2022 | International Devised Creation & Creative Access

About

Collaborating closely with stakeholders in the community, our Active Access Design Labs. examine how to integrate Access tools and Cross Sensory Translation directly into the generative process of making theatre, weaving access into the very fabric of a work.

We were thrilled to return to Italy and Teatro Trieste 34 with an international team from the remarkable Signdance Collective International (UK), and ChezActors (EU) for 2 weeks of Active Access Design exploration and creation. The project culminated with a public presentation at the famed Palazzo Farnese, in Piacenza’s first work developed for the Deaf community.

A multi-lingual and multi-disciplinary project, the project incorporated BSL, SIL, Shassi, English, Italian, & Portuguese into all workspaces and presentation. The presentation included contemporary dance, new text, and media.

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“This project makes it very clear. It is our responsibility to ensure the availability of art to everyone. that it is not just about making shows for certain types of people but all the people. Art must be accessible on every level to everyone.”
– Jonathon Papa Marenghi, Minister of Culture, Comune di Piacenza

“Accessibility as a springboard towards new forms of communication. Accessibility not simply as a practice for otherwise excluded audiences, but as added value. Accessibility as a creative challenge and experimentation with new languages.”
– Antonella Patete, www.redattoresociale.it

Creative Team

Bouche Theatre Collective Team (Canada)
Joel Grinke (Creative Technologist), Jack Paterson (Devisor, Director, Translator), Anika Vervecken (Sur-title Artist/ Access Co-Ordinator).

ChezActors (Italy)
Ricardo Arias Callejas (Architecture), Fabiola Filace (Dancer), Carolina Migli (Playwright, Performer, Director), Silvia Rastelli (Dancer), Alice Robbi (Dancer), Ranjana Siva (Traditional Dance).

Signdance Collective International (UK, Portugal, & Croatia)
Isolte Avila (Choreographer), David Bower (Dancer, Actor), Ivani Ca (Performer), Robert Corcoran (Media), & Golda Dahan (Dancer)

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ABOUT Our Partners

SIGNDANCE COLLECTIVE INTERNATIONAL (UK)

“Hypnotic, poetic, and unruly. The Signdance Collective represents the ungovernable energy of art itself, railing and raging against tyrannical forces. Beautiful to behold” – Caridad Svich

Signdance Collective International is a UK & European-based dance theatre company. We are the pioneers of Signdance Theatre. A fusion of sign (language) theatre, dance, and live original music. The Company is led by a collective of Deaf, disabled, and diverse artist/producers. www.signdancecollectiveinternational.com

CHEZACTORS (Italy)

CHEZACTORS is a collective of professional artists working in a fusion of theatre, photography, activism, live music and electronic sessions, fashion, film, figurative, graphic and graffiti arts led by director, divisor, dancer Carolina Migli. With a focus on the now, the company revolutionizes the relationship between community and professional artists through new participation/ creation models.

PIACENZA KULTUR DOM & TEATRO TRIESTE 34 (Italy)

Founded in 1997, Piacenza Kultur Dom is a cultural association, cultural center and theatre that creates, produces, and presents live theater and the live performance arts in all its forms in Piacenza. Under the leadership of Filippo Arcelloni, we are the only independent producing theatre in the Piacenza region. For the last 20 years we have provided a home for independent music, contemporary dance, new works and creation, clown, and visual arts. Our productions are performed throughout Italy.

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