Get Your Tickets Now! In-person Workshop….
Exploring Video Design, Dance and Accessibility for deaf and hard of hearing audiences
When: Thursday 19th March (9:30am – 12:30pm) St John’s Centre. Trent Vale. ST4 6QD
Book your tickets here: https://shorturl.at/PM1hs PAY WHAT YOU CAN – suggested £25
This workshop is open to all, with or without a dance background, such as film makers, performance makers, deaf artists, BSL Interpreters, producers, educators, commissioners, leaders, third sector organisations, students, and our deaf community.
We want you to explore how technology can be a key creative tool. By integrating accessibility for deaf and hard of hearing audiences from the start, we aim to spark new ways of thinking and making.
Join this workshop with Nua Dance to explore the different access offers for deaf and hard of hearing audiences that they have developed over the last 6 years, with special emphasis on the interaction between video design and dance—both in live performance and film. Through practical exercises and discussion, we’ll examine how video can shape dramaturgy, enhance visuals, and expand accessibility.
Nua Dance has been researching the integration of dance and technology since 2020, first with NOISE and now with Bending Reality, their latest production.
Facilitators:
Ben Glover, long-term video design collaborator of Nua Dance. Ben is deaf himself and has specialised in creative captions. He also works regularly with companies such as Stopgap, Graeae and Deafinitely Theatre.
Neus Gil Cortes, artistic director of Nua Dance, has been working with deaf artists and audiences since 2020 through her own creations and as dramaturg with Maral Mamaghanizadeh, Deaf Explorer and a workshop facilitator with Remark!
What to Expect:
- A mix of shared experiences, short video excerpts, and hands-on exercises integrating video into performance.
- A space to share tools, explore new possibilities for your own work and discuss approaches to access for deaf and hard of hearing people in a safe space.
- The opportunity to try access offers such as a Woojer vest (haptic technology that vibrates to sound)
- The workshop will be BSL interpreted
Schedule: Arrive from 9am
9:30 – 10:50 Session 1
10:50 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 12:20 Session 2
12:20 – 12:30 Debrief/open conversation
Venue Information: Free on-site car park to the side of the venue. Plus, ample on-street parking is available in the surrounding areas.
Thanks in advance for joining us!
Questions? Contact rachael@frontlinedance.co.uk
