vbid/9781789388381

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Inclusive Dance is an ethnography of disability�arts, and historiographic overview of the�1980s when many new disability arts�groups came to fruition. Touchdown Dance�was the research ‘ambition’ of dancer Steve�Paxton and theatre maker and psychotherapist Anne Kilcoyne, involving visually impaired and sighted�adults in Contact Improvisation – a dyadic�movement form requiring physical�contact. Katy Dymoke took over Touchdown Dance�in 1994 and refers here to archives, accounts�and personal experience to share the�learning that has been shared over the�years to today. Touch and movement are�vital for accessibility and inclusion and�modality specific approaches were�devised to ensure a democratic process�towards the inclusion of visually impaired�people in a pro-touch activity. The continuum of movement based methods�fills the gaps in polarities of visual and�nonvisual and a two-way membrane�interlinks all the participants in a body�focused learning experience. The mutable�membrane becomes a heuristic device for�the relational realm, a locus for debate,�for change. Touch deprivation, exclusion�and inequality are the consequence of an�inaccessible visually dominant society. Three point of view chapters – from two visually impaired and one sighted company dancer – further describe the performance work,�revealing how lives are changed and why sociocultural�inclusion is imperative. �Typham this is the title: Inclusive Dance The Story of Touchdown Dance 1st Edition