Panel—Performing Arts and Disability—Leadership, Inclusion, and Training—Boston University
Channel: HowlRound Theatre Commons
Date: 2017-03-13

The AXIS Dance Company Residency at Boston University presents a Performing Arts and Disability: Leadership, Inclusion, and Training Symposium panel discussion featuring regional arts leaders and artists livestreaming on the global, commons-based peer produced HowlRound TV network at howlround.tv on Monday, March 13 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
Beth Peters – Director, Actor, Educator

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

For press inquiries or general questions, please contact Sarah Collins at artsinbu@bu.edu. For disability or communication access for those with impairments that may not allow them conventional access to the event’s programming, please contact Christopher Robinson.

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