Accessible Arts / arts + disability NSW

Heartbeat

Restless Dance Theatre workshop participants. Photography by Andy Rasheed,
Eyefood Photography.

Recipient: Leanne Guenther (Murwillumbah)

Project category: Regional NSW

Art form: Dance

Date and time of event: Saturday 17 & Sunday 18 December 2011

Event venue: Murwillumbah High School, Riverview Street, Murwillumbah NSW 2484

Cost: $50 per person

Contact: Leanne Guenther honourthee@yahoo.com.au Tel: 02 66 72 6965

Access:

Wheelchair accessible venue
Wheelchair and limited mobility accessible toilets
Accessible parking available

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Project Description

An inclusive two-day workshop led by Restless Dance Theatre will be available to 30 participants from the Northern Rivers region. The aim of Heartbeat is to engage an experienced and dedicated dance teacher to develop and facilitate an integrated dance group for the Murwillumbah area. The workshop is about people with and without disabilities coming together creating expressive and distinctive dance theatre, and giving participants an opportunity to explore the artist within, in a supportive, valued and professional environment.

Philip Channells, Artistic Director of Adelaide’s Restless Dance Theatre will lead the workshop. Philip has worked extensively throughout the UK with integrated dance companies including Candoco, Corali and StopGAP. He has led scores of dance education teams on projects with young disengaged school-aged kids, people of all ages and diverse cultural backgrounds with learning disabilities and physical and sensory impairment, and created work with elderly dancers in community settings.

Project Partner

Restless Dance Theatre

Restless Dance Theatre has achieved national and international acclaim for both its performance and film initiatives. A film venture, Necessary Games, won four awards at the SA Screen Awards in 2009. In 2010 these films also received awards at several film festivals including the XIII Brooklyn International Film Festival in New York and the ReelDance Australia and New Zealand Awards. Restless also received the award for Outstanding Achievement in Youth or Community Dance at the Australian Dance Awards and an SA Ruby award for Sustained Contribution by an Organisation. Through creative dance, Restless provides young people with disability with an opportunity to excel.