Vertigo Power of Balance in collaboration with Suzanne Dellal Centre
Dance and Disability International Conference
The Conference aim to promote and expose the field of integrated dance to the professional dance community, the culture world and to organizations of people with disabilities
To support and encourage connections between the various partners and to create fertile ground for present and future collaborations
To build a professional infrastructure of partners to promote artistic-social movements
Program
Integrated dance performances, professional and artistic discussion on creativity, disability and identity theme, dance workshops, discussion groups on the influences and relationships within the disability field and the dance world
:Participants
Dr. Kate Marsh – Assistant Professor C-DaRE (Centre for Dance Research, Coventry University), United Kingdom
Silva Laukkanen – Practitioner and educator in the field of inclusive dance, USA
Nataly Zukerman – Creator, dramaturg, lecturer and artistic director
Dr. Idit Suslik – dance researcher, lecturer and writer. Chairman of the Israeli Society for Dance Research
Dr. Nitsan Almog- Director of Specialization in Integration and Inclusion, Department of Education and Society, Ono Academic College
Ayala Frankel – Artistic Director of Kelim Choreography Center, Founder and Artistic Director of “NIFGASHOT” Festival
Rina Wertheim – Dancer, creator, researcher, Assistant Artistic Director of the Vertigo Dance Company
Saar Harari – Artistic Director of Gaga, dancer, choreographer and Gaga teacher
Dr. nili Broyer – Center for Disability Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Sharon Fridman – Choreographer Israel/Spain
Noa Wertheim – Artistic Director, Choreographer and Co-founder of the Vertigo Dance Company
Tamar Binyamini – Dancer and performance artist, dance and yoga teacher, independent creator from Jerusalem
Hai Cohen and Tali Wertheim – dancers, creators and dance teachers, co-directors of Vertigo Power of Balance
Tuesday 21.2.2023
9:00-10:00 Registration
10:00-10:15 Opening
10:15-10:55 Re-thinking leadership in dance training and practice
Dr. Kate Marsh, Assistant Professor C-DaRE (Centre for Dance Research, Coventry University), United Kingdom
11:00-11:40 The other body – The experience of exclusion as an engine for creation
Nataly Zukerman, creator, dramaturg, lecturer and artistic director
11:45-13:00 Panel: Varied body and choreography options
Led by Dr. Idit Suslik, Dance researcher, lecturer and writer, Chairman of the Israeli Society for Dance Research
With: Dr. Kate Marsh, Nataly Zukerman, Ayala Frankel, Dr. Nitsan Almog
13:00-14:00 Launch
14:00-16:00 Inclusive Dance Workshops: Contact Improvisation, Imi, Gaga
Wednesday 22.2.2023
9:00-10:00 Registration
10:00-10:20 Extracts from Shape On Us
10:20-10:45 From form to content: Pouring aesthetic and political meanings into the work Shape On Us
Dr. nili Broyer, Center for Disability Studies, The Hebrew University & Sharon Fridman, Choreographer.
11:00-12:30 Discussion Groups
12:30-13:30 Launch
13:30-15:00 Inclusive Performance Workshops: Noa Wertheim, Sharon Fridman, Tamar Binyamini.
15:15-16:00 Closing, Silva Laukkanen, Practitioner and educator in the field of inclusive dance, USA.
If accessibility is required, Please specified at registration, no later than February 3, 2023
For questions, please contact us at pob@vertigo.org.il 050-9701699
Photographer : Lior Segev