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What does it mean to be an artist with a disability?

This week on The Cultural Frontline we look at how disabled artists are challenging perceptions and asking questions of their audiences.

Nicholas Ouma Odhiambo found dance at the age of 31 through an inclusive company called Dance Into Space based in Nairobi, Kenya. After contracting polio at the age of 3 and living his life with reduced mobility he reveals how he found happiness in dance.

Why are disabled characters in films being repeatedly played by non-disabled actors? Adam Pearson and Virali Modi, actors based in the UK and India re-count the prejudice they鈥檝e faced in securing acting work, and discuss why it鈥檚 so important that the industry changes.

Khairani Barokka takes us inside her latest work using installations and performance to ask important questions of what someone鈥檚 disability can mean for their place in the world.

And Tina Daheley is joined in the studio with Kat Hawkins, a dancer and double leg amputee who came back to dance three years ago. Together they discuss art and disability and ask whether things are changing for disabled artists around the world.

Presented by Tina Daheley and Kat Hawkins.

Image: Kat Hawkins and Anne Gaelle Thiriot perform on stage as part of AnnieVickySarah. Choreography: Victoria Malin. Credit: Matt Grayson.