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Kickstart is thrilled to announce Kickstart Festival 2010 - an inspiring array of exhibits, performances and workshops that will be presented to Vancouver audiences, as well as to our 2010 Winter Paralympics guests, from March 8 to 27.

Come, be amazed by the Kickstart Festival Experience!


"In Canada and around the world, artists and performers with disabilities are contributing to one of the most radical and effective aspects of disability culture – challenging conventional notions of beauty, form and motion."

- Catherine Frazee, Professor of Distinction, School of Disability Studies & Co-Director, Ryerson RBC Institute for Disability Studies


NEWS ITEMS


AUDIO DESCRIPTION COMES TO CANADA

EAR-SIGHTED is Kickstart’s programme to train people in the art of Audio Description and to offer the service.

Read more and find out about upcoming Audio-Described theatre performances


Brian Gets A Boost

Kickstart resumes a leadership role in the BC Regional Integrated Arts Network

Read more here


Based in Vancouver, Canada, Kickstart (formerly the Society for Disability Arts and Culture) presents and produces works by artists with disabilities, and promotes artistic excellence among artists with disabilities working in a variety of disciplines.

Celebrating artists with disabilities from around the world...

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Configurations

Performances by hip hop dance artist Bill Shannon, and dancer Alison Denham with musician Mark Brose.
March 20- 21
March 21 Gala!
Join us for a reception, silent auction, performances by Shannon, Denham and Brose PLUS a special gala-only performance by Peggy Baker.

More about Configurations

Out From Under: Disability,
History & Things to Remember

A groundbreaking installation that pays tribute to disability culture in Canada.
March 9-21

More about Out From Under

Heroes

20 Canadian visual artists explore “heroism” from a disability perspective.
March 8-27
Opening Reception March 11

More about Heroes

She Laughed, She Cried

An evening of fado music with
Sara Marreiros and comedy with Jan Derbyshire.
March 12

More about She Laughed, She Cried

Rare Workshop Opportunities:

Innovation and Accident: A Movement Workshop

with Bill Shannon
March 19

More info on Movement Workshop

Breath, Voice and Movement Workshop

with Peggy Baker and
Fides Krucker
March 14

More info on Breath, Voice and Movement Workshop