Crip Ecologies of Producing Dance

Description

I co-organised this event with Anita Clark from The Work Room, as part of AHRC network project - Future Ecologies: Producing Dance Network.

A partnership between The Work Room and Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, this event is part of the AHRC Future Ecologies: Producing Dance Network project, which brings together higher education institutions and dance organisations across the UK to scope the ecosystem that supports those involved in producing dance (more information about the network here )

We invite disabled and non-disabled artists, producers, researchers, and anyone interested exploring alternative models of producing dance to join us either in person or on-line.

What kinds of ecologies of producing dance exist, and are emerging, when disability and crip are the focus?
How do crip ecologies influence practice and approaches to making and producing dance?
What crip models of producing are currently being practiced?
What might future ecologies of crip producing look / sound / feel like?
With crip, different ways of knowing, experiencing, and doing, are embraced. The emphasis is on the normality of different bodyminds doing things differently. Crip relates to the affirmative model of disability and has emerged from disability arts and disability pride. An activist term and politicised identity, crip embraces an individual’s impairment as a crucial aspect of their identity and place within disability or crip culture.

If ecology is about relations and systems, with crip ecology we are interested in what kinds of relations and systems support producing crip and disability dance. Are there particular kinds of relations between those involved in producing dance that emerge in the context of crip? What are crip dance practices, artistic forms, rehearsal structures, ways of touring, performer-audience relations etc? And how do crip approaches influence and relate more widely to current ecosystems of producing dance?

Crip Ecologies of Producing Dance will be a relaxed, creative and accessible event with artists presentations, discussions and reflections. The event will be hosted by Dr Sarah Hopfinger (RCS) and Anita Clark (The Work Room) with guest contributions:

Dr Aby Watson
Laura Fisher
Salma Faraji
Claire Cunningham

It is open to anyone interested in contributing to these conversations around crip dance producing.

Period	19 Sept 2024
Event type	Performance