Reading the Body: Poetry, Dance & Disability

An exhilarating blend of poetry and dance, inspired by the challenges and possibilities of disability. Four dancers with disability create original choreography based on BLR poetry, set to music commissioned for this special event, plus ASL interpretation. A panel discussion with the artists follows.

“Reading the Body: Poetry, Dance & Disability” was chosen as an Official Selection for seven national and international film festivals.

A collaboration of Bellevue Literary Review and The Paige Fraser Foundation.

Dancers:
Quemuel Arroyo (Q)
Jerron Herman
Samantha Figgins
Paige Fraser

Poems/Poets:
“Before Another CT Scan” by Deborah Golub
“Hemiplegia” by Ona Gritz
“The Beauty of Music Doesn’t Have to Be Human” by George Looney
“Hinges” by Melissa Stein

All poems originally published in Bellevue Literary Review
Reader: Saleem Hue Penny
Sign Interpretation: Carly Zimmermann
Poetry Layout: Anna Falvey
Composer: Randall Riley
Creative Director: Paige Fraser
Videographer: Tanner Probus
Producer: Danielle Ofri