As dancers and musicians we live with expectations around bodily perfection every day. Our movements are analysed and scrutinised from every angle as we are surrounded by cultural exceptions of what it means to be graceful, to be beautiful, to be elite artists. This roundtable will explore how these exceptions play out for and are reimagined by performing artists with disability and how we can use technology to embrace both our differences and our similarities with other artists and our audiences.

Convened by Anthea Skinner (McKenzie Postdoctoral Fellow, Victorian College of the Arts). 

 

Participants: 

Dr Melinda Smith (OAM) (Dancer, Performance Artist, Performer, Speaker) 

Dr Suzanne Cowan (performer, choreographer, teacher and researcher)

Prof. Carol Brown (Professor in Dance, Victorian College of the Arts)