What do we expect to see, hear, feel, or think during a performance? Do our expectations change when we know that artists with disabilities are participating?

What do the performers with disabilities themselves expect us to see, hear, feel, or think in their performance?

What are our expectations? What are theirs?

Do we expect to transcend their limits? To be “equal” to artists without disabilities? Or perhaps to enrich the performing arts with new creative perspectives and forms of expression—ones that broaden our understanding of performance-making and presentation.

What are their concerns and goals? What are the themes they choose to explore in their work?

This year, we express the desire to explore these questions—to better understand and become more familiar with their inspiration, the themes they address, and the challenges they face. We look forward to discovering the inventiveness they bring to the performing arts through a variety of works that we will host and experience together at Akropoditi DanceFest 2026.