A disability service in the eastern suburbs of Sydney has registered more than half of its Day Service staff to attend the Arts Activated National Conference at the Powerhouse Museum in March 2010. Eleven staff from Miroma will attend the conference as part of their staff development and general training.
Registrations are open and filling fast for the Arts Activated National Conference – a conference offering workshops, papers and presentations from across the nation and overseas, to provoke debate and discussion about ‘excellence’ in arts and disability.
With the draft program now online, Accessible Arts presents the second national Arts Activated National Conference: Arts – Access – Excellence, bringing together leading thinkers, artists, advocates, practitioners and producers to create dialogue about and showcase examples of excellence in arts and disability.
Accessible Arts is inviting submissions for proposals to present at the 2010 Arts Activated Conference, 25 & 26 March 2010, at the Powerhouse Museum Sydney. The conference aims to be interactive and will include creative presentations that incorporate participatory elements.News
Pre-Arts Activated National Conference 2010 Masterclass
Beyond Technique | Searching for Authenticity, a series of dance masterclasses in 2010, is a unique practical professional development opportunity for NSW artists to experience inclusive dance practice.
There are three different parts to these professional development masterclasses, all of which explore creative movement in an inclusive environment and involve warm up, strengthening exercises, ways to adapt movement and improvisation leading to new work. There is the option to join in all or part of the program.
Philip Channells, Artistic Director of Adelaide’s Restless Dance Theatre will lead the masterclasses. Philip spent seven years working with Restless Dance Theatre as a performer, workshop leader and assistant director. He has recently been working in the UK with dance companies such as Candoco, StopGAP, Corali.
When:
- 23 March 2010, 6:00pm to 8:00pm - Inclusive dance practice
- 24 March 2010, 10:00am to 5:00pm - Inclusive creative development
- 24 March 2010, 6:00pm to 7:00pm - Showing of work created
Where: Bay 19, Carriageworks, 245 Wilson Street, Eveleigh NSW.
Who: Emerging and professional dancers with and without disability, dance industry professionals, teachers, choreographers, performers with movement background, educators with dance experience and arts practitioners with an interest in disability arts.
Cost:
- $20 - Evening masterclass in inclusive dance practice
- $20 - Daytime creative development
- FREE - Evening showing of work
Application: Download an Application Form.
Participation in practical sessions will be decided by a selection panel. Applications can be posted, faxed or emailed.
Send completed application forms to:
Becky Chapman, Arts Development, Accessible Arts, Pier 4 The Wharf, Hickson Road, Walsh Bay NSW 2000 or Fax: 02 9251 6422 or email bchapman@aarts.net.au.
For specific access needs, questions or to discuss your application before submitting contact Becky Chapman.
Timeline:
- Applications deadline: Friday 5 February 2010
- Selection Panel: Saturday 6 February 2010
- Notification of selected participants: Tuesday 23 February 2010
- Pre-conference Masterclass Events: Tuesday 23 and Wednesday 24 March 2010
- Arts Activated Conference: Thursday 25 and Friday 26 March 2010
About Restless Dance Theatre
Restless Dance Theatre image courtesy of
Chris Herzfeld.
Restless Dance Theatre aims to create professional calibre dance theatre with young people who predominantly have an intellectual disability. The company strives to present unexpectedly real dance theatre works in multiple media to diverse audiences.
“….art happens at Restless performances. I find myself questioning my life and values throughout the dance and at the end, feeling that I have shared an experience that really matters.”
Shirley Stott Despoja The Adelaide Review May 2001
“Restless Dance has presented consistently impressive works by young people, especially those with a disability, for a wide audience.”
The Advertiser Adelaide