Joseph Tebandeke’s work involves using various arts practices with diverse communities to address urgent social challenges, with a dominant focus around ability. He uses his body to create his own dictionary of ability, and is developing a physical practice that encompasses different local and global dance traditions and movement practices. He choreographs beyond literal dancers to create a movement that will re-label “disability”.  Joseph is committed to decolonising dance as a language that all can access, and that benefits from diversity and the different notions of ability, through owning the aesthetic expression and developing self-esteem for people with disabilities.