Oct. 31, 2022 (Mon),
13:00 ~ 15:00
#207, KINTEX Exhibition Center 1, IIsan
Field of discourses for the restoration and appreciation of the disabled dance art ecosystem
Establishment of a foothold for the standardization and promotion of diversity regarding domestic and global disabled dance art
Proposal of a vision to convert values and to construct a paradigm for the disabled dance art
Macroscopic Perspective and Microscopic Viewpoint on disabled dance
Emmaly Wiederholt, an American dance journalist serving as a steppingstone for disabled dancers based on
her concern on people with uneasy access to dance, together with the dance director Silva Laukkanen, wrote
『Breadth of Bodies - Discussing Disability in Dance』
The Korean translated version is due to be published in December 2022
From the book of 『Breadth of Bodies - Discussing Disability in Dance』
“ Disabilities are not familiar to people outside the circle of the disabled dance art like its identity, culture, politics, and aesthetic elements, and critics often fail to recognize or understand the training behind the choreography. ”
“ For a decade, I’ve been trying to convince numerous investors, critics, and journalists that what we are doing is a dancing, not a treatment. ”
“ I wanted to take a look at on why, even after 30 years, artistry does not exist in this field and what we can do about it. ”
“ We should realize that we are physically integrated. Dance, by itself, is a form of art and a form of art is worthy of occupying its own seat in that field. ”
“ What happened when many people saw the work for the first time was that they were not focused on the disabilities. I do not think the disabilities are separated from the dance and I do not want them to be. ”
Emmaly Wiederholt
Dance artist and an art journalist based in New Mexico, the US.
Majored in Ballet, Political Science, and Arts Journalism and held numerous dance classes and performances for people with disabilities
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• Founder of the American dance journalism organization “Stance on Dance”
• Published Dancing 50 and Beyond in 2017
• Published Discussing Disability in Dance in 2022
Silva Laukkanen
Taught multiple disabled and non-disabled integrated dance classes and workshops in Finland
and around Central Texas in the US
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• BA in Dance from North Karelia College, Outokumpu
• Postgraduate degree in Community Dance from the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of
Music and Dance, London, UK
13:00 ~ 13:20 | Opening Address |
Youngmook Choi Director of KIADA Organizing Committee | Korea |
Welcome Address |
Samjin Kim Artistic Director of KIADA | Korea | |
13:20 ~ 13:40 | Presenter 1 | Emmaly Wiederholt Art Journalist, Founder of "Stance on Dance" | USA |
Silva Laukkanen
Director of integrated dance and choreographer at Art Spark Texas "Disabillity and Main Current of Dance; Breadth of Access" |
USA | ||
13:40 ~ 14:00 | Presenter 2 |
Jungmin Shim
Dance and Historical Critic
"The Discourse on the Enhancement of Artistic Values of the Disabled Dance - On the Basis of the Transformation in Policies of the Arts of the Disabled" |
Korea |
14:00 ~ 14:20 | Presenter 3 | Wonyoung Kim Writer, Dancer "Finding Uniquencess and Moving Toward Universality" | Korea |
14:20 ~ 15:10 | Free Discussion |
Hai Cohen Manager, Choreographer, Vertigo Power of Balance | Israel |
Suzanne Cowan Artistic Director, Choreographer, Touch Compass | New Zealand | ||
Hyunghee Kim
Chair of the board, Korea Disability Arts & Culture Center |
Korea | ||
Jungsik Roh Professor, Young In University Dance Department | Korea | ||
Sunmyeong Oh
Deputy Director of Theater Management, Korea Arts & Culture Education Service |
Korea | ||
15:10 ~ 15:15 | Closing Address |
Youngmook Choi Director of KIADA Organizing Committee | Korea |
· Emmaly Wiederholt
· Silva Laukkanen
· Jungmin Shim
· Wonyoung Kim
· Hai Cohen
· Suzanne Cowan
· Hyunghee Kim
· Jungsik Roh
· Sunmyeong Oh