African Disability Dance Network (ADDN)

Time machine: Unveiling the Inner Strength, Choreographed and performed by Ugandan Joseph Tembandeke at JOMBA! Access 2023. Photograph: Herman Verwey

Central to the UKRI-funded project ‘Encountering Disability through Integrated Dance’ was the establishment of the African Dance Disability Network (ADDN),created to explore how disability has been conceptualised in different African contexts via local views and in negotiation with legacies of colonialism. It traces how integrated dance, as an embodied form and practice, can challenge these views and expand citizenship for people living with disabilities in Africa. Through the network, our website and events that include symposia and festivals, we have createdsustainable working relationships across African borders and arts sectors that also include artists in the global north. We have set up viable mechanisms for knowledge exchange about dance and disability that are contributing to a growing sense of community across Africa that is having a significant impact on professional development and creative practice in integrated dance.

For more details see https://africandancedisabilitynetwork.org/Link opens in a new window