International Inclusive Arts Network
Nishna is currently the Co-chairperson of the International Inclusive Arts Network.
She recently worked as the Project Manager for IIAN Making Waves! is one of the 19 partnerships co-funded by Perform Europe and the European Union. The tour is jointly organized by a consortium including International Inclusive Arts Network (IIAN)’s Catch the Wave! festival (Denmark) along with Dansema Dance Theater (Lithuania), Mind the Gap (United Kingdom), Fundacja Teatr 21 (Poland), Teatro 4Garoupas/KAPILAR!unterwegs (Germany), AREAL | space for choreographic development represented by AREAL DANS SRL (Romania), ASSITEJ Cyprus (Cyprus) and Segni D’infanzia Associazione Culturale (Italy).
This partnership has come together to present two inclusive artistic works for children and young people: The first one is World without Eyes by Dansema Dance Theater, dance performance presented in two versions: for blind and partially-sighted children (1-6 years) and another version for babies (6-18 months) and their adults. Additionally part of the tour is the film A Little Space (14 years+) by Mind the Gap and Gecko.
Watch launch event presentation here: https://www.facebook.com/inclusiveartsnetwork/videos/649207539720704
Interview for flausen+ bundeskongress#3 in November 2021
An impulse video for Westwind Festival 2021 in Cologne about representation in inclusive Theatre for Young Audiences titled "One for all, all for one"
As part of her MA and later as a board member of IIAN, Nishna fulfilled the role of the Champions Project Lead from 2020 to 2022 and has worked towards putting together the "IIAN World Map of Inclusivity" that features work in the field of disability arts with and for children and young people from around the world
The map shall be publically launched soon
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