The Limping Chicken: Dancing through lockdowns, being on Blue Peter, my new dance classes for kids
The Limping Chicken is a UK-based Deaf news site, and is the world's most popular Deaf blog. Here's an article I wrote for them about dancing through lockdowns, my time on the Blue Peter TV show during Deaf Awareness Week, and my new dance classes for kids. Read the original article here: https://limpingchicken.com/2021/05/17/billy-read-dancing-through-lockdowns-a-blue-peter-appearance-and-my-latest-new-free-dance-classes-for-deaf-children/
British Council/Unlimited Commission: International Street Dance Collaborative 2021
In July 2021 I was awarded a brand new micro commission by British Council and Unlimited to begin an exciting international collaboration project with Deaf street dancer Nabil Lassoued from Tunisia. In early 2021, the British Council and Unlimited partnered up to support disabled artists to locate their disabled peers in one of 62 countries and apply for funds to explore those connections virtually. Round One was awarded in spring, and now it’s time for Round Two! Billy Read
Forbidden Identity at Appetite Stoke: Big Feast Festival 2021
At the end of August this year, I presented my new outdoor performance of Forbidden Identity at The Big Festival in Stoke-On-Trent, our first ever public show since the end of 2019. In July 2021 I was commissioned by Appetite Stoke to produce and perform a short, 20-minute performance of Forbidden Identity - a project I originally began developing before the pandemic, in the summer of 2019. This marked a return to the stage for the first time ever for myself and my team, Arie
