Accessibility in Dance
This session offers a deep dive into creating accessible-affirming experiences within movement-based practices. kumari giles and Ravyn Wngz share their experiences of running the Right To Dance program from 2011-2021 and what they have learned on their journeys.
Monday July 3
2pm - 3:30pm
In person at the Citadel and online
ASL interpretation available; please indicate if needed on the registration form.
The Citadel is wheelchair accessible. Air purifiers will be in use. Masks are very welcome. If possible, rapid testing at home in advance is appreciated.
To discuss access needs, please be in touch [artistic@dancemakers.org].
kumari giles
kumari giles (they/them) is a multidisciplinary artist, producer, logistics nerd and culinary magician raised in Tkaronto. As a queer, brown, non-binary, mixed, maker of many things, they believe that creativity and curiosity are necessary tools for collective transformation and healing.
They are committed to engaging people in unique and creative ways through embodied agency, storytelling and food sharing workshops locally and internationally. Their artistic practice includes, production, curation and coordination uplifting other artists and advocating for wholeness. Whether holding space, participating, sharing or guiding, they aspire to shape processes with trust, access, joy and play.
Ravyn Wngz
Ravyn Wngz AKA The Black Widow of Burlesque has a vision to create work/art/conversations that open the minds and the hearts of all people, the goal is to encourage self reflection, and empathy that will ultimately create fundamental change and inclusion.
As an Empowerment Movement Storyteller Wngz aims to challenge mainstream arts and dance spaces by sharing her stories as a Tanzanian, Bermudian, Queer, 2 Spirit, Transcendent, Mohawk individual. She aims to create opportunities, positive representations and platforms for marginalized LGBTTIQQ2S communities with a focus on Black Indigenous and people of color.