generating a sense of
Care and Community
Dance Into Space, Flatfoot Dance Company, and Tebandeke Joseph performing on stages across Africa.
Resource
UFS Third International Conference on Disability Rights, 4 – 5 June 2026
Two black male dancers: on left a dancer supports Joseph Tebandeke’s right leg as he jumps, supported by a crutch in his left arm.
Our mission statement
The African Dance Disability Network works to connect practitioners and researchers working in the arena of disability dance. Focus is placed on generating a sense of care and community that supports inclusivity and critical dialogue.
While focus is placed on Africa, the ADD network opens global space for cognate dancers and researches in other continents to participate with African artists and researchers, in a shared space of making disability visible, and which understanding dance as a key arena to negotiate embodied belonging.