Breadth of Bodies seeks to investigate and dismantle the language and stereotypes often used to describe professionaldancers with disabilities. Spearheaded by dancer/writer Emmaly Wiederholt and dance educator Silva Laukkanen with illustrationsby visual artist Liz Brent-Maldonado, the team collected interviews with 35 professional dance artists with disabilities from 15countries, asking about training, access, and press, as well as looking at the state of the field.
Breadth of Bodies seeks to investigate and dismantle the language and stereotypes often used to describe professionaldancers with disabilities. Spearheaded by dancer/writer Emmaly Wiederholt and dance educator Silva Laukkanen with illustrationsby visual artist Liz Brent-Maldonado, the team collected interviews with 35 professional dance artists with disabilities from 15countries, asking about training, access, and press, as well as looking at the state of the field.
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