Dance, Disability and Law

InVisible difference

Edited by Sarah Whatley, Charlotte Waelde, Shawn Harmon

Publication date:

01 June 2018

Length of book:

350 pages

Publisher

Intellect

ISBN-13: 9781783208708

BOOK DESCRIPTION
TABLE OF CONTENTS

This edited collection is the first book to that focus on the intersection between dance, disability and law. Bringing together a range of writers from different disciplines, this volume considers the question of how we value, validate and speak about diversity in performance practice with a specific focus on the experience of differently-abled dance artists within the changing world of the arts in the UK. Dance, Disability and Law addresses the legal frameworks that support or otherwise the work of disabled dancers (including IPR, human rights and medical law) and explore factors that impact on their full participation, including those related to policy, arts funding, dance criticism and audience reception. By bringing together leading voices, this book makes an important contribution to several fields, and in particular the disciplines of dance, law, philosophical aesthetics, disability studies and spectatorship in performance.

Preface Introduction Section I: Disability, Dance and Critical Frameworks Disabled Dance: Barriers to Proper Inclusion within Our Cultural Milieu Cultural Heritage and the Unseen Community An Analysis of Reporting and Monitoring in Relation to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Right to Participation in Cultural Life and Intellectual Property A Dance of Difference: The Tripartite Model of Disability and the Cultural Heritage of Dance In a Different Light? Broadening the Bioethics Perspective through Dance Interruptions 1-3 Section II: Disability, Dance and the Demands of a New Aesthetic A Wondering (in Three Parts) A New Foundation: Physical Integrity, Disabled Dance and Cultural Heritage Disability and Dance: The Disabled Sublime or Joyful Encounters? Moving Towards a New Aesthetic: Dance and Disability What We Can Do with Choreography, and What Choreography Can Do with Us Dancing Identity: The Journey from Freak to Hero and Beyond Dance Disability and Aesthetics: A Changing Discourse Interruptions 4-6 Section III: Disability, Dance and Audience Engagement The (Disabled) Artist Is Present Disability, Disabled Dance Audiences and the Dilemma of Neuroaesthetic Approaches to Perception and Interpretation Finding It When You Get There Interruptions 7-9 Policy Brief for Venues: Providing Space. Obligations and Approaches to Dancers with Different Bodies Position Brief for Dancers. Policy Brief: Asserting Copyright Policy Brief: For Dancers Blog Posts from Resilience and Inclusion Interruptions 10-12 Annex 1: Blog Postings Annex 2: Policy Briefs Notes on Contributors Index