Lawrence Shapiro

The Physically Disabled Dancer and the Affirmative Model of Disability (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

This volume investigates the contributions and achievements of the physically disabled dancer while at the same time challenging and recognizing the inherent inequities in the field of integrated dance in the UK which currently places greater emphasis on the learning-disabled performer.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 326
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Mai 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040352786
• Artikelnr.: 73783460

Autorenporträt

Lawrence Shapiro has been a pioneering disabled dancer in his native Canada for over 20 years, is a validated Deaf and Disability Artist with the Canada Council for the Arts and a UK-published dance researcher whose writing on integrated performance has appeared in a variety of publications including Choreographic Practices, Canadian Scholars Press and the Dance Current.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Professor Sarah Whatley
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Figures
1. Introduction
2. The Affirmative Model of Disability
Part I
Interviews with Physically Disabled Dancers
3. Marketa Stranska: The Journey of the Amputee Dancer
Candoco Dance
4. Suzie Birchwood: Dancing in and out of the Wheelchair
Independent Dance Artist
5. Isolte Avila: Dancing with Limited Mobility
Signdance Collective
6. Welly O'Brien: The Achievement of the Amputee Dancer
Independent Dance Artist
7. David Grindley: Dancing with Cerebral Palsy
Amici Dance Theatre
Part II
Academics
8. Professor Sarah Whatley: Leading the Way
Centre for Dance Research, Coventry University
9. Dr. Kate Marsh: The Performing Scholar
Centre for Dance Research, Coventry University
Part III
Choreographers and Arts Producers
10. Wolfgang Stange: The Way They Move
Amici Dance Theatre
11. Ingrid Molinos: The Dance of Youth
Young Amici
12. Colm Gallagher: Keeping Them Dancing
Amici Dance Theatre
13. Alison King: Bringing It to the Public
Turtle Key Arts
Part IV
Essays by Lawrence Shapiro
14. Re-imagining the Affirmative Model and the Physically Disabled Dancer
15. Into the Future
Appendix
16. A Conversation with Lawrence Shapiro
Index