Danceselfies #unfiltered

T.I.A. dance productions

A person wearing a T-shirt and skirt is dancing, their head turned toward the left edge of the image and illuminated by a blue spotlight from above, against a black background.
© De-Da Productions

Danceselfies #unfiltered

T.I.A. dance productions

"Tanzselfied #unfiltered" is a dance production for young audiences aged 11 and up, designed for blind and visually impaired people as well as BiPoC youth and adults. Two dancers with overlapping experiences of sexist, ableist, and racist discrimination meet on stage. Through movement, voice, self-description, and creative audio description, they tell stories of bodies, identities, and dance that arise in exchange with young people and in which disability, otherness, and migrantization become visible as lived realities. Afro-indigenous and contemporary dance vocabulary meets multilingualism and the use of digital trends. This results in embodied dance profiles that question habitual perceptions and invite more authentic forms of representation.

T.I.A. dance productions is a collective founded in 2023 at the intersection of socially engaged art practice and dance, led by queer, BiPoC, and disabled artists. It develops innovative, intersectional, and anti-ableist formats of accessibility and explores integrated creative audio description. T.I.A. connects diverse dance styles and perspectives, raises awareness among cultural institutions for inclusion, and has presented works at venues including Mousonturm, Implantieren Festival, and Riviera Festival.

Infos
  • Age: 11+
  • Lenght: 35 minutes
  • Language: in spoken German, English, and Spanish
  • The piece includes spoken, integrated audio description and narrative storytelling during the dancing.
Accessibility

spoken, integrated audio description and narrative storytelling during the dancing

Sponsors and Supporters

Artistic Co-Direction and Dance: Hannah Dewor, Amelia Uzategui Bonilla
Access Dramaturgy: Lilian Korner
Music: Santiago Pisano, Mariano Sauco

Supported by the Hessian Ministry of Science and Arts and the Cultural Office of the City of Frankfurt am Main

Content Note

The work addresses experiences of racism and ableism.