About this Short Film
Beyond the Routine, from All Abilities Cheer and Dance (Australia, 2024), offers a lively, respectful look at cheering and dance within a group of young adults with cognitive processing, intellectual and congenital disabilities. The film explores themes of competition, teamwork and friendship, showing performance as a space for skill, connection and joy. Shot with warmth and an eye for everyday effort, it invites audiences to appreciate the abilities and achievements of its participants. Presented in the Focus on Ability International Short Film Festival, Beyond the Routine complements our programme by celebrating community, determination and the simple power of coming together to perform.
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All right, what is the best part about the P the end? Dance, because we're finished. 5 6 7 8 and around 2 3 4. The team is doing amazing; they're really working hard and you can see it.
When my favourite thing about All Abilities is that they're always loving and caring and they always support you no matter what. I always cheer for All Abilities 'cause I really wanted to be part of the cheer squad 'cause I'm passionate about doing cheerleading. This team is good at supporting you backstage, making you laugh, and you can just always have a good laugh with them. I love All Abilities because I love the team so much 'cause they're very kind and inclusive to everyone's abilities. My mum found All Abilities because I was struggling to make friends. It makes me feel happy and it makes me have somewhere where I feel where I meant to be and belong 'cause they're so accepting and supporting.
And it, like, you just make really good friends. 1 2 3 4. 3 7 1. Is there anything else that you want to say about the team? You guys are doing great. 3 4 5 6 7. We are hoping to represent Gold. We try our best, which I think we will. Try our best, yeah.
Item number 223. This is Cheer Ability Level One Independent. Once again, let's get behind them all and welcome our next team: All Abilities Cheer and Dance Storm.
Back for 2023. I think we did amazing, like, being there to represent people with disabilities, like all types of disabilities, and letting them know that, you know, people with disabilities can dance and can do comp. You know, here we go: Storm from All Abilities Cheer and Dance.
We hit zero. Zero—perfect score. So we actually hit zero today: no reductions, no loss points. It's our first time, first time, that we've hit zero. Second place goes to All Abilities and...
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Well done great film really enjoyed watching this film
Fabulous film Congratulations to you all
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You are all stars. So wonderful