Fia Neises & Liv Schellander
Dramaturgy Blind Inclusive
How can stage art be created when the audience is thought of as diverse? The four-day workshop Dramaturgy Blind Inclusive by Fia Neises and Liv Schellander is aimed at interested parties and artists of all visual abilities. It offers plenty of time and space to get to grips with creative audio description and to research inclusive formats. Finally, there will be a public moment in which the participants can present the designs they have developed.
In addition, part of the workshop will be dedicated to the topic of accessibility and anti-ableist measures in dance and theatre for visually impaired and blind people. This can be attended separately.
![Two performers are sitting on separate cushions on a stage with a red and white backdrop, facing each other. Subtitles are projected above them in both German and English, reading: '[Fia] It's probably taught in a very visual way. So all about the way it looks.' The silhouettes of audience members are visible in the foreground.](/var/brut/storage/images/media/bilder-presse/2025_pressebilder/februar/ws-blind-inklusiv/web_c_fianeises_withorwithoutyou_c_anna-spindelndreier/342567-2-eng-GB/web_c_FiaNeises_WithOrWithoutYou_c_Anna-Spindelndreier.jpg "Two performers are sitting on separate cushions on a stage with a red and white backdrop, facing each other. Subtitles are projected above them in both German and English, reading: '[Fia] It's probably taught in a very visual way. So all about the way it looks.' The silhouettes of audience members are visible in the foreground.")
Audio description is a way of making the visual accessible to blind and visually impaired people. The stage action is described vocally from the perspective of a sighted person. However, in order to create an inclusive experience of dance and performance, it is essential to consider the perceptual style of visually impaired and blind people in artistic processes.
In Dramaturgy Blind Inclusive, Fia Neises and Liv Schellander pose the question of how stage art can be created when the audience is thought of as diverse: The workshop leaders, who have diverse experience and expertise with artistic accessibility, will teach participants methods and strategies using examples from their own work practice. The focus will be on the extent to which audio description can be used to develop a multi-sensory theatre experience. In addition to theoretical input, the workshop offers enough space for guided practical experimentation, failure and new beginnings.
Dramaturgy Blind Inclusive is an offer for anyone interested in gaining basic theoretical and practical knowledge about audio description. After participating in the workshop, this knowledge can be applied in your own artistic works and work contexts. Participation is certified.
Timetable
On each day there will be an early boarding 30 minutes before the start and a soft get-out after the end of the workshop.
Wed. 19.02.2025
11:00 - 18:00 Workshop, only for participants of the entire period
Thu. 20.02.2025
11:00 - 18:00 Workshop, only for participants of the entire period
Fri. 21.02.2025
11:00 - 15:00 Workshop, only for participants of the entire period
15:00 - 18:00 Open workshop: Impulse on barrier-free art creation with and for blind and visually impaired audiences, also open to visitors without participation in the entire workshop MORE
Sat. 22.02.2025
11:00 - 15:30 Workshop, only for participants of the entire period
15:30 - 17:00 Open rehearsal, also open to visitors without participation in the entire workshop MORE
Lunch
Participants will be provided with lunch (also vegan/vegetarian options available) for the duration of the workshop.
Fia/Sophia Neises is a freelance performer, choreographer, access dramaturge, theatre educator and disability-rights activist. In her artistic research, she has focussed for almost ten years now on aesthetic accessibility for blind audiences. In 2023, she was honoured for extraordinary developments in dance as part of the German Dance Award for her activist work in favour of more inclusion. She identifies as a disabled artist and proposes that people’s individual styles of perception should be valued and unconditional access to art should be provided already during the creation process.
Liv Schellander is a dancer/performer, choreographer, Somatic Experiencing (SE)® practitioner and facilitator. She collaborates with artists in various constellations, teaches and produces her own creations. More recently, she has been increasingly exploring multi-sensorial art creation in the performing arts. Since 2022 she has been collaborating with Michael Turinsky, and in 2023 co-created the dance performance With Or Without You with Fia/Sophia Neises, which shares spaces of access intimacy. Since 2023, Schellander has been developing her practice of ‘Choreo-Constellating’, which is artistically explored and implemented as part of various projects. Her collaborative project Animalariums’ Constellations was selected for Perform Europe 2025.
Registration
Registration for the workshop is possible via the ticket button.
Participants are asked to introduce themselves in two or three sentences when they register.
Registration is valid for all four days, including the open workshop on Fri. 21.02.2025 and the open rehearsal on Sat. 22.02.2025.
Accessibility
Registration for assistants, accompanying persons and assistance dogs is possible via the registration form as well as at brehm@brut-wien.at or via WhatsApp +43 676 587 8723.
We offer a pick-up service so that everyone can find their way to brut nordwest. Please let us know at brehm@brut-wien.at or by phone and WhatsApp on +43 676 587 8723 and we will be happy to pick you up.
On each workshop day there is an early boarding 30 minutes before the start and a soft get-out after the end of the workshop.
Tactile guidance system
Alternative seating and lying options
Alternative lighting concept
Links & Social
Dates & Tickets
February 2025
Pay as you can on site. Registration via the ticket button
Pay as you can on site. Registration via the ticket button
Pay as you can on site. Registration via the ticket button
Pay as you can on site. Registration via the ticket button
brut nordwest
Nordwestbahnstraße 8-10, 1200 Vienna
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