This is wonderful information, Joe. Thanks so much, and thanks to all of
you. I have shared this with my friend, and hope it will help her, as well
as all of you if this issue ever comes up.
Allison Aldrich Smith
On Sat, Sep 30, 2023 at 1:31 PM Joe Harrington
wrote:
> My spouse is an ASL
Joe,
this is great information and I will be bringing it to my dance community.
we have a school for the deaf here and we may just be able to do some
partnering. "Every body dance now..."
Mary Collins
"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who
couldn't hear the
Joe,Thanks for sharing that. I've been toying with the idea of bringing contra
to deaf and blind communities, but have been pretty intimidated by the
ignorance gap and learning curve.
Timothy
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On Sat, Sep 30, 2023 at 5:08 PM, Joe Harrington via Contra
My spouse is an ASL interpreter and long-time contra and swing dancer, so
what follows are my thoughts informed by her experience.
I'm less concerned about deafness than the mobility and coordination issues
we get all the time. Given that several deaf dancers have been on Dancing
with the Stars
There have been lots of useful suggestions. I have never called contra
dances for deaf people, but I have danced contra with blind people (they
are amazing) and I have called barn dances for deaf people. Based on
this I would suggest:
1. Do not single the person out in any way
2. Have a
Anything that takes a dancers attention away from their hands four ,I think
would be detrimental to a deaf dancer. As with new dancers a hands 4 gives
lots of visual cues and your partner offers the best ones..
Fir example hands in the middle , star, outstretched arms , circle, facing
across
These are wonderful answers, thank you. I will share them with my friends.
I'm interested to see more responses, if anyone has anything else to add.
Thank you all!
On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 9:59 AM Jerome Grisanti
wrote:
> It strikes me that demonstrations might go a long way, and also that if
>
It strikes me that demonstrations might go a long way, and also that if
fellow dancers who spoke ASL were on the floor dancing, rather than
standing on stage, they'd be better placed to facilitate this. Also, this
is an opportunity for the whole community to learn how to help *** by doing
what the
I've been part of dance communities where blind dancers are easily
accommodated (with claps during heys etc). Deafness seems like it will take
extra brainstorming to make useful accommodation. (Not only because some
deaf people lip read preferentially over sign language.)
Is it possible to let a
We have not encountered this but I have friends who sign, having been
teachers who worked with the deaf. Both dancers. I am going to talk with
them about how this could work.
I think signing during the dance would be problematic as the dancer would
need to see the signer and that would take their
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