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ERIC Number: EJ1453007
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 21
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1356-9783
EISSN: EISSN-1470-112X
Disability Aesthetics in Belgian Arts and Disability Practices: A Qualitative Study from the Perspective of the Non-Disabled, Facilitating Performing Artists
Aline Verbeke; Julie Rodeyns; Free De Backer
Research in Drama Education, v29 n4 p654-674 2024
The presence of non-disabled artists challenges the possibility of disability aesthetics in arts and disability projects. This study therefore examines the meaning of disability for the aesthetics of their collaborations and artistic practice through in-depth interviews with twelve Belgian non-disabled performing artists. The findings show that the collaborations often confirm their artistic practice in which the 'able-bodied' notion is no longer of their interest. Yet beliefs are also observed that can reinforce ableist ideas and the aesthetic appropriation of disability. Disability aesthetics in arts and disability can only develop fully when structural barriers to disabled performers in the mainstream are removed.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Belgium
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