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‘Ability’ is based on stories of four women about their sexual coming-of-age, their relationship to their bodies, their sexuality and their relationships. What the four women have in common is that they live with a disability and are thus, as Elena Pečarič says in her essay So Beautiful, Yet Disabled, faced with double discrimination as persons with a disability and as women. In Slovenia, the sexuality of people with disabilities is overlooked at a systemic level and sex education is particularly lacking in this area, while social care workers have discretion as to whether they help women with disabilities with sexual practice, as this is not in their job description.

'In such a stifling atmosphere, a woman with a disability literally has to fight windmills to express her sexuality, femininity, well-being or satisfaction with her appearance, herself and her body. […] Why is it so difficult to understand and accept that a woman with a disability can be happy with herself or her body as it is, to feel good, to feel beautiful, attractive or sexy?' (Elena Pečarič: So Beautiful, Yet Disabled)

Duration: 50 min
Genre: Documentary lecture-performance
Language: Slovenian with English surtitles

Credits

Directed by: Tjaša Črnigoj
Performer: Lina Akif
Sound performer: Tea Vidmar
Music: Tea Vidmar
Visuals and costume design: Tijana Todorović
Set design: Barbara Kapelj
Nuri’s voice: Katarina Stegnar
Editing audio tapes and sound design: Jure Vlahovič
Lighting design: Tjaša Črnigoj, Igor Remeta, Manca Vukelič, Barbara Kapelj
Translation: Tina Malič
Production management: Tina Dobnik
Assistant: Demijan Pintarič, 

Martina Piskač (together with Uroš Sede), Nura, Suzana, Tjaša and Linda shared their experiences. Included are statements by expert-interviewees (Elena Pečarič, Jernej Hazimali and Steven De Weirdt) and excerpts from Elena Pečarič’s essay 'So Beautiful, Yet Disabled', published in the journal Social Work, Volume 44, Issue 1/2.

Production: The New Post Office (Maska Ljubljana and Mladinsko Theatre)
Co-production: City of Women

Get in touch

Production contact: Alja Lobnik, alja.lobnik@maska.si

Status: Ready for touring