Relaxing the Fringe is today! For any registered Fringe participants with an interest in making relaxed performance, there's still time to join us. ⌚️12:30pm today 📍Fringe Artist Hub connect.edfringe.com/events/119542

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I have the delight of dancing in Xan Dye's #STIMMING at @ThePlaceLondon tomorrow... and we're sold out! There is still space in our afternoon open dress, so DM if you're interested. Here's some pictures from the very hot rehearsal studio

🚨🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🚨🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🚨 Shocking news: the Scottish Government is breaking its promise on arts funding. In February, thousands joined our campaign to speak out against a £6.6 million cut to Creative Scotland. It worked. Ministers abandoned the cut. But now they're bringing it back.

In the last 24 hours, over 6,000 people have signed our petition to Angus Robertson, urging the Scottish Government to stick to their commitments on arts funding. Especially now, Scotland's cultural sector needs backing, not broken promises. campaignforthearts.org/petitions/scot…

Paid creative, opportunities for disabled, neurodivergent & chronically ill young people aged 14-26. Make new art works for a collaborative zine called The Department of Wonder & Play - the other DWP! Supportive, low pressure opp, easy read info & application. #SpreadTheWord

This isn’t going away Shakespeare’s Globe you have a shrinking window to show you are prepared to listen to your disabled colleagues. Pressing on & ignoring these well articulated concerns from hundreds of disabled artists will do far reaching damage.

“Time and care are a dance, sometimes we’re in sync and it’s beautiful, at other moments it’s more of a brawl.” - Jess Thom Touretteshero Start your week with a beautifully wrttien blog contribution answering to our current question 'How do we make and remake time?".

Delighted to start announcing the guest speakers for the Symposium on Disability and Accessibility in the Creative Sector to be held in Edinburgh. Our 1st speaker is dr. Aby Watson with "A Dip into Disordering Dance: Riffing on Neurodivergent Choreography" tftv.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/sh…

🔗 This #AutismAcceptanceWeek we (Monique Botha is actually they/them 🤷🏻‍♀️ TheAutisticAdvocate Sarah Douglas Dr Felicity Sedgewick are thrilled to launch our Autistic Guide to Healthy Relationships, as part of our work on autistic experiences of intimate partner violence, funded by the Violence Abuse and Mental Health Network durham.ac.uk/research/insti…

UK Arts & Disability crew, please help spread the word about this new leadership at #Touretteshero. A job for someone who’s committed to removing disabling barriers & who's excited to work in non-normative ways. (London/4 days a wk/£41,200): touretteshero.com/2024/05/28/cou…

🤔 ‘To access rider or not to access rider?’ dr. Aby Watson, a neurodivergent artist based in Glasgow shares her insights on our blog today. From issues with access riders to her unique approach (including a snippet from her own dance performance rider). 🔗 bit.ly/4eaUXab

You're so welcome Liz, thank you for these warm words. Really glad my writing speaks to you.

📢 Neuk Collective presents - Access to Work with Jamie Hale 📢 Our next Neuk event is a FREE 1-hour workshop with Jamie Hale of CRIPtic Arts on Tuesday 13th August, 7-8pm This session explores Access to Work for creative freelancers. events.humanitix.com/neuk-presents-…

Choreographic Practices 15.1 is out now! ‘Differing Bodyminds: Cripping Choreography’ Including ‘Disordering Dance: Foundations of an emerging neuroqueer choreography’ by dr. Aby Watson TaPRA DramaHE intellectdiscover.com/content/journa…