Moving Music (Undue Burden)
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Moving Music features an accessible dance aerobics workshop from Queerobics and multimedia musical performances from local Disabled artists. This event is created for Disabled, Sick, neurodivergent, and MAD people in Philadelphia.
Part of Undue Burden (Oct. 19 – Nov. 23, 2024), a community archive and event series celebrating the experiences of Disabled people.
Event Schedule
1-3pm: Queerobics Workshop
An accessibility-centered, all-levels dance aerobics class led by Queerobics, a collective of queer, trans, and chronically ill dance artists. Dance Captains demonstrate movement variations in real time alongside the lead instructor, including low impact variations and participation from a seated position.
3-6pm: Musical Performances
Experience multimedia performances from local sound/music artists in the round. Performances will happen in the center of the room.
Throughout the performances, audiences are invited to float between different areas of the theater specified to care for our emerging needs. There will be spaces for laying, resting, dancing, and creating stamps from air dry clay to be used later in our ‘Touching Craft’ program.
3-6pm: Archive/Access Engagement
Audiences are invited to add to our creative-community-captioning installation: a cozy desk-like space nestled next to the performances where audiences can document written audio descriptions and/or drawings expressing what they are experiencing/hearing. These descriptions and drawings will be projected into the space, serving as our live, creative-community-captioning. Anything written or drawn will be later printed out and pinned to our fabric installation.
Accessibility Notes
- Community-led creative captioning installation for performances.
- The venue and restroom are wheelchair accessible. For more notes on accessibility including nearby parking, please visit our Accessibility landing page.
- Masks required and provided. Please rapid test before you attend and stay home if you are sick. Tests will be provided if you forget.
- Air purifiers provided. Unmasking area for gallery snacks is curtained off but not totally separate.
- Auto captioning provided.
- QR codes available for audio descriptions of archive materials.
- Low sensory areas provided.
- Comfy and larger seating provided.
Share additional accessibility needs through the ticket registration page, or by emailing Mary Zhou (mary@paintedbride.org). Please share by Oct. 19 to allow us adequate time to prepare. We will do our best for requests received after this date.
