The Dancing Disability Lab was originally designed to offer experienced and emerging disabled dance artists from across the world an immersive engagement in disability studies scholarship alongside movement exploration and choreographic inquiry. Participants are encouraged to create new dance/performance work that challenged “ability paradigms.”

The 2023 Dancing Disability Lab, directed by Choreographer and UCLA professor Victoria Marks and co-led by India Harville, dancer/dance maker and equity advisor, was held during July 17-24, 2023.

The 2023 Lab focused on sharing artistic practice, prompts for group movement and individual exploration, and topics for discussion, generated by artist participants.