Community Access to the Arts, will perform at the Harmon Center for the Arts in Washington, D.C.
GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. – Community Access to the Arts, the Great Barrington nonprofit organization that provides arts programs for people with disabilities in Berkshire County, has been chosen by VSA arts International to perform at the Harmon Center for the Arts in Washington, D.C. on June 7, 2010.VSA arts, an affiliate of The Kennedy Center, is an international nonprofit organization founded 35 years ago by Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith that showcases the accomplishments of artists with disabilities and promotes increased access to the arts for all people.
CATA’s Moving Company will perform “common ground,” choreographed and directed by Dawn Lane, featuring a cast of fourteen dancers of diverse abilities and fourteen assorted chairs. A metaphor for noticing similarities and accepting differences, the dancers perform a variation of musical chairs that establishes the stage as a place for humor, poignancy and democracy. The Moving Company recently performed at the She’s Got Moxie Awards and Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival.
From June 6-12, 2010, VSA arts will bring together over 2,000 artists, 28 companies, educators, researchers, and policy makers with disabilities from around the world for a multicultural celebration of the arts and arts education. Highlights of the festival’s artistic programming will include an installation by Dale Chihuly, the innovative glass sculptor, legends Patti LaBelle & Diane Schuur, and famed actors Claire Danes and Marlee Matlin. The Moving Company is the only performing arts group from Massachusetts selected by a panel of distinguished jurors from the performing arts community from over 100 international applicants.
Community Access to the arts nurtures and celebrates the creativity of people with disabilities through shared experiences in the visual and performing arts. For more information visit www.communityaccesstothearts.org or www.vsarts.org.
