ACCESSIBILITY

Accessibility and Disability

Week 1 – Tutor Erin Ball and Maxime Beauregard
4.15pm – 5:45pm – THEORY CLASS
Space C, Centre, close to exit 

6pm – 7pm – PRACTICAL CLASS
Space C, Centre, close to exit 

This teacher training is for coaches who want to consider access in their teaching practices and understand how to break down some of the inherent ableism (and some of its subsections and intersections) in circus arts and movement practices. Participants will expand their knowledge to strive to offer more welcoming ways of teaching through lectures, discussions, resources, and many practical movement and circus applications. This course is open to teachers of any circus-based disciplines, movement-based coaches, and anyone interested in increasing knowledge of Disability and accessibility who enjoys movement. The course is split into two separate workshops: theory and practical. In the theory portion, we will be in a separate quieter space and will go into depth with concepts. In the practical portion, we’ll be in the main festival space and we will explore ways of reframing movement offerings both on the ground and in the air that can transfer to any circus or movement discipline to welcome more people.

Access Notes:
The course will be in English. Visual materials will be described and we will have auto-generated captions enabled on a screen. We will have formal breaks and you can take a break whenever you need/want. More detailed access notes to come.

NB Although this class runs over 2.5 hours it is costed at the price of one class. It is possible to take only the theory class, but it is not possible to take only the practical class.
This course will not run on the Thursday which will be taken as an active rest and recovery day for Erin and Maxime who encourage you to do the same.
Please see the note on active rest and recovery day options here.

A message from Erin and Maxime:

We wear masks as a way to protect ourselves and most importantly, to protect the Disability community and vulnerable folks. Wearing a mask shares a message that the Disability community is valued, that safety is prioritised, and that Disabled people should not be expected to stay in isolation just because they are Disabled.

Multiple marginalised communities and marginalised communities in general are also affected at a disproportionate rate.

We understand this is not a common practice in most places in the world at the moment, however it is important to us to pass along this information.

Maxime and I will wear a face mask during our discussions and we will bring a box of disposable masks that will be available for anyone who would like to wear one. During movement sessions, if there are demonstrations by us, we will have a conversation as a group to determine if everyone is comfortable with unmasking on the spot (distanced). Masking is optional and encouraged, you are welcome to do what makes sense for you with this information.

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