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Disabled dance sector: How access barriers are threatening innovation

Nadenh Poan in Lived Fiction, a show by Stopgap Dance Company, which was recently nominated for the Sky Arts dance award. Photo: Chris Parkes
Nadenh Poan in Lived Fiction, a show by Stopgap Dance Company, which was recently nominated for the Sky Arts dance award. Photo: Chris Parkes
The disabled dance sector is thriving in many ways but is also under threat from under-the-radar cuts to Access to Work grants. Kate Wyver investigates

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