To See and Be Seen: These Dancers Make Disability Visible

To See And Be Seen: These Dancers Make Disability Visible

The New York Times – Brian Seibert

Heidi Latsky Dance Company in “On Display” at New York City Hall in 2017. The performers pose in stillness or move between poses very slowly. “The longer they’re still, the more you can see,” Ms. Latsky says.
Beowulf Sheehan

Heidi Latsky’s “On Display” and Kinetic Light’s “Descent” show the broadness and diversity of the field of disability dance.

It’s not polite to stare. Especially if you perceive the person you’re looking at as different in some way. But if you avert your eyes quickly, there’s no time for your perception of difference to change.

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