Resident artist Alexa Dexa collaborated with Experiments in Opera to share a series of online, accessibility-centered crip ritual operas and creative workshops and work shares for their Deaf and Disabled community. Alexa’s remote creative community programming served as a love letter promising we won’t leave each other behind as national and local safety guidelines cease to protect Disabled populations at high risk for Covid. Alexa led two series of workshops exploring accessibility artistry and the power of sound to shape creativity. Alexa also developed Bewitch Yourself, an interactive opera where participants co-create a libretto with the artist; and soak, an immersive online bathtub opera offering a crip ritual for soaking until the ache dissipates into lull. The artist’s work is a testament to the power of Disabled stories to shape real social change.

Experiments in Opera is an artist-led non-profit opera company that opens up the boundaries of opera by supporting and guiding an inclusive group of artists, musicians, composers, and librettists to expand their craft. Our company positions new operas in a context shaped by our artist leaders and their work.