​​Bankstown Arts Centre's Access Programs aim to:

• Actively engage people with disability;
• Support artistic and cultural practice amongst those with disability;
• Engages high calibre professional artists as tutors; and 
• Develops new audiences for individual artists and works in partnership with the following key local disability service organisations.

What we offer

• Skills Development Art Workshops
   Performance making, music, dance, digital media and ceramics to provide diverse artform experiences for people with disability in an integrated, supportive and professional environment.

• Masterclass for Local Artists
   Training of local artists/tenant art organisations and arts workers exploring inclusiveness and diversity in practice.

• Artists with Disability in Residence
   Supporting artists with disabilities to work individually or work with mentors to develop as practising artists.​

D.N.A Project

The D.N.A. Project is a 10-week program for people of all abilities, to explore the wide and varied
world of Dance and Movement Theatre.

When: Thursdays from 17 October (Term 4)
Time: 10am to midday
Age: 16+ (Carers welcome)
Cost: $100 for 10-weeks

Bookings: cb.city/artscentreevents

The D.N.A. Project is a practical dance/movement program for abled and non-able bodied participants (all abilities) to explore the wide and varied world of Dance and Movement Theatre. Participants will be introduced to movement and dance-theatre practices that exist outside of typical “dance” classes, and will learn creative techniques which give rise to self-choreography and creative direction, born from their own ideas and experiences, culminating in performance.

This is not your typical dance program. As the name implies, participants will be encouraged and directed to create works which come for the most part from themselves, incorporating not just movement, but also conceptual ideas, sound, and other means of creative expression.

A long-term aspect of the D.N.A. program may also incorporate the creation by the ensemble of their own film and soundscape works to incorporate in their performances.

Teaching Artist: Tania Rose

Tania Rose is a creative director, program facilitator, and Multidisciplinary Teaching Artist with over 25 years of experience working in the Arts. Co-founder of RESTLESS DANCE THEATRE in Adelaide, Tania Rose draws on a vast array of theatrical knowledge and techniques across many creative disciplines, which include her work in arts and disabilities, theatre, music & sound, film and photography. Tania has been developing and running creative programs across multiple age-groups for children and adults in NSW since 1993 through her business ARTSCOPE MUSIC AND MANAGEMENT. Tania is also a Counseller (Dip Couns) and Life Coach ( Cert Life Coaching), and uses Arts Psychotherapy as part of her private practice.