Dance, disability and performance in north and east Sri Lanka: evaluating audience responses

Hetty Blades

Dance, disability and performance in north and east Sri Lanka: evaluating audience responses

Hetty Blades

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Abstract

People with disabilities1 in Sri Lanka have traditionally been marginalised and rarely seen in the public domain (LIYANAGE 2017, BASKARAN 2017). This chapter discusses how public dance performances might challenge existing attitudes towards disability.
I discuss performances that took place as part of Performing Empowerment, a research project that examined how combining dance
and human rights education might lead to greater legal empowerment for people with disabilities in Sri Lanka. The project ran between 2016-18. It was funded by the UK’s Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) via the Partnership for Crime, Conflict and Security (PaCCS).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Exchanging, Moving, Translating
Subtitle of host publication	thoughts on dance and disability
Editors	Carla Vendramin, Hetty Blades, Kate Marsh, Sarah Whatley
Publisher	Centre for Dance Research
Pages	330-346
Number of pages	17
ISBN (Electronic)	978-85-9489-179-2
Publication status	Published - 6 Aug 2019

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Dance, disability and performance in north and east Sri Lanka: evaluating audience responses. / Blades, Hetty.
Exchanging, Moving, Translating: thoughts on dance and disability. ed. / Carla Vendramin; Hetty Blades; Kate Marsh; Sarah Whatley. Centre for Dance Research, 2019. p. 330-346.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

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Dance, disability and performance in north and east Sri Lanka: evaluating audience responses

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