directors of Vertigo Power of Balance.
For questions, please contact to us at [email protected]
If accessibility is required, Please specified at registration, no later than February 3, 2023
Tuesday 21.2.2023
9:00 – 10:00 Registration
10:00 – 10:15 Opening
10:15 – 10:55 Re-thinking leadership in dance training and practice
Dr. Kate Marsh, Assistant Professor C-DaRE (Centre for Dance Research, Coventry University), United Kingdom
11:00 – 11:40 The other body – The experience of exclusion as an engine for creation
Nataly Zukerman, creator, dramaturg, lecturer and artistic director
11:45 – 13:00 Panel: Varied body and choreography options
Led by Dr. Idit Suslik, Dance researcher, lecturer and writer. Chairman of the Israeli Society for Dance Research
With: Dr. Kate Marsh, Nataly Zukerman, Ayala Frankel, Dr. Nitsan Almog
13:00 – 14:00 Launch
14:00 – 16:00 Inclusive Dance Workshops: Contact Improvisation, Imi, Gaga.
Wednesday 22.2.2023
9:00 – 10:00 Registration
10:00 – 10:20 Extracts from Shape On Us
10:20 – 10:45 From form to content: Pouring aesthetic and political meanings into the work Shape On Us
Dr. nili Broyer, Center for Disability Studies, The Hebrew University & Sharon Fridman, Choreographer
11:00 – 12:30 Discussion Groups
12:30 – 13:30 Launch
13:30 – 15:00 Inclusive Performance Workshops
15:15 – 16:00 Closing, Silva Laukkanen, Practitioner and educator in the field of inclusive dance, USA.
17:00 – 20:00 Contact Improvisation Jam
in collaboration with the Association of Israeli Contact Improvisation Leaders
Photographer : Lior Segev