People with disabilities are sometimes turned away from regular nightclubs, where they can be falsely accused of being drunk or made uncomfortable by strobe lighting — but The Heart Beat Club is run by DJs with disabilities, for people with disabilities.
The Heart Beat Club is run by and for adults with learning disabilities and their friends."The feeling when you're up there is like — it's surreal, like you get the vibe of your audience," he said.
He and good mate Lorcan Hopper, or DJ Power, have been hard at it preparing for their Adelaide Fringe debut on Friday at The Heart Beat Club.James — or, as he prefers to be known, DJ Bucking Bull — used to jump out his bedroom window as a teenager and go clubbing. But now he's the one setting the mood on the dance floor, though he admits it might take a moment or two to gauge the vibe of the groovers."So what I do, I look over the tops of heads and when they're dancing and having a ball, I look straight in their faces and I enjoy it."The experience is not an uncommon one.
Nightclubs are places that are sometimes avoided by people with disabilities, not always out of choice. "For some disabled people going to a club — if you're a bit of a wobbly disabled person, I can't tell you how many I know have been turned away from clubs by bouncers assuming they're drunk or something," said Gaelle Mellis, who is creative director of Tutti Arts, which supports performers with disabilities."They wanted to do a club, but do it their way," Ms Mellis said.
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