Kayla Hamilton.
BRONX, N.Y.: Kayla Hamilton has introduced the creation of Circle O, a brand new group created by and for Black disabled artists. The group will function within the areas of efficiency, training, and session.
“Circle O reimagines a dance world the place Black disabled, and different multiply marginalized creatives, are central and each physique is worthy of care,” Hamilton stated in a press release. “In a world the place there is no such thing as a singular ‘proper’ technique to look, transfer, or be, who would possibly you change into? What would possibly we construct collectively?”
The Circle O efficiency wing will help the event and presentation of Hamilton’s work, together with the upcoming premiere of Methods to Bend Down/Methods to Decide it Up at The Shed in August. Academic choices will embrace the Crip Motion Lab, a strategy created by Hamilton and Elisabeth Motley; TEACHING Dance for Each Physique, a coaching mannequin for dance instructors to prioritize the inclusion of scholars throughout disabilities; Audio Description in Efficiency, a dive into the artwork of audio description; and Okay-12 Schooling to introduce educators to practices to help college students throughout disabilities. Lastly, the org’s session wing will work with organizations to supply evaluation, technique work, and implementation of Incapacity Arts programming and intersectional entry practices.
“I labored with Kayla as a advisor and can’t overstate the constructive affect of her work and experience,” tradition employee Emily Waters stated in a press release. “I consider Kayla to be some of the considerate and thought of minds working in our discipline right now and would suggest Circle O’s providers to anybody in search of to heart entry and incapacity justice as a part of their ongoing work.”
Hamilton, who will function Circle O’s creative director, is a dancer, educator, and advisor who can also be the co-director of Angela’s Pulse/Dancing Whereas Black. Different members of the Circle O workforce will embrace Ellen Chenoweth, Vanessa Hernández Cruz, Joselia Hughes, Ziiomi Regulation, Shannon Meredith, Ita Segev, and Motley.
Circle O has launched a brief movie about Hamilton’s journey from Texas and Arkansas to the Bronx and the creation of Circle O. Circle O is supported by the Bronx Council on the Arts, the Jerome Basis’s Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship, and the Mellon Basis.
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