#disabled dancers

[hate-kill-repeat]

revamped design with all of my disabled keith haring style dancin' guys all together, updated to include the yellow power chair user ~

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#cripple punk #keith haring #disabled dancers #cane user #wheelchair user #service dog #rollator #forearm crutches #electric wheelchair #mobility aids

[smoking-witch]

First GIF I've ever made. It's of myself. If you liked it, plz tap buttons so I know you want me to make more gifs like this

#shibari suspension #shibari #kinkblr #bd/sm rope #bd/sm community #roped girl #ropeart #kink tumblr #aerial silks #aerial dance #aerial #aerial acrobatics #aerial arts #disabled artist #queer artist #artists on tumblr #dancer #dance #dissociative identity disorder #dissociation #disabled #did representation #did recovery #trauma recovery #ptsd recovery #complex ptsd #trauma healing #art therapy #dance therapy #creative thinking

[yourdailyqueer]

Sini Anderson

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Queer/lesbian

DOB: 6 November 1969  

Ethnicity: White - American

Occupation: Director, producer, performance artist, activist, choreographer, dancer and poet

Note: Has Lyme Disease

#Sini Anderson #queerness #lgbt #lesbianism #wlw #female #lesbian #queer #1969 #white #director #producer #performance artist #activist #choreographer #dancer #poet #disabled #Lyme Disease

[dancingdisabled]

Day 83629372927 of going to dance despite feeling too tired to dance because nothing else is wrong with me but my fatigue

#I CANNOT DO THIS ANYMORE #ballet #disabled dancer #actually disabled #ballerina

[cannondisabledcharacters]

Today’s disabled character of the day is Dancer from Critical Role, who is an amputee

Requested by Anon

Art by porzio art

[Image Description: Drawing of a women with her arms crossed facing the right of the frame. She has a metal prosthetic arm on her right side. She also has a star tattoo under her right eye. She has black hair pulled back into a partial pony tail and brown eyes. She is wearing a grey sleeveless shirt and a green cloak with a hood.] 

#amputee character #Critical Role #Critical Role dancer #disabled character of the day

[nine-fingered-entity]

taylor swift oversaturation is real bc last night i had a dream i was one of her backup dancers (non-consensually) and woke up to find out i'd slept through my alarm and through the one class i enjoy and isn't recorded

#ts did this to me personally #the dream was weird and stressful too like. what if ts hired a disabled backup dancer to seem woke #it had that vibe of like the videos where some popular girl asks the disabled boy to prom bc shes virtue signaling #i was just Made a backup dancer. and ts invaded my grandmother's house to do hair n makeup #oh and i had to provide my own outfit like what????

[catra-writes]

Dancing Free

When Elina was a kid she loved to dance. She always wanted to be moving about and active like people she saw around her. Dancing was so fun. But she got tired quicker than most kids, she could remember demanding one of her parents pick her up after playing because she'd gotten ticketed out and felt sore. 

Growing up that only got worse. She started feeling worse and worse, her limbs aching, her exhaustion being constant, and worst of all the throbbing headaches that followed after the striking pain in her back. 

It started with too much movement on her body, then gradually became every time she woke up and when to be to persisting throughout the day.

Her energy became far too low to keep up dancing when she felt like it. She stopped feeling the joy that she used to express through dance, the bubbly sensation that dancing gave her causing her to genuinely smile.

It didn't seem like anyone noticed. How she feel into sorrow as her mobility lessened, how the pain made her want to rest and eventually even stopped eating. She hated it, she was alone and isolated and she couldn't feel anything other than numb or the debilitating pain in her body and she hated it.

Music was her escape. She found songs that she related to, song that reminded her of the feeling of free movement, songs that helped her feel at all. Music was almost all she had to pull her through the storm life had tossed her into.

Elina felt like life had punished her simply just for existing ever since she was a kid. The world around her blamed her for how her body was failing her. 

"You're so lazy, just get up and move" "it can't be that bad" "you're fine, it's all in your head" "guess that's your fault for not exercising." "You can do it stop making up excuses" "have you even tried?" "Have you tried just doing it"

Berating, nagging, useless suggestions, blaming...so many repeated and rephrased words nailing home the idea that it was her fault, that she was never going to amount to anything more, that she was a burden, not trying hard enough. 

She'd push herself far past her limits, her body screaming warning after warning until she would collapse and break down almost every night, sometimes even in the morning. 

It hurt. Her body, no one there to tell her it was okay, even her own parents having times of not believing her and telling her to keep pushing herself. It all hurt. She hated it so much, nothing felt worth it, not even relationships. Why would it be worth the effort if they were just going to tell her the same thing she'd always heard?

