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Amelia Cavallo


Amelia Cavallo

Amelia Cavallo is a visually impaired, USA born actor, singer, musician, circus aerialist and aspiring academic. As a performer, Amelia has worked with various companies throughout the UK including Graeae Theatre, The Raven Theatre Company, Extant Theatre, Future Ruins and Natural Diversions. She also worked as a sway pole performer in the 2012 Paralympic Opening Ceremony, and conversely as a burlesque artist for Criptease Unlimited as part of the Southbank’s Unlimited festival. Amelia is currently a Phd candidate at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama researching the potential normative structures in acting processes via disability studies and crip theory.


Articles by Amelia Cavallo


We Will Keep Fighting
11 December 2014
Features

We Will Keep Fighting

By Amelia Cavallo

Amelia Cavallo on the legacy of Stella Young and the need to keep campaigning for access to work.


The Price of Positive Discrimination
21 October 2014
Features

The Price of Positive Discrimination

By Amelia Cavallo

Amelia Cavallo on ‘good deeds’ and the resilience of old stereotypes about disability.


Onus of Responsibility
19 September 2014
Features • Performance

Onus of Responsibility

By Amelia Cavallo

Amelia Cavallo on the Unlimited Festival, Access to Work and the need to keep fighting.


Performing Inspiration
20 August 2014
Features • Performance

Performing Inspiration

By Amelia Cavallo

Amelia Cavallo on “inspiration porn” and performance.


I Am Not A Metaphor
16 July 2014
Features

I Am Not A Metaphor

By Amelia Cavallo

Amelia Cavallo on darkness, blindness and the use of disability as metaphor.


At The Intersection
9 June 2014
Features

At The Intersection

By Amelia Cavallo

Amelia Cavallo on performance, disability and intersectionality.


The Art of Passing
21 May 2014
Features • Performance

The Art of Passing

By Amelia Cavallo

Amelia Cavallo on seeing and un-seeing in theatre.


Performative Politics
8 April 2014
Features • Performance

Performative Politics

By Amelia Cavallo

Amelia Cavallo on crip theory and performative politics in disability culture.


Trouble-Makers
7 March 2014
Features

Trouble-Makers

By Amelia Cavallo

Amelia Cavallo on the concept of trouble and Graeae’s Threepenny Opera.


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