LINKS
www.breitenbush.com
The annual Breitenbush Hot Springs Contact Improvisation JAM is held at this
retreat center in Oregon. Many other dance, creative expression, spirituality,
and personal growth workshops are held throughout the year.
www.ya-or.org
Young Audiences of Oregon & SW Washington is the oldest and largest arts
in education organization in the Northwest. Young Audiences work is multi-disciplinary,
embracing all art forms. Its mission is to enhance young people's learning with
creative resources from the arts community. Young Audiences of Oregon & SW
Washington is the local chapter of Young Audiences, Inc., the nation's leading
source of arts in education services to schools. Follow the links to In-School
Arts Programming and Artist Pages, and under J is Joint Forces performance-assembly
description.
www.nadc.ucla.edu
The National Arts and Disability Center (NADC) is the national information dissemination,
technical assistance and referral center specializing in the field of arts and
disability. The NADC is dedicated to promoting the full inclusion of children
and adults with disabilities into the visual-, performing-, media, and literary-arts
communities. Its resource directories, annotated bibliographies, related links
and conferences serve to advance artists with disabilities and accessibility
to the arts.
www.vsarts.org
VSA arts is an international nonprofit organization founded in 1974 by Ambassador
Jean Kennedy Smith. VSA arts is creating a society where people with disabilities
can learn through, participate in, and enjoy the arts. Nearly 5 million people
with disabilities participate in VSA arts programs every year through a network
of affiliates in 49 states and 64 countries worldwide.
www.contactquarterly.com
Several articles about mixed-abilities dance have appeared in Contact Quarterly
over the years. CONTACT QUARTERLY is a biannual international contemporary dance
and improvisation journal, now in it's 27th year. Presenting materials that spring
directly from the experience of doing, it encourages articulation and dialogue,
and stimulates activity and exploration within the field of movement and its
performance.
www.danceartgroup.org
Dance Art Group
produces the annual Seattle Festival of Alternative Dance and Improvisation
and other dance-related events in Seattle.
http://www.dacphome.org/
The mission of the Disability Arts and Culture Project (DACP) is to
further the artistic expression of people with both hidden and visible
disabilities.
http://www.impulstanz.com
ImpulsTanz Vienna International Dance Festival