Maybe they were right. Could they be? She'd always tried so hard, and when she finally gave herself breaks she'd fall behind. Maybe she was the problem, or maybe she just was meant for this world.

Dancing was the farthest thing from her mind for a long time...until it wasn't.

With the right song, the right motivation, she'd push herself back onto her feet. Even if it was just for her, her alone in her room with a single song playing again and again, she took a step.

One step led to another, and very quickly she found her rhythm again, dancing in time with the song. Dancing away the stress and the worries and the voices. Each step more liberating than the last, she found the feeling she'd been missing.

She didn't care if her legs were going to give out on her after the song, she didn't care if people were going to scoff at her for being tired again, she didn't care. Not right now.

Right now, Elina was dancing. Dancing joyfully, dancing energetically, a dancing queen all in her own right, dancing free.

#dancing free #disabled characters #disabled dancer #disabled author #disabled writer #writing blog #personal writing blog #original character #creative writing #catra writes #catra saves #original story #story by me #short story #the life of a cripple #personal story #dancing queen #story from a song #inspired by abba #song story #based off a true story #based off a song #based off real events #my short stories #original short story #writing out my feelings #writing out my thoughts

[lullabiesofvenus]

15 years ago, consultants told me I had to stop dancing after an injury which changed the whole trajectory of my life.

6 years ago, I was coming to terms with the fact that I may never be able to walk again.

But I never gave up.

Over time, through all the pain and frustration, I taught myself how to walk again.

And earlier this year, I started dancing again...

15 years since my last dance... 15 years since I vowed that one day I would dance again.

“This Gift” is love. Love is the gift. Don’t ever allow these 3D costumes to cause you to forget that we are all love in a physical form. We all come from the same source of energy, we all return to it when we shed these costumes. That place IS love. It isn’t a physical place or person, it is pure energy. The original energy of the entire cosmos – love. We were all born from that energy, we are all brothers and sisters, we are all ONE – we are all LOVE. Love is what connects us to every sacred living being on this planet – whether human, animal, insect, tree, plant, water etc. Love is what connects us to the earth itself. Love is what connects us to the rest of the universe beyond, where humanity originated from.

So many of the problems in the world exist because we have become disconnected from who we are and where we began. But we can actually touch that original source which created all life any time we want. By choosing to look through the eyes of love, to act in the name of love. And every time we do, we remember who we are. We help change the world a little. We return home. LOVE is the only way home.

And love IS all around us. It’s in every sunrise, every breath of the wind, every chorus of birdsong, every river and mountain. It’s in every person who greets a stranger with a smile or a kind word. It’s in the way we connect with others and in that moment, remember our unity. It’s in your ability to see nature or the face of someone you love; your ability to hear music or the voice of someone you love; your ability to touch and hold something or someone you cherish. It’s in the air in your lungs and in every beat of your heart.

LOVE is the reason you are here. Love is your creator. And love is your purpose. Never think you’re not important to this world. Never think you’re not here for a reason. Never think you can’t make a difference.

You can. We all can. By choosing love and remembering who we are, NOT who this false paradigm of a society told us we are. Humanity is so much more than it yet knows. And one day soon, it will remember.

We just have to stop feeding the fear, and choose love. Love IS the only way home. And home is waiting, just as it has always been.

P.S. Always remember wet grass is slippery!

Music: 'This Gift' by Glen Hansard.

#dance #chronic illness #invisible illness #ehlers danlos syndrome #EDS #scoliosis #invisible disability #dancer #contemporary dance #healing #healing journey #hope #love #faith #spirituality #divine feminine

[yupuffin]

I don't like the rhetoric that "if someone is better at a skill, it's because they're trying harder" because it disregards a lot of the systemic barriers people face in "improving" (in quotation marks, because quality is subjective) skills that have nothing whatsoever to do with effort -- factors such as physical capabilities, disposable income, and free time.

It's not that I don't think effort is a factor at all -- yes, I think there are cases in which someone's skill will "improve" simply with increased dedication, or, rather, a change in priorities -- I just think it's far from the only important factor. I think in any situation where we consider "effort" or "how hard someone is trying," we have to be really careful not to slip into casual ableism. By definition, the aforementioned systemic barriers will exist no matter how hard someone "tries."

#soliloqyu #anyway i'm hoping to give a panel on my experiences as a disabled performer #if not a panel then a video essay or at the very least a script/document that people can just read #no amount of 'trying harder' will increase my lung capacity to that of an able-bodied dancer

[mustangs-flames]

htb jonah being hypermobile and therefore having knee/elbow supports is very special to me as a Fellow chronically ill/disabled tmc enjoyer

i like to headcanon tmc adam needing compression gloves post catalyst because of hand pain (good old projection)

Chronically ill/disabled tmc enjoyers unite!

