Disability Arts History Australia

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• "Bec Young Chief Executive"
  Announcement of new CEO of Access2Arts, South Australia, Rebecca (Bec) Young, in 2022
• "Access2Arts Events"
  Access2Arts news, events, and program information as at 2022
• "Access2Arts Projects"
  Access2Arts current projects as at 2022
• "Access2Arts Project Archive"
  Access2Arts programs as at 2022
• "Access2Arts Artist Interviews"
  Access2Arts Artist Interviews
• "Australia Council - Awards - National Arts and Disability Awards 2019-2021"
  The website reads “The Australia Council National Arts and Disability Awards 2019-21 celebrate the work and achievements of both established and young artists, and the significant contribution of artists with disability to the vibrancy of Australian arts”
• "Crossroad Arts About 2021"
  Crossroad Arts About page, Crossroads Arts website, captured 2021. Includes information about Crossroad Arts Vision, Mission, and Values, across “Artistic Development,” “Community Development,” and “Outreach” pillars, and an Auslan Described and Captioned “Community Voices” video about the company’s work (Crossroad Arts Vimeo available here https://vimeo.com/crossroadarts?msockid=07261a89129e61112e290e3e137360f5 as at 2024). Includes link to information about past projects 2015-2020, and images of past projects 1996-2020.
• "Focus on Ability, Short Film Festival winners list 2020"
  Focus on Ability Short Film Festival, captured 2025 - webpage listing 2020 award winners - includes IAUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALAND SCHOOL SECTION (Yarraville Special Developmental School (VIC) - ' I Am (Also) Robot'; Al-Taqwa College (VIC) - Ammar's Wonderful World of Dyslexia; Anxiety Holds Me Captive - Taylah Bell), AUSTRALIAN OPEN ENTRANTS (Zoe Fraser - A Gift; The Brilliant Production Team – Brilliant; Isaac Doman - I'm Still Me; Sebastian Youssef - My Brother Sam; Vanessa Star - One Size Fits All; Zoe Fraser - A Gift; Jared Hargreaves - The Girl; Sally Newman - Heart Strings)
• "Crossroad Arts Annual Reports 2005 - 2014"
  Crossroad Arts Annual Reports 2005 - 2014
• "Crossroad Arts Website 2021"
  Crossroad Arts Website, captured 2021. Includes home, employment, about us, programs, blog, partners, videos, outreach, contact us, and support us links, and information about “what we do,” “how we do it,” who we work with,” and “why we do it,” with the latter stating “We want to challenge the traditional spaces where art making takes place; and to challenge the notion of who participates in that process and how they participate.”
• "DADAA Publications Webpage, captured 2021"
  DADAA Publications Webpage, captured 2021 - Annual Reports 2014-2019, Newsletters 2016-2019, and research reports, including Art Works: Employment in the Arts for People with Disability (2012), and Same Drum CACD Project With Young People from Migrant and Refugee Backgrounds (2018), Oddysea project with Sensorium Theatre (2014), the Lost Generation project (2011)
• "Blue Roo Theatre Company - News"
  Blue Roo Theatre Company news, captured 2021, including Covid 19 impacts in rehearsals, and links to strategic and annual plans
• "Blue Roo Theatre Company - Artistic Team, 2021"
  Blue Roo Theatre Company Committee, Artistic Team and Performers, 2021
• "Restless Dance - Residencies"
  Restless Dance Theatre website, 'Residencies,' captured 2020 - reads, in part "In 2016 Frantic Assembly visited Australia to work with the State Theatre Company of South Australia. While they were here they conducted a residency with Restless. Over 3-days they created and performed an original devised Frantic Assembly performance."
• "Restless Dance - Past Workshops"
  Restless Dance Theatre website, 'Past Workshops', captured 2020 - reads, in part, "Leaps and Bounds was a terms worth of open access dance workshops in 2012 for young people with autism in the 8 – 12 age range."
