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NOTWITHSTANDING: 100 YEARS OF EUGENICS IN ALBERTA; Stage Left Productions, 2005
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THE STEP RIGHT UP SHOWCASE
The Step Right Up Showcase is a digital knowledge hub that aims to increase access, for non-disabled inclusive producers, to the practice-focused artistic and cultural knowledge of some of the most experienced disabled artist in Canada. Because "disability" has been an integral aspect of Canada's professional theatre sector, for the past 50+ years; starting with Tarragon & Factory Theatre's production of David Freeman's CREEPS in 1971 – which got rave reviews across North America! A theatrical first, CREEPS represents a distinct mix of disability counter-culture with non-normative aesthetics that is the root of the global disability arts movement, which took to the stage in the early 1970s – globally. Since then, many diverse, disabled theatre artists in Canada have produced work with aesthetic innovations that disability lends itself to. Uniquely. Through shared words, gestures, symbols, meanings, history, cultures and collective responses to disablement that most theatre audiences haven't yet gained access to. So we ran a live preview of Step Right Up last June in Victoria, at the Canadian College for Performing Arts, co-hosted by Michele Decottignies (Stage Left), Caleb Marshall (CCPA) and Sarah Conn (NAC's National Creation Fund). We're next launching the digital Step Right Up Showcase, to put the "art" part of "disability arts" back into the limelight. Because disability arts grew out of the global disability rights movement, we're opening up public access to the hub on April 17, the day that Canada entrenched disability in The Charter of Rights of Freedoms - in 1985. Making us the first country in the world to do so.
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LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
As a Calgary-based company, Stage Left respects the lands we operate on as the traditional territories of the Niitsitapi (The Blackfoot Confederacy, which includes the Siksika, Piikani and Kainai Nations), the Ĩyãħé Nakoda (Bearspaw, Chiniki and Wesley First Nations) and Tsuuti'na Nation. We also acknowledge Calgary as the home to Métis Nation of Alberta, Region III. This land, where the Bow River meets the Elbow River, has long been called Mohkinsstsis by the Blackfoot, Wîchîspa by the Nakoda, and Guts’ists’i by Tsuut’ina.
TRUTH & RECONCILIATION
Stage Left strives to uphold good relations and fulfill the Truth & Reconciliation Commission's 94 Calls to Action.
ACCESS
Website accessibility requires a great deal of individualized accommodation, which we regret that we cannot satisfy. We apologize for not yet being able to secure the funding needed to bridge this digital divide.
SITE VIEWING
This site is built for desktop platforms. Design glitches will show up when viewed on portable devices. If available on your device, "request desktop site" may keep more of this site's formatting, making it easier to read.
PHOTO CREDITS
All photos are used with permission. Individual photo credits are available on request, with our apologies to artists and photographers for prioritizing accessibility for some members of the public over your right to public acknowledgement.
As a Calgary-based company, Stage Left respects the lands we operate on as the traditional territories of the Niitsitapi (The Blackfoot Confederacy, which includes the Siksika, Piikani and Kainai Nations), the Ĩyãħé Nakoda (Bearspaw, Chiniki and Wesley First Nations) and Tsuuti'na Nation. We also acknowledge Calgary as the home to Métis Nation of Alberta, Region III. This land, where the Bow River meets the Elbow River, has long been called Mohkinsstsis by the Blackfoot, Wîchîspa by the Nakoda, and Guts’ists’i by Tsuut’ina.
TRUTH & RECONCILIATION
Stage Left strives to uphold good relations and fulfill the Truth & Reconciliation Commission's 94 Calls to Action.
ACCESS
Website accessibility requires a great deal of individualized accommodation, which we regret that we cannot satisfy. We apologize for not yet being able to secure the funding needed to bridge this digital divide.
SITE VIEWING
This site is built for desktop platforms. Design glitches will show up when viewed on portable devices. If available on your device, "request desktop site" may keep more of this site's formatting, making it easier to read.
PHOTO CREDITS
All photos are used with permission. Individual photo credits are available on request, with our apologies to artists and photographers for prioritizing accessibility for some members of the public over your right to public acknowledgement.
