Activism

My remarks at the opening of GIBNEY’s elevator

Hi! I’m Alice Sheppard. I’m a dancer and choreographer and disability activist. I wish I were here with you now, but I’m on tour. So, I filmed a couple of words. Alice climbing the stairs. Kevin Gotkin and Scott Shaw (Gibney: DTI) When you press the button, the doors will close and the [...]

By Alice Sheppard|2020-07-23T16:31:19-07:00July 23rd, 2020|Activism|

Call to Action! Mobilizing Citizen Editors to Create Wikipedia Pages for Disabled Artists
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Call to Action! Mobilizing Citizen Editors to Create Wikipedia Pages for Disabled Artists

Activism, Art, Disability, Feminism, News

Call to Action! Mobilizing Citizen Editors to Create Wikipedia Pages for Disabled Artists

This week The New York Times published, I Dance Because I Can, a piece I wrote for their ongoing Disability Opinion series. I share in the piece what dancing feels like and why I make the artistic choices I make. In some ways, this was an opportunity to correct many of the assumptions that are made [...]

By Alice Sheppard|2019-04-17T15:21:58-07:00March 1st, 2019|Activism, Art, Disability, Feminism, News|