Stretching the Physicality of Dance is a two-day conference about exploring new ideas in working with inclusive performing arts.

The conference aims to stimulate debate and broaden perception on contemporary dance and disability in Germany and European context. Stretching the Physicality of Dance is presented by tanzfähig and Dachverband Tanz and takes place at Uferstudios in Berlin on August 23-24. Among the participants are Joanne Lyons and Tanja Erhart from Candoco Dance Company and Evelyne Wohlfarter and Bernhard Richarz from tanzfähig. The program include lectures, workshops, plenary discussions, panels and a forum where participants of the congress are invited to present their own projects in short form.

Registration fee is 60/30 euro. The conference’s languages are German, English and German sign language. The venue is accessible for wheelchair users.

More information and registration can be found here.

Stretching the Physicality of Dance is one of the events that takes place in the context of the EU-project Moving Beyond Inclusion. The Berlin based tanzfähig is the German partner of the EU project whose lead partner is London based company Candoco Dance Company.