• "Restless Dance - Master Classes"
  Restless Dance Theatre website, 'Master Classes,' captured 2020 – reads, in part, "In 2019 Restless Impulse dancers and Company dancers will take part in workshops with Sydney Dance Company and Bangarra Dance Company."
• "Restless Dance - Links Workshop"
  Restless Dance Theatre website, 'Links' captured 2020 – reads, in part, "Restless Dance Theatre presents Links, a dance theatre workshop for 8-14 year olds. The workshops involve creating movement in a safe and fun environment where the participants’ ideas become dance. No experience is necessary, just the desire to take part. Workshops are open to people with and without disability and are led by highly experienced tutors in an accessible space."
• "Restless Dance - Dot to Dot"
  Restless Dance Theatre website, 'Dot to Dot', captured 2020 - reads, in part "The Dot To Dot project is a series of workshops aimed at broadening awareness, developing skills and teaching how to run accessible and inclusive performing arts workshops."
• "Restless Dance - Central Workshop"
  Restless Dance Theatre website, 'Central Workshop,' captured 2020 – reads, in part, "Restless Dance Theatre presents a series of dance workshops, for people aged 15-26 years with and without disability. The workshops involve creating movement in a safe and fun environment where the participants’ ideas become dance. No experience is necessary, just the desire to take part. Workshops are open to people with and without disability and are led by highly experienced tutors in an accessible space."
• "Restless Dance - Past Shows 2012 - 2016"
  Restless Dance Website, information about past shows 2012-2016, captured 2020 – information about Debut 5: the dancers direct (five short works from Youth/Senior ensembles), In The Balance (at Adelaide Cabaret Festival) Touched (directed by Michelle Ryan with Youth ensemble), What’s a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This? (directed by Emma Stokes with the Senior ensemble), Naturally (directed by Michelle Ryan with Youth ensemble), Salt (touring work developed by Rob Tannion), Debut 4 – the dancers direct 2013 (short works by five company members), high voltage 2012 (short work directed by Lorcan Hopper, as part of Debut 3 – the dancers direct and toured to Port Moresby) and Howling Like A Wolf (creative via collaborations between Restless and Melbourne based Rawcus Theatre led by Kate Sulan).
• "Restless Dance - Our Work"
  Restless Dance Theatre website, ‘Our Work,’ captured 2020 – links to pages on history, performances, workshops, resources, gallery, shop, and bequests – information about the core Company, workshop programs, and other opportunities
• "Restless Dance - Gallery"
  Restless Dance Theatre website, 'Gallery', captured 2020 - images of past works
• "Focus on Ability, Short Film Festival winners list 2019"
  Focus on Ability Short Film Festival, captured 2025 - webpage listing 2019 award winners - Includes Open Entrant Winners (Winner - Victoria Thompson – Cinderella; Dane Jaeger - Game Day; Bridie McKim – Cinderella; Jack & Louise W - Jack Outside the Box; Blaise Borrer - The Adventures of Aspie Boy; Stanley Joseph – Limbitless; Jake Taylor - Pub Talk) School Entrant Winners (BLENNZ - Have you seen my lunch?; The Woden School - Labels Don't Define Us; Kogarah High School - Peter Pan - The Kogarah Re-enactment; Bailey Richards - Teen Builds A Real Lightsaber)
• "The Other Film Festival - Website, captured 2019"
  The Other Film Festival website, captured 2019 - reads, in part "Since 2004 The Other Film Festival has been an agent for change and the first international disability film festival in Australia." - with links to About, Program, Tickets, Access, and Archive pages
• "Indelability Arts - Theatre Ensemble for Artists With Disability"
  News article by Kymberly Martin in Freedom2Live reads, in part, "The company, founded in 2015 by Rebecca Alexander and Catarina Hebbard, was inspired by local and international trailblazers and identified a gap within the creative sector for students with disabilities interested in pursuing a career in the arts after leaving school."