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Van Weisel outlines new accessibility programs including relaxed performances and school-time shows
Summary
The Van Weisel Performing Arts Hall described expanded accessibility programming — a NextGen usher training for teens and young adults with disabilities, monthly all-abilities creative movement classes, sensory-friendly (relaxed) main-stage performances, and school-time presentations by a physically integrated dance company on Dec. 8.
Justin Gomlak, director of education and community engagement at the Van Weisel Performing Arts Hall, told the Citizens with Disabilities Advisory Board on Nov. 10 that the hall is expanding programs to increase access for people with a range of disabilities.
Gomlak said the NextGen program trains teens and young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in workplace skills so they can serve as ushers; each trainee is paired with a consistent mentor usher. "We're really being intentional about, limiting their choices so that we can get them a really strong mentor," he said.
He described an…
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