A Performing Arts and Disability panel from the AXIS Dance Company Residency at Boston University—Monday 13 March 2017

The AXIS Dance Company in residency at Boston University presented a Performing Arts and Disability: Leadership, Inclusion, and Training Symposium panel discussion featuring regional arts leaders and artists livestreamed on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday 13 March at 1:00 p.m. EDT (New York) / 12:00 p.m. CDT (Chicago) / 10:00 a.m. PDT (Los Angeles) / 17:00 GMT-UTC (London) / 18:00 CET (Berlin) / 19:00 EET (Bucharest).

This will be a time for us to collectively explore issues, resources, advocacy, progress, and next steps in advancing disability inclusion in the performing arts. 

Panelists include:

Keith Jones – Poet, President & CEO of SoulTouchin’ Experiences
Judith Smith – Founder &  Director – AXIS Dance Company
Yo-El Cassel – Assistant Professor, Movement at Boston University
John Killacky – Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer, Flynn Center for the Performing Arts

Moderated by: Charles Washburn – Vice President and COO, VSA Massachusetts – The State Organization on Arts and Disability

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