Embodying and Embracing the Barriers – Yo-EL Cassell

Does having a clearly defined social role, where we can play to our strengths, help with comfort around one’s disability, as opposed to when we are in unfamiliar environments with uncomfortable roles? How does creating a narrative through writing or another art form help us contend with our challenges and differences? Is misery in fact a common driver among creative people, and/or can we access the imaginative state of childhood to fuel our creativity?

Dan talks in this episode with the creative and open-hearted choreographer/dancer Yo-El Cassell about much more than Yo-EL’s hearing impairment.

Find out more about Yo-EL Cassell:

https://yo-el.squarespace.com/about

Credits:

• Dan Ariely: Host, Executive Producer
• Robin Eldridge: Creative Director, Producer
• A podcast by ⁠DDC International⁠ and ⁠Newfruit Media⁠, with production and editing by: Colby Gottert, Luis Dechtiar, and Daniel Rinaldi
• Sound mixing: Ross Nelson, Daniel Rinaldi
• Theme Song: “A Okay” by Kayjez
• Music by Musicbed and Marie-Claire Saindon
• Cover Art: Kyarra Aylse

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