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​IMPRESSABILITY, 2013
Funded by Arts NSW,Australia
RYSS,NSW,Australia, 2013
NAISDA Dance Collage, 3013
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                                         "That's what mark making is, something that come out of you" 
                                                          Nicole, Participant
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Impressability: six-month residency in RYSS regional youth support services and funded by artsnsw, nsw, australia. The project sought to empower twelve young people with disabilities to explore  their identities through drawing, photography and performance. NAISDA. National Aboriginal Islander Skills Development Association. NAISDA Dance College is Australia's premier Indigenous training college, producing the next generation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performers).
​Three young dancers moved through powered charcoal while three young artsits tracved the dancers movements creating an emboodied visual dialouge as a site for an encounter. 

​Lead artist: Kiera O'Toole
Co-ordinator: Sharon Aldrick, RYSS regional youth support services
NAISDA dancers https://naisda.com.au​
Choreography by Brett Parker  "BILLYARA". 
Photography by Angelo Akehagias
Cinematography by Alex Roussos 
Sound by Grady Hensaw 
Music by Gotye

PAPER SCULPTURES PERFORMANCE IMPRESSABILITY PROJECT from Kiera O'Toole on Vimeo.

DRAWING PERSONAL SPACES
After many conversations with the young people, the group decided to create an artwork that explored one's personal space. There group made wearable sculptures based on their drawings.  As the young people walked around the space , they decided on whether  to draw on another wearable sculpture. The recipients may allow this act of being drawn upon or recoil. 
Lead Artist: Kiera O'Toole
Photographer; Angelo Kehagias
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FRINGE DANCE
Participants drew using the fringes of the their costume dipped into Indian ink. 
Art Directors: Kiera O'Toole  Gemma Garner, Angelo Kehgias
 
Drawing Dialogue
Participants made marks and respond to their previous marks and the marks of others.
Photographer: Angelo Kehagias 
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Bulgandry,  Australia 
Site visit to the Aboriginal site of the Bulgandry Rock Carvings. Bulgandry is the name of the ancestral warrior hero depicted in one of the carvings on this site. Gabi Duncan, spoke about the beliefs and traditions of the Aboriginal Dream time Culture and dance.
IMPRESSABILITY, by Regional Youth Support Services, 2013
Impressability, NSW Arts and Disability Partnership, Australia
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