She holds a PhD in Music and Performing Arts from Sapienza University of Rome. Her research focuses on disability and theatre, and on how non-normative bodies can reshape our understanding of the performer. She is a member of Al.Di.Qua Artists association, curator of the ‘Accessible Creations’ residency at ORBITA | Spellbound , and communications lead for artist Chiara Bersani.
The session: Organising for Change: The Al.Di.Qua model for disabled artists
Join Dalila for a practical look at the collective power of disabled artists. Drawing on her experience with the Al.Di.Qua artists association, Dalila will share the strategies and key-insights gathered from first-hand experience of organising artists and generate systemic change within the Italian cultural sector.
In addition, through the presentation of the artistic processes developed within the residency Creazioni Accessibili (Accessible Creations), held in Rome, Italy, Dalila examines how access practices—specifically Audio Description and other artist-led accessibility strategies—operate as dramaturgical devices rather than post hoc accommodations. These practices are understood as materially and sensorially constitutive of the work itself, producing layered modes of engagement and multisensory meaning-making.
