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The GIMP Project is a New-York based modern dance project by the Heidi Latsky Dance company. Heidi Latsky choreographs work for four professional dancers and four dancers with physical disabilities, who perform integrated dance pieces. ==Origins of the Project== Heidi Latsky has had a longtime interest in dance that pushes beyond conventional boundaries. She is a former dancer in the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, and has danced with Larry Goldhuber, a dancer with large "physical proportions". Lasky has also trained actors in movement techniques for over 20 years. GIMP has the goal of combining dancers of all "corporealities", making both disabled and able-bodied dancers objects of spectacle. Lasky's plans for GIMP include adding to its body of work over "the next 5–10 years". The name of the company is one meant to challenge stereotypes of physical disability. "Gimp" is a common, outdated pejorative term for someone with a physical disability. The GIMP Project's Website provides the following definition (with emphasis added to number 2 by Latsky): An outreach program is part of the GIMP performances. This brings an educational component to the project's work. According to the project's Website, the outreach program currently includes: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The GIMP Project」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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