Ever Widening Circle showcases professional artists with disabilities in San Francisco, September 29
Two-time Grammy award-winning jazz singer and pianist Diane Schuur will headline the 6 th annual Ever Widening Circle, an evening of entertainment celebrating art and disability, at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco, California on September 29, 2004. From music to poetry to dance to comedy to performance art, this year's Ever Widening Circle program, will also feature teen slam poet Emiliano Borgois-Chacon, comedian Fred Burns, humorist/performance artist C.J. Jones and integrative dance troupe Light Motion. The disability culture event serves as an annual benefit for the World Institute on Disability and the Corporation for Disabilities and Telecommunication.
Ever Widening Circle showcases top-notch professional artists representing diverse disabilities, performance arts and ethnicities and has been steadily attracting a growing audience from both the disabled and nondisabled communities in the San Francisco Bay Area. Past performances have included the highly acclaimed gospel group, the Blind Boys of Alabama, and Geri Jewell of TV sitcom "Facts of Life" fame. The event also provides performers the opportunity to gain visibility, to educate the public about the contributions of disabled performers to the entertainment industry, to become role models for youth with and without disabilities, and to reduce some popular misconceptions about disabled people.
Ever Widening Circle is a model for presenting entertainment that is accessible to all audiences and always provides sign language interpretation and ample seating for people who use wheelchairs. Assistive listening devices, audio description and programs in Braille are also available upon request. For more information about Ever Widening Circle, please visit http://www.wid.org/performance.
 printer-friendly format
|
