29 Sep
2023
29 Sep
'23
12:22 p.m.
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 attention away from the
dance floor.
The caller surely would find it difficult as well. I used to sign well but
lost some over the years; once had a group of deaf tourists ride in my tour
carriage, even signing, holding reins and being aware of traffic, tour
sites and passengers was hugely difficult.
Having a trained -for- dance interpreter might just work for the walk
through and occasional prompting.
Definitely looking into this.
Mary Collins
Near Buffalo NY
On Fri, Sep 29, 2023, 7:40 AM Allison and Hunt Smith via Contra Callers <
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
I recently had a conversation with a dear friend in
NH, a long-time contra
dancer, who has an adult daughter who is deaf (who lives in SF, CA if that
helps). Daughter doesn't dance, because she can't hear the calls and gets
confused on the dance floor. She wishes that, during walk-throughs, the
calls could be signed as well as spoken. I'm writing to ask if any of you
have encountered this request? AFAIK there are no deaf dancers in my
community in the Maine highlands, but I'd be willing to learn some basic
signs to go along with my teaching. I think it would be challenging to sign
as I call once the dance gets started, though.
Thoughts?
Allison Aldrich Smith
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www.huntandallison.net
www.info@thsmaritime.com
www.centralhallcommons.org
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