British dance group promotes inclusiveness in Cambodia
June 25th, 2008
From the International Herald Tribune:
With the slogan, “See ability, not disability,” the London-based charity Epic Arts has been challenging the common perception of disabled performing artists. “This is not about sympathy or therapy,” said its artistic director and founder, Katie MacCabe. “We want to show that impairment can actually enhance creativity and that virtuosity is not the just the domain of the able-bodied.”
… Epic’s mission has been to change public attitudes by training and showcasing disabled performing artists.
Epic has been working in Cambodia since 2006. The war-scarred nation has one of the world’s highest ratios of disabled people, as well as a culture in which disabilities are often perceived as the result of an individual’s bad karma. Attitudes are starting to change as performers appear in public.
(Epic Arts photo in IHT.)
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