Name: Inside Disability Arts and DESCENT
Start: 2024-10-06T11:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-10-06T12:30:00-04:00
Location: Zoellner Arts Center at Lehigh University

Inside Disability Arts and DESCENT
Sunday, Oct 6 @ 11am-12:30pm
Fowler Black Box Theatre
Zoellner Arts Center
A behind-the-scenes discussion around Kinetic Light's DESCENT.
This event is FREE to attend but we encourage you to make a reservation due to limited spots.
Get an insider’s take: Kinetic Lights’s Artistic Director Alice Sheppard opens up about the world of DESCENT, sharing choreographic and access practice, plus behind-the-scenes artistic info. Learn the importance of race and queerness in DESCENT and spot which of Auguste Rodin’s sculptures appear in projections and in movement vocabulary. Get the backstory of the ramp, choreography, and our approach to description for this work.
WHAT TO EXPECT:
Masks must be worn at all times indoors (except for drinks of water) for the health and safety of all, and will be made available for those who need one.
LOCATION: Fowler Black Box Theatre at Zoellner Arts Center – 420 E. Packer Ave, Bethlehem, PA 18015
RUN TIME: 90 minutes.
PARKING: Free convenient and safe parking is available for Zoellner events in the parking garage adjacent to the center. The entrance into the parking garage is located on Packer Avenue. Accessible parking spaces are located on the 1st and 3rd levels of the parking garage, and there is an elevator towards the Packer Avenue side of the garage.
ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION: This event is expected to include; ASL interpreters; audio description through Kinetic Light’s Audience app; expanded accessible seating; tactile lobby experiences; sensory kits; a quiet space; and exit and entry welcome during performances. Please contact Touchstone Theatre (610) 867-1689 or via email at [email protected] for more information or to reserve any of these services at least 2 weeks in advance.
Click here for more information about Zoellner Arts Center.
[Image description: Alice Sheppard, a multiracial Black woman with coffee-colored skin and short curly red hair, speaks onstage in her wheelchair; she wears a shimmery dark red sleeveless costume top, and shimmery copper-colored pants. She is holding a presentation clicker and smiling at the audience as she speaks. Behind her, almost sprouting from her wheel, is a red and blue arc of light and a huge screen. On the screen appears a rehearsal photo in which Alice and Laurel are mid-air, tethered to the ceiling by bungees. Photo by Stacie McChesney/TED.]