News & Event Archive for November, 2009

Around and within the interview of Staff Benda Bilili

By Leroy Moore
Watch Leroy Moore’s three-part interview with Staff Benda Bilili.
I like it when things come together!  I can’t ask for anything better.  November 1st, 2009 wrapped my family, disabled musicians, traveling and my forty-second birthday all into one big present to myself!
For two years I’ve been researching disabled street musicians Staff Benda Bilili, who [...]


Why Write the Body?

by Elaine Beale

In 1988, when I was twenty-six years old, I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, a chronic inflammation of the lower intestine. For several months after diagnosis, I became more and more seriously ill and, at one point, was rushed into hospital in the middle of the night. I remember very vividly lying in [...]


Sins Invalid 2009 performers’ “favorite moments”

Read a few of performers’ “favorite moments” from the show!!
“It feels so full and the way we are held, it is like a total release…being part of sins is like getting fisted by art.”
“…bonding and solidarity between disabled performers whose sexual energy is loud and visible, colorful and beautiful… “
“Antoine limping up the stairs backstage, [...]


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