It’s the world’s longest running curated children’s festival and among the events are two special activities for young audiences with disability.
Mini SPIN, hosted by three Deaf hosts and a DJ, is an interactive dance event that celebrates connection, joy, and the power of dance rituals. Originally created by Deaf contemporary dancer, Anna Seymour, it is a playful interrogation of who belongs in dance rave spaces, that honours the intersection of Deaf culture, dance, and music. No dance experience required and Deaf/HoH/CODA and hearing children are welcome.
Participants are encouraged to get in on the action through dancing, making, or sharing their thoughts and ideas. Mini SPIN is a fully standing, moving experience, accessible for wheelchair users, people with physical disabilities and those with visual impairments or low vision, for ages 5 and up.
Deaf hosts will adapt as necessary, and audiences can go at their own pace. At the Adelaide Festival Centre from May 10-11.
Download the Visual Story for ‘Mini Spin’
At the Sensorium Theatre is Wonderbox that invites children to roll the dice and set out along a safe, exhilarating pathway into the unknown. Inside a giant puzzle-box of illusions, kooky-carnival friends lead audiences into an immersive multi-sensory wonderland of fantastical large-scale projections, strange tiny delights, and infectious live music. Boxes within boxes gives each child the opportunity to find a magical version of themselves.
The festival runs from May 7-17.