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                <h3 class="guest-title"><a href="http://columbus.reelabilities.org/guests/dancing-wheels-company-and-school" title="Dancing Wheels Company and School">Dancing Wheels Company and School</a></h3>
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As a part of ReelAbilities Columbus, the Dancing Wheels Company and School will perform an excerpt of a piece titled &#8220;Walking On Clouds&#8221; at the McConnell Arts Center of Worthington*. The piece is described below.</p>

<p>If dance is an expression of the human spirit, then it is best expressed by people of all abilities. That is the fundamental belief behind The Dancing Wheels Company, a professional, physically integrated dance company uniting the talents of dancers both with and without disabilities and representing a spectrum of age, ethnicity and gender. Walking on Clouds was choreographed by David Rousseve in 2005 to bring to the stage a work that would reflect the similarities and challenges encountered throughout history by people with disabilities and people of color. </p>

<p>Join on following the screening of Body &amp; Soul on October 5, 2013 for this exciting performance! The performance is included in the film screening ticket price of $5. Tickets are available at the door. For more information on Dancing Wheels, visit http://www.dancingwheels.org/.</p>

<p>*The McConnel Arts Center is located at 777 Evening Street, Worthington, OH 43085 </p>

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                <h3 class="guest-title"><a href="http://columbus.reelabilities.org/guests/opening-night-keynote-petra-kuppers" title="Opening Night Keynote: Petra Kuppers">Opening Night Keynote: Petra Kuppers</a></h3>
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Petra Kuppers is a disability culture activist, a community performance artist, and Professor of English, Women&#8217;s Studies, Art and Design and Theatre at the University of Michigan. Her most recent book,Disability Culture and Community Performance: Find a Strange and Twisted Shape (Palgrave, 2011, paperback 2013), which explores arts-based research methods, won the Biennial Sally Banes Prize by the American Society for Theatre Research. She leads <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=0014MxigPLcd_wj610UKlbXnKdkkrH5pQrI9wlCeyCRFSYw3SE1qiZwqSRy_qMsyDIavD9bEneg9Urwk-MBtc_36wkjbxSLMcsHg2S15etgdSjNoQAdzW0hPQ==">The Olimpias</a>, a disability culture performance research collective, and she has lead performances, workshops and community arts projects internationally. The Olimpias have created a video a year for nearly twenty years, and their work has won major prizes at international film festivals.</p></div>
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                <h3 class="guest-title"><a href="http://columbus.reelabilities.org/guests/performance-by-youth-poet-justin-martin" title="Performance by youth poet, Justin Martin">Performance by youth poet, Justin Martin</a></h3>
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                <div class="text-desc"><p>VSA Ohio is proud to present youth poet Justin Martin as a returning performer for this year&#8217;s festival. Justin will be performing his poetry and spoken word works following <em>Me Too</em> and <em>Run If You Can</em> on October 6, 2013 at the Wexner Center for the Arts. The films screen at 2:00pm and 4:00pm (respectively). The Wexner Center is located at 1871 North High Street, Columbus, OH 43210. His performances are included in the price of film screening tickets ($5 each) which are available at the door. </p>

<p>Justin Martin is an 11th grade honor student at Hilliard Darby High School.&nbsp;  His love for writing began when he was in the 2nd grade and recovering from a major surgery. Unable to move for a couple of months, he dictated a story that had been running through his head to a caregiver.&nbsp; The story became a book and found its way to his 2nd grade gifted services teacher who was so impressed by it that she encouraged Justin to continuing writing stories and poetry has mentored him along the way.&nbsp; </p>

<p>At 10 years old Justin was published in Pine Street Poetry and he was juried to read his poetry at the 2007 Columbus Arts Festival Poetry Corner.&nbsp; Justin was presented with special recognition for his writing achievements at the 2007 VSA Arts Young Soloist event.&nbsp; He was the co-recipient with VoiceCorps of the 2008 Ohio Public Broadcasters “Program of the Year” award, for the 2007 radio program he did with Voice Corp about his experience with writing and being selected as a Columbus Arts Festival Poetry Corner winner.&nbsp; In 2008 Justin was selected by the National Association for Gifted Children and the Ohio Association for Gifted Children to receive the 2008 Ohio Nicholas Green Distringuished Student Award, presented to one student in each state who have distinguished themselves in either academic achievement, leadership or the visual or performing arts.&nbsp; In 2009, Justin received the national Council for Exception Children “Yes I Can!” award which honors children &amp; youth with disabilities who excel.&nbsp; </p>

<p>In addition to writing, Justin performed in the “Annie” and “High School Musical” productions at Hilliard Heritage Middle School, performs in the school choir and is a member of the Darby High School Improv Club.&nbsp; He also enjoys performing stand-up comedy.&nbsp; </p>

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