Physically integrated dance
Encyclopedia
The physically integrated dance movement is part of the disability
culture movement, which recognizes and celebrates the first-person experience of disability, not as a medical model
construct but as a social phenomenon
, through artistic, literary, and other creative means.
Examples of dance companies
that practice inclusion
of people with disabilities are:
Disability
A disability may be physical, cognitive, mental, sensory, emotional, developmental or some combination of these.Many people would rather be referred to as a person with a disability instead of handicapped...
culture movement, which recognizes and celebrates the first-person experience of disability, not as a medical model
Medical model of disability
The medical model of disability is a sociopolitical model by which illness or disability, being the result of a physical condition, and which is intrinsic to the individual , may reduce the individual's quality of life, and causes clear disadvantages to the individual.It is today specifically...
construct but as a social phenomenon
Social model of disability
The social model of disability is a reaction to the dominant medical model of disability which in itself is a Cartesian functional analysis of the body as machine to be fixed in order to conform with normative values...
, through artistic, literary, and other creative means.
Examples of dance companies
Dance company
A dance troupe or dance company is a group of dancers and associated personnel who work together to perform dances as a spectacle or entertainment.-Members:*Artistic Director*Choreographers*Dancers*Board of Directors*Education administrator...
that practice inclusion
Inclusion (disability rights)
Inclusion is a term used by people with disabilities and other disability rights advocates for the idea that all people should freely, openly and without pity accommodate any person with a disability without restrictions or limitations of any kind...
of people with disabilities are:
- AXIS Dance CompanyAXIS Dance CompanyAXIS Dance Company is a professional physically integrated contemporary dance company and dance education organization founded in 1987 and based in Oakland, California. It is one of the first contemporary dance companies in the world to consciously develop choreography that integrates dancers with...
- CandocoCandoCoCandoco Dance Company is a contemporary dance company of disabled and non-disabled dancers, founded in 1991 by Celeste Dandeker and Adam Benjamin. Dandeker, who had previously trained with the London Contemporary Dance Theatre, suffered a fall whilst dancing on stage...
- Dancing Wheels CompanyDancing Wheels CompanyThe Dancing Wheels Company is a professional dance company based in Cleveland, Ohio. Founded in 1980, it was the first in America to stage performances involving dancers with and without disabilities...
- DV8 Physical TheatreDV8 Physical TheatreDV8 Physical Theatre is a dance company based at Artsadmin in London, UK. It was founded in 1986 by an independent collective of chiefly modern dancers. It is led by Lloyd Newson, whose intent has been to have a different approach to most contemporary dance than other existing companies...
- Remix Dance ProjectRemix Dance ProjectThe Remix Dance Project is a South African contemporary dance company that "brings together performers with physical disabilities and performers without"....