Make Conferences And Lectures Easier for the Hard of Hearing

A blogpost with a quick animation sharing some helpful hints for conference speakers and teachers. Because you never know if someone in your audience may be hearing-impaired.  

Conferences as I hear them

Widening Access - a Dance Workshop promoted by Indepen-dance

We have just heard about a dance workshop that will be of interest to many people.  We were told about it by Indepen-dance, a group committed to making dance accessible to all, with or without disabilities; if they're promoting this course by Jürg Koch, then it can be guaranteed to be good.

Are you a dancer or a dance teacher?  To book your place please follow the link:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/professional-development-for-dance-artists-and-teachers-with-jurg-koch-tickets-32443693962
About the workshop:

Tuesday 18th April
Langside Halls, Glasgow,G41 2QR
10am-5pm
Jürg Koch introduces dance training informed by Universal Design of Instruction, a framework which promotes access for a greater diversity of people. Jürg unpacks key aspects of UD and its application in various dance settings. This is aimed at dance artists and teachers who seek to apply inclusive practice to their work.

Jürg's approach is a result of his experience with Candoco Dance Company and is based on his research and experience developed in the Dance Program at the University of Washington. The workshop will also include current material and findings from the GDance initiative Dance Unstuck, applying Universal Design of Instruction to ballet training. Instead of a disability specific approach or working with ‘adapting’ movements for or by disabled dancers, this approach allows everyone in the class to work with shared principles and processes allowing them to recognise and push their individual movement ranges and possibilities.
If you have any questions then please do get in touch.

Amy Stevenson

Dance Development Worker 

Indepen-dance

Website: www.indepen-dance.org.uk

Accessible, Captioned Theatre - Stagetext.org

Have you come across Stagetext?  It describes itself as 'a national charity that brings the arts to life for people with varying degrees of hearing loss'.  A recent article in the Action on Hearing Loss magazine (Winter 2016) shares the great news that Stagetext and Digital Theatre have come together to bring acclaimed shows online, complete with captions, so you can watch on a variety of devices in the comfort of your own home.  

Visit the Stagetext.org website - click here.

Concerned about Accessibility in Theatre? Read Guardian Culture Professionals today

This posting from Guardian Culture Professionals Network might be of interest to you. Click HERE.

(There is also a piece about a career in poetry, which you might enjoy.)