A2i Dyslexia Podcast
Season 8 Episode 8 Dyslexia and Employment.
Screening of UN[BOX]ED at Perth Film Festival.
Presented in association with DADAA and Arts Access Victoria
Join a celebration of disability-led arts practice through a week of artist spotlights, panel discussions and film screenings at DADAA.
Quick steps: dynamic dance shorts to watch online
Determined to shed light on the experiences and talents of dyslexic artists, choreographers Elizabeth Arifien and Charlotte Edmonds founded Move Beyond Words.
Words Fail Me. A Work of Innate Beauty
Chromart Magazine interviewed Elizabeth and Charlotte in December 2019 about their creative partnership and upcoming performance at the Royal Opera House.
Interview for Run Riot
Elizabeth and Charlotte spoke to Run Riot about why they launched their podcast and how they envision the future. Trying to challenge the perception of dyslexia within the creative industries is not an easy task but Move Beyond Words want to be part of the change.
ROH Panel Discussion 'Insights: How can we make the arts more disability-inclusive?'
Chaired by Nathan Geering, Co-Founder of Move Beyond Words, Elizabeth Arifien joined Andrew Miller, Alan Pingarron and Joe Powell-Main to discuss how we can move towards a more disability-inclusive sector.
Move Beyond Words at the V&A.
A panel discussion on dance and dyslexia within the arts. This included a live performance of Move Beyond Words which was part of the dance festival 2020.
Reason To Be Cheerful. Monday Communion
MBW. have produced a series of dance performances, short films and a podcast series covering topics connected with Dyslexia, where they explore and celebrate the ways in which we can move beyond words.
Dancing With Dyslexia
Elizabeth and Charlotte spoke to BBC Bitesize about how dance helps them express themselves when they can’t find the words.
Webinar with AJ and Curtis
In August, Charlotte and Elizabeth were thrilled to be invited to co-host a free webinar with AJ and Curtis Pritchard (of Strictly Come Dancing and Love Island) for the British Dyslexia Association.
Unboxed: Creativity beyond Dyslexia
Charlotte Edmonds and Elizabeth Arifien, Founders of Move Beyond Words are joined by Steve Chapman, Artist and Writer, Pennie Aston, Director, GroOops to discuss challenging perception of Dyslexia through creativity and education.
Dance International Helping dancers with dyslexia to thrive.
“Judging from how they interact with each other during our Zoom meeting, they clearly get on incredibly well, and a major result of their friendship has been the formation of Move Beyond Words…”
British Dyslexia Association
The British Dyslexia Association spoke to Elizabeth and Charlotte following their appearance at the BDA’s Dyslexia Creates event at the V&A.
Dance Art Journal Review
The online dance writing collective, DAJ gives voice to artists working in the independent dance sector and they have written a lovely review about our podcast.