Thomas Poulsen Symposium on Dance and Disability

Part of the 4th Annual UCalgary Dance Research Conference

Morning Session | 10:00–11:45 AM
Ashley King — Audio Description and Dance

Ashley King is a Mexican Canadian, legally blind actor and playwright based in Mohkinstsis. Her artistic practice centres on equal representation, accessibility and inclusion. She is also a graduate of Company of Rogues Actors’ Studio and has a bachelor’s degree in journalism.

Afternoon Session | 12:00–1:45 PM
Dr. Jose Miguel “Miggy” Esteban — Intersections of Movement

Miggy Esteban is a dance/movement artist, educator and scholar whose work explores disability and mad arts, access and care. They are the incoming co-director of Arts Assembly and the Tanis Doe Post-Doctoral Fellow in Gender, Disability and Social Justice at Toronto Metropolitan University. Their recent project, pahinga ka muna, transforms audio descriptions into choreographic scores exploring Filipinx (un)rest.