I love headcanoning small things like that for characters, because it makes them feel a bit more tangible to me - like in a 'hey, I could be that person in this setting' kind of way, if that makes sense? lol

Also, I felt it was appropriate as Jonah used to be a skateboarder in htb au and he wasn't always responsible about wearing his protective gear (except for his helmet, he'd always remember that) for his body. Repetitive strain injuries and a few big injuries finally caught up to him once he was 17 and he's been wearing his supports ever since.

In the au, his hypermobility is like mine where it causes more pain/gets worse the older he gets, but, being Jonah, he tries not to let his friends know just how bad it is - he covered up the fact he can't board anymore because of it with a 'oh, I'm just not interested in it now is all' when Adam asked why he wasn't skating as much. Because Jonah's the 'fun guy' in the group and he feels that he'd only burden his friends if he told them the truth. He feels that way about a lot of things he's going through.

(Also!!! Very cool headcanon for Adam!! I love it!)

#hail true body au #but he's the group clown so he can't afford to be sad and make others sad #which is unfortunate bc if he just *said* something then Adam and Sarah would understand and support him #my guy has some internalised ableism and mental health issues to deal with... #I based him off me from ages 13 to 21 when I was like that all the time - the only difference is I was a ballet dancer lmao #but I'm doing much better now #to the point part of my day job is about disability advocacy in ttrpgs! :D

[hate-kill-repeat]

makin some new guys

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#cripple punk #keith haring #disabled dancers #mobility scooter #white cane #mobility aids #i love to draw these guys i have ideas for more and also always love suggestions #disabled artist

[smoking-witch]

Got it! Ngl, v proud of myself for this. Tap buttons if you're proud of me too 🥹😭

#shibari suspension #shibari #rope suspension #air suspension #roped girl #ropeart #roped up #bd/sm rope #aerial arts #aerial #aerial dance #aerial acrobatics #aerial silks #disabled artist #queer artist #adult model #artists on tumblr #dance #contortion #yoga motivation #yoga pose #dancer body #en pointe #leg warmers #gymnast girl #gymnastics #gymnastlife #lyra #pointed toes #backbend

[yourdailyqueer]

Julian Benson

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Gay

DOB: 26 February 1971 

Ethnicity: White - Australian

Occupation: Talent agent, dancer, choreographer, reality star

Note: Has Cystic Fibrosis

#Julian Benson #gay men #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbt+ #male #gay #1971 #white #australian #entrepreneur #dancer #choreographer #reality star #disabled #Cystic Fibrosis

[dancingdisabled]

I feel like my new standard for if I should go to class or not is

•Do I feel awake and mentally clear enough to learn a full combination?

•If I go to class, am I in the mental headspace to actually absorb the information that is being told to me? Am I mentally clear enough to be able to remember a correction from this class and apply it in the future?

•Do I feel well enough to move around and do moderate activity?

•Is going to class going to benefit me today, or will it make me feel worse?

•Do I feel as if I’ll leave the class energized, or do I feel like I’ll leave the class more exhausted than before?

#yeah #The answer to all of these is no rn #brain fog and fatigue go crazy #I feel stuck in bed #literally feels like having the flu 24/7 I’m so tired of this bro #ballet #disabled dancer #actually disabled #ballerina #dance #dancer #disability #disabled #invisible disability #disabled ballerina #pots #pots syndrome #postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome #chronic fаtiguе ѕуndrоmе #cfs/me

[sopranoentravesti]

I have no way of getting to either Poznan, Poland or Oslo or way to stay there but I would definitely sell my soul for a ticket to see Claire Cunningham’s Thank You Very Much. I’d even settle for any kind of recording.

#feeling major sad that I never saw Give Me a Reason to Live #everything I saw looked so cool and feels so rawly resonant #dance #disabilities in dance #forearm crutch user #disabled dancer #disability arts #like I have much bigger problems right now but this is so cool. #I miss dance #she’s also doing a project collaborating with a bunch of people including Rabbi Julia Watts Belser which I am also geeking out over #cripple punk #cpunk

[augyarson]

i’ve made it a goal of mine this year to learn to fall back in love with dancing, and i’m starting to get back into the flow of things which makes me. so happy. it’s been an adventure of learning how to move with a disabled body that is not what it used to be, but with the help of incredible professors and some pretty fucking talented choreographer friends i am. feeling good!

would any of y’all be interested in seeing some stuff i choreograph or videos of improv sessions? cant promise it’ll be the best you’ve ever seen but it is a part of my life that i love a lot and i’m happy i’m finding again :)

#augy thots #disabled dancer #disability #theatre major