Dis Lecture on Something Very Special
“A person must be brave to perform in public, but it’s the only way to achieve the change they desire.”
_Dalibor Šandor
Something very special is a lecture performance about society’s behavior toward disabled people. Reflecting on his rehearsal process for We are not monsters, Dalibor Šandor engages in a collaborative process with Marcel Bugiel (aka Dr. Acula) as dramaturg, Frosina Dimovska (aka Sylphina) as supporter, and Saša Asentić (aka Dark Lord) as collaborator.
The lecture performance Something Very Special was created as part of the project DIS_Lecture—a series of lecture performances by artists with learning disabilities, who were invited to adapt this format in their own way to critically examine its ableist aspects. Along with their long-time collaborators, they are claiming their place in a field from which they have historically been excluded: the discourse on dance and performance. DIS_Lecture was created by Saša Asentić as an accessible format that promotes critical culture and solidarity in dance.
As part of the Cripping Performance II conference program. In collaboration with Maska Ljubljana and the Platform of Contemporary Dance, Zavod MOJA KREACIJA, Maribor.
Lecture-performance will be held in English.
- Lecture-performance with integrated audio description
Author: Dalibor Šandor
Artistic collaboration: Marcel Bugiel, Frosina Dimovska, and Saša Asentić
Production: Saša Asentić & Dis- is not included project (Berlin)
Partner: Per.Art (Novi Sad)
Thanks to Olivera Kovačević Crnjanski and the Gallery of Matica Srpska (Novi Sad)