“DanceAbilty woke up my mind, my senses, my skin, it opened my pores and my heart – it made me alive.”

∼Carina Kocher, Austria

Dancer, Choreographer,

Certified DanceAbility Teacher

“It was so good to have that work with you, to move in so many ways and not to be criticized for it. Usually, I’m asked to barely move, so nothing can happen and people feel comfortable. With you, I could move and nobody (almost...) was afraid. Everything upside down. Who’s up, who’s down? ”

~Daniela of Vienna,

Workshop Participant

DanceAbility Europe

Austria

DanceAbility Association and A.D.A.M., Vienna

Carina Kocher and Vera Rebl founded the DanceAbility Association in Vienna in 2006 after receiving DanceAbility training from Alito ».They offer weekly classes and several weekend workshops, which end in performances. They also perform the Street Parade, “Awaiting Spring.” They founded the performance group Austrian DanceAbility Movement, known as A.D.A.M., which performs inclusive dance pieces for theatres.

Click here to email Carina and Vera in German or English ».

Visit the DanceAbility Association in Vienna at www.danceability.at » (English and German language site).

ImPulsTanz (Vienna International Dance Festival), Vienna

Every summer, thousands of professional dancers, choreographers and teachers from all over the world come together for five weeks in one city. Alito has been teaching at ImPulsTanz for over ten years. ImPulsTanz was one of the first major contemporary dance festivals to integrate mixed-abilities dance and has also produced two DanceAbility Teacher Certification courses in 2006 and 2007.

You can visit the festival website here: www.impulstanz.com » (English and German language site).

Cyprus

There are DanceAbility teachers in Cyprus. To email DAI for more information, click here ».

In 1998 and 1999 Alito Alessi and assistants led workshops and performances in three special education schools. The success with the children involved led the Youth Board and the Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture to expand the project to all special education schools throughout Cyprus.

Finland

Alito first went to Finland in 1990 and then returned to attend the Full Moon Festival in 2004 and 2005, and taught in two cities in 2008. In 2006, Gunilla Sjövall from Finland attended the DanceAbility Teacher Certification » workshop in Vienna. Under her guidance, DanceAbility is flourishing throughout Finland.

To email Gunilla in English or Finnish, click here ».

Also visit: www.danceabilityfinland.com » (Finnish language site with English coming soon).

Germany

BewegGrund, Trier

To email Maja Hehlen and BewegGrund in German or English, click here ».

Also visit: www.beweggrund.de » (German language site with some English).

Marina Idaczyk, Trier

To visit Marina Idaczyk, Trier, Germany, see: www.danceability.de » (German language site).

More Information for Germany

There are also other DanceAbility teachers in Germany. For more information click here to email DanceAbility International ».

Greece, the Netherlands, and Switzerland

We have DanceAbility teachers in each of these countries. To email DanceAbility International for more information, click here ».

Visit www.arh.ru/~dancenter/projects/danceab.htm » for information about DanceAbility in Greek.

Italy

The following people and groups are active in mixed-abilities dance in Italy. All of them have participated in DanceAbility trainings.

L’Associazione il Cortile/ContactArt in Milan

Click here to contact Laura Banfi in English or Italian», founder of Il Cortile and certified DanceAbility teacher or visit: www.ilcortile.net/danceability.html » (Italian language site).

Associazione Cultural Onlus Ottavo Giorno in Padova (Padua)

Ottavo Giorno is one of the main promoters of Danceability in Veneto and in Northern Italy. The mission of this inclusive dance association founded in 1997 is to carry out dance and theatrical projects which foster the integration of able and disabled artists on stage. Ottavo Giorno promotes DanceAbility and dance and drama workshops for mixed–abilities groups. They also bring DanceAbility workshops to schools both for pupils and teachers, with the desire to spread the ideas of an integrated–oriented culture. There are also two artist groups, Gruppo di Teatro Integrato, and Le Peschenoci.

Click here to contact Marina Giacometti of Ottavo Giorno», a certified DanceAbility teacher or visit: www.ottavogiorno.net/italiano/laboratori/danceability » (Italian language site).

Pierluigi Zonzin, Schio

Click here to email Pierluigi Zonzin in Italian », a certified DanceAbility teacher in Schio.