The Colour Cycle

Learning from Frida


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In 2014 Caroline Bowditch premiered a dance theatre performance called "Falling in Love with Frida" with both disabled and non-disabled performers, and sign language interpretation embedded at its centre, the award-winning and critically acclaimed piece was shown 93 times to sold-out audiences across the UK and internationally. In this keynote address, Executive Director of Arts Access Victoria Caroline Bowditch performs a monologue from this piece and then talks about her obsession with Frida Kahlo. She also talks about why it's important to reclaim Frida Kahlo as a disabled artist, and why her work doesn't focus on accepted mainstream conventions.
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The Colour CycleBy Diversity Arts Australia