21 - 25 September
Image credit: Luis Ponciano
D.A.R.E, Disabled Artist Residency Exchange – A new, disabled-led residency created to support the growth, visibility and sustainability of DDN artists in the UK.
D.A.R.E is a 4-day residency bringing together a small group of D/deaf, disabled and neurodivergent artists in a supportive, collaborative environment. Curated by Marc Brew Company and supported by the DDN Training Network, this pilot residency creates space to explore and develop your artistic practice, exchange ideas with other artists, engage in workshops led by disabled artists, build skills in professional development and reflect, rest, and reconnect with your creativity.
The residency includes morning check-in at the start of each day, daily morning practice and warm-ups, workshops in choreography, improvisation, dramaturgy, music, and accessible performance, artist-led sessions and creative exploration time, professional development sessions (producing, marketing, access, touring, funding), group reflection and open sharing, and the end of each day will conclude with a reflection/check-out session.
Workshop Facilitators: Marc Brew, Hayley Earlam, Sorcha Pringle, Claire Cunningham, Rebecca Doggett, Susan Hay, Birds of Paradise, Drew Taylor Wilson, Ramesh Meyyappan, Gill Higgins, and Shoko Alae-Carew
About the creatives
Marc Brew Company is a trailblazing, touring dance company. We collaborate with disabled and non-disabled artists, to create powerful performance, dynamic and emotive contemporary dance that challenges perceptions. Artistic Director Marc Brew, and Engagement Manager Hayley Earlam will be leading D.A.R.E.
Marc Brew
Acclaimed International disabled choreographer Marc Brew trained as a professional dancer at the Victorian College of the Arts Secondary School and The Australian Ballet School. He has been working Internationally for over 25 years as a director, choreographer, dancer, teacher and speaker. Marc was Associate Director with Scottish Dance Theatre, Associate Artist in 2015 at Tramway in Scotland, Artistic Director of AXIS Dance Company 2017-2021, is Associate Artist with Ballet Cymru in Wales and has been Artistic Director of his own Marc Brew Company since 2008.
Hayley Earlam
Hayley is an award-winning Dance Artist working across performance, facilitation, and creation. She trained at Northern School of Contemporary Dance and works as a choreographer, performer, facilitator, movement direction, rehearsal director, and artist for national and international dance and theatre companies. She holds a Masters in Education from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (MEd – Learning & Teaching in the Arts) with research focussed on sensory performance practice for young audiences with complex needs.
Supported by Dance Base, The Work Room and the DDN Network.