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Lawrence Shapiro
Lawrence describes himself as a high level above knee amputee and life-long cancer survivor, and is a validated Deaf and Disability Artist with the Canada Council for the Arts. Lawrence’s training is rooted in London’s disability arts scene and he is an enthusiastic proponent of integrated dance. In addition to his choreographic and dance practice (which has been performed extensively across North America), he has published on a range of topics within disability arts including questions of accessibility in the Toronto dance sector, the artistry of the amputee dancer and queer disability and the reality of homo-ableism. He is a performer with extensive international experience, including work at the Hammersmith and Fulham Arts Festival in west London, International Vienna Dance Festival (Vienna, Austria), Guelph Dance Festival (Ontario, Canada) and Dancing on the Edge Festival (Vancouver, Canada) as well as delivering presentations on the role of the amputee in integrated dance at the Centre for Dance Research at Coventry University, United Kingdom and the Dance Studies Association Conference at the New Brunswick Performing Arts Centre in New Brunswick, New Jersey in the United States.