All inclusive | Congress

A conference on the status of contemporary inclusive theatre in Europe

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Actors, directors, drama teachers, instructors, and many other experts and people interested in inclusive performing arts and culture from across Europe are converging for a weekend. An array of workshops and panels will be organised to show-case the best examples of inclusive work or those that are advancing stage sign language; it differs from everyday sign language in its expres­sion. There will of course be performances by and with people with disabilities by various groups based in Germany, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic.

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Programme:

22.5. from 5 p.m. Accreditation (Weltecho as Congress Centre)

22.5. from 5 pm Accreditation (Weltecho)

23.5.
10:00 - 10:20 Introduction and presentation of the project partners with Hana Strejčková
11:00 - 12:00 Panel discussion on access to education and professionalisation in the field of dance and theatre for artists with disabilities (with J.A.M.U, I.V.T, EUCREA, and BDFK) (in English)

12:00 - 12:30 Speed dating for networking

12:30 - 13:15 Lunch break

13:30 - 15:00 Workshops: 
       I. Making needs visible - A training on open communication in work culture with Cilgia Gadola and Juliet Meding from the Federal Association of Independent Performing Arts
      II. Zoja Mikotová, Adela Kratochvílová and Veronika Slámová Sign language as a means of expression on stage (Theatre Academy JAMU CZ- Brno)
      III Siegmar Schröder

(Registration required in advance)

15:00 - 16:30 Show Case - Book presentation ‘Puss in Boots’ - Theatre Academy JAMU, followed by audience discussion
16:30 - 18:30 preliminary: Film screening and discussion with Divadlo z Pasáze - Theatre from Passage (Banska Bystrica, SK), insight into various artistic works with Venture Arts (Manchester, UK)

16:30-17:00 Coffee break

17:00-18:00 Free networking

18:00-18:30 Dinner

18:30 - 19:30 Guided tour in small groups to the Gragen Campus   
19:30 - 20:30 Performance: Dance SCÀLING - 24.5.

10:00 - 11:30 Inspirations - best practice: Exchange with guests. How do we establish a stable network, residencies, places for inclusive art, ... ? (in English language)
     - Theatre Al Dente (Czech Republic)
    - Theatre from Passage (Municipal Theatre, Slovakia) 
    - VENTURE ARTS (Manchester, UK)
    - Taupunkt e.V. (Chemnitz) 
    - Farbwerk e.V. (Dresden)

11:30 - 12:30 Inspirations - best practice: Exchange with guests. How do we establish a stable network, residencies, places for inclusive art, ... ?
      - Service Centre Inclusion Saxony
      - Dance Modern Dance
      - EUCREA

Speed Dating with JAMU, I.V.T., Markéta Stránská, UNI Leipzig, EUCREA, Servicestelle Inklusion Sachsen, Theater aus Passage, Theater Aldente, Venture Arts, Taupunkt e.V., Tanz Moderne Tanz, OUKEJ Verein, Farbwerk e.V.

12:30 - 13:15 Lunch break

13:15 - 14:00 Speed dating with supporters and networking

14:00 - 15:00 Workshop I : Performative workshop with Siegmar Schröder 
  
15:00-15:30 Coffee break

15:30-17:00 Workshops   
      II: Normal theatre - How can the inclusion of actors and dancers with disabilities work in a conventional theatre? with Markéta Stránská 
     III. Arousing interest, overcoming obstacles - practical training for educators in theatre pedagogical work with Katharina Buchmann  


17:00 - 17:30 Break and free networking
17:30 - 18:30 Guided tour in small groups to the Gragen Campus   
18:30 - 19:00 Performance: “Un-Touched” - Open dance lab 
20:30 Party

 

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All inclusive

European Capital of Culture The Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media Free State of Saxony European Capital of Culture

This project is cofinanced by tax funds on the basis of the parliamentary budget of the state of Saxony and by federal funds from the Beauftragter der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media), as well as funds from the City of Chemnitz.