Panel discussion: Dis-rupting the museum Chiara Bersani, Chisato Minamimura, Dalibor Šandor, Kate Marsh

Chiara Bersani is an Italian performer and author, active in the fields of performing arts, research theatre and contemporary dance. She tours internationally as an interpreter, director and choreographer, moving through different languages. For her work, Gentle Unicorn, Bersani won an Italian UBU Award for best new actress/performer under 35, as well as first prize in the dance category of the Total Theatre Awards at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2019.

Chisato Minamimura is a Deaf performance artist and art guide born in Japan and now based in London. She trained at Trinity Laban in London, has a BA in Japanese Painting and an MA from Yokohama National University. She has created, promoted, performed and taught in over 40 locations across 20 countries, with various performance projects including 3 years as a company member of internationally renowned Candoco Dance Company. Her practice meshes work in visual sound and music, Sign Mime, BSL art guide, digital and performance to explore human sensory experience.

Dalibor Šandor is a performer and member of Per.Art, a group of disabled and non-disabled artists. He is interested in video games, fantasy and horror genres, self-advocacy and in reflecting on the social reality of disabled people in Serbia. In 2021, he created a lecture performance Something very special in collaboration with Saša Asentić, Marcel Bugiel, and Frosina Dimovska. In 2019, he realised his idea for a performance We are not monsters in collaboration with Xavier LeRoy, Olivera Kovačević Crnjanski, Alexandre Achour, Scarlet Yu, Saša Asentić and Per.Art group.

Kate Marsh is a disabled/crip artist-researcher. Assistant Professor at C-DaRE (centre for dance research at Coventry University). Kate’s practice-research is focused on nurturing spaces for disabled and crip artists to develop and realise their ideas and practice. She is interested in re-imagining leadership in the arts in a way that truly makes access for everyone.