Beyond Barriers: Barriers to Progression & Employment in Dance for Disabled People Research - Zoom Webinar

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Wed 30 Apr 2025

People working in dance are invited to a free webinar exploring the barriers faced by people with disabilities within the dance world.

Candoco Dance Company, Corali, People Dancing, Stopgap Dance Company and TIN Arts are working together to address the lack of representation and leadership opportunities for D/deaf, disabled, neurodivergent, blind and visually impaired, learning-disabled, and chronically ill individuals within the dance sector.



The headline findings for their research, Barriers to Progression and Employment in Dance for Disabled People, will be presented via a live, free, webinar on Wednesday 30 April from 11am – 12.15pm, followed by a discussion session on Zoom from 12.30pm–1.30pm.

Funded by Arts Council England, the research is in response to the Equality, Diversity and the Creative Case: A Data Report, 2019-20, which revealed that disabled people made up just five per cent of the workforce of core-funded dance organisations.

Research consultant and project manager Louise Wildish said: “This new research will share the lived experiences of disabled people working in dance and the truths of those working within organisations. This can only lead to better understanding of the needs of disabled people so that individually and collectively we can make impactful, sectoral, and embedded change in our dance ecology.”

For further information and to book a place, visit here.

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