Dance and impairement

Presentation of Fragile – an international project about dance and the visually impaired, under the direction of Bærum Culture House in Norway and in collaboration with Estonia and Portugal. Cecilia Roos, Professor at the University of Dance and Circus, Stockholm, Kjersti Engebrigtsen, Choreographer and teacher of the visually impaired, Oslo and others will share their experiences.

Society’s view of visual impairment as an impediment in need of correction, the artists’/scholars’ interest in uniqueness and that which is different about the understanding of persons with visual impairments and their coping strategies, a dilemma? The seminar will be concluded with a discussion.

The panel will be made up of the seminar speakers and persons with visual impairments, among them Hege Finset Eidseter.

The seminar language will be English.