DaDaFest International 2010 is coming to town!

Here's the latest event.. make sure you're there!

DaDaFest International 10 presents ‘Disabled Women in India: Relationships and Sexuality through the Bollywood Lens' with Dr Anita Ghai Sunday 11th July 2010: 1pm to 4pm, Sandon Room, The Bluecoat, School Lane, Liverpool L1 3BX
Dr Anita Ghai is an internationally renowned scholar and disability rights activist from New Delhi, India. She has written extensively around issues of disability, gender and sexuality from a post-colonial perspective.

Within the context of India where many female foetuses are aborted not for disability but rather due to their female gender, foetal ultrasound serves as an ambiguous tool producing new forms of representation.

Drawing on her conversations with other disabled women around India, Anita will address how sexuality and reproduction are weaved with disability using examples from Bollywood films, such as Sparsh, Guru, Pa, Dosti, Black, Sixth Happiness and Iqbal.

This is a DaDaFest International 10 Trailblazer event. A Free event but a ticket is required. For booking please contact tickets and information at the Bluecoat on 0151 702 5324

Get writing!

Call out for scripts from Disabled and Deaf writers for DaDaFest International 2010:
"Me and Marilyn" at the Unity Theatre on Monday 22nd and Tuesday 23rd November 2010
‘Only me and Marilyn Monroe get looked at every time we walk into a room' a disabled poet once remarked.

Inspired by this, DaDaFest International 2010 would like to invite talented and exciting up-and-coming Deaf and Disabled writers in the UK to turn their own unwavering gaze upon the world around them and send us their new scripts to be part of a series of rehearsed readings at this year's Festival.

We will be working at the Unity Theatre with a diverse group of actors on two scripts a day to be performed in a rehearsed read through in the evening.

On Tuesday night the evening will be topped off by a reading of a new play from America, "Krankenhaus Blues", by Sam Forman. This is a frightening and funny play about disability issues, genocide, and the grim realities of show business. A playwright, an actress and a clown are locked in a Nazi asylum for reasons beyond their comprehension. Moving effortlessly between 1930's Berlin and present day New York City, the characters make great efforts to connect with each other as they confront their existentially bleak surroundings.

Are you a disabled or deaf writer who has a play that has never been performed in the UK and would like to have it read as part of DaDaFest in a top Liverpool theatre venue? Then please send a CV and some information about your work and the script to DaDaFest international Artistic Director Garry Robson via details below.

All the work received will then go through a selection process and the final plays chosen will be judged by a panel who will decided on the plays to be read over the two evenings.

We are unable to pay any fees for the work, but reasonable expenses will be paid to the writers. The writer will be expected to attend the rehearsals on either 22nd or 23rd November and the readings performances in the evenings.

The closing date for all entries is 31st August 2010. We will contact all applicants by the end of September to let them know if they are successful in their application.

Email: events@dadahello.com
Address: DaDa - Disability and Deaf Arts, The Bluecoat, School Lane, Liverpool L1 3BX
Tel: 0151 7071733

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DaDaSings- It's back!

We are recruiting for this prestigious and ground-breaking activity to be shown as part of DaDaFest International 2010.

Working once again with Caroline Parker and Sense of Sound, we will be holding bi-weekly rehearsals from the end of July for performances in November and December this year.

Hearing People will sing and Deaf People will sign.

Open to all over 18's.

For an application form contact info@dadahello.com or call 0151 707 1733.

 

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This year's festival will run from 18th November- 3rd December and it's going to be even bigger than last year (gosh! I'm not quite sure how we're going to fit it all in!) like delicious slices of chocolate gateux it just keeps looking more irresistable with each peak, but if you can't quite wait until then, we've got some taster DaDaFest events coming up earlier in the year.

GIMP (Excerpts)
Monday May 17th 2.00pm at the Treasure House Theatre World Museum, William Brown Street, Liverpool
An ALLIGER ARTS and Heidi Latsky Dance Production Gimp is a new dance work that's storming the USA. It has its English Premier at Liverpool's own DaDaFest International in November 2010.
This is a chance to meet principle dancers Catherine Long and Lawrence Carter Long who will show a short film about the making of GIMP, perform a solo from the piece and answer questions about the work.
"GIMP is a collision of two worlds coming together that are not supposed to co-exist. GIMP examines the uncompromising ways we are often identified or defined by our physicality."

GIMP: gimp (gimp)
1. a ribbonlike, braided fabric
2. fighting spirit; vigor
3. a lame person
4. slang; a halting, lame walk
5. to turn, vacillate, tremble ecstatically

Choreographed and Directed by: Heidi Latsky Excerpts danced by: Catherine Long
DaDaFest International 10 Liverpool 18th Nov - 3rd Dec 2010 "objects of curiosity and desire"

2010 Year of Health and Wellbeing

The Year of Health & Wellbeing 2010 is a fantastic opportunity for Liverpool and the City Region to discover the importance of health and wellbeing and the role it plays in adding life to years and years to life. Liverpool PCT and Liverpool City Council have joined with partners across the region on a range of exciting activities to engage communities in thought and action to improve health and wellbeing.

Five Ways to Wellbeing
Connect... with the people around you. With family, friends, colleagues and neighbours. At home, work, school or in your local community. Think of these as the cornerstones of your life and invest time in developing them. Building these connections will support and enrich you every day.
Be active... Go for a walk or run. Step outside. Cycle. Play a game. Garden. Dance. Exercising makes you feel good. Most importantly, discover a physical activity you enjoy and that suits your level of mobility and fitness.
Take notice... Be curious. Catch sight of the beautiful. Remark on the unusual. Notice the changing seasons. Savour the moment, whether you are walking to work, eating lunch or talking to friends. Be aware of the world around you and what you are feeling. Reflecting on your experiences will help you appreciate what matters.
Keep learning... Try something new. Rediscover an old interest. Sign up for that course. Take on a different responsibility at work. Fix a bike. Learn to play an instrument or how to cook your favourite food. Set a challenge you will enjoy achieving. Learning new things will make you more confident as well as being fun.
Give... Do something nice for a friend, or a stranger. Thank someone. Smile. Volunteer your time. Join a community group. Look out, as well as in. Seeing yourself, and your happiness, linked to the wider community can be incredibly rewarding and creates connections with the people around you.
Evidence shows that building these actions into your daily life can add 7.5 years to your life!

 ... Take a look at the films from last year's DaDaVisions to keep you in that DaDaFestian frame of mind...

 

All of the DaDaVisions films can be viewed on our homepage at www.dadahello.com

DOWNLOAD THE FULL DADAFEST 2009 BROCHURE!

WATCH THE DaDaFest International 2008 VIDEO!!!

The film is audio described, it does not have subtitles as it is very visual.

DaDaFest began in 2001 and has successfully delivered an annual festival of deaf & disability arts events throughout Liverpool, Merseyside and the North West.Last year, DaDaFest International '08 ran from 4th - 7th September to much critical acclaim and included a 30 minute broadcast by BBC 2 'See Hear' 

Here are images from just some of the events that took place at DaDaFest International 2008. All images are to be credited to Jon Stone and Imran Ali. Please contact DaDa- Disability & Deaf Arts direct for further information.

 

 And if you would like to see some more, then please do head over to our Facebook account where we have 30 albums of photographs documenting this year's festival and some of those before it. Follow the link: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/profile.php?id=1241613359&ref=profile

For more information and images from DaDafest 2009 please go to: http://www.dadahello.com/dadafest/dadafest-2009