Sept 27th, 2019 3:30pm-5pm Rialto Hall FREE ADMISSION https://www.facebook.com/events/374939093406378/ This panel will take place in LSQ and French with live interpretation into French and LSQ How can we make music shows, and music in general accessible for deaf, deafened, and those who are hard-of-hearing? Slowly but surely, the hearing world is finally opening its stages to deaf audiences. Social media has been a driving force for interpreters, providing them a platform to interpret songs into Sign Languages for deaf people. This has allowed music to be enjoyed by wider audiences, and expanding the ways artists experience music and musicality. But before that, a discussion on deaf music should occur.  Matthew Maxey Born with a severe hearing loss, he founded DEAFinitely Dope in 2014 in order to provide support to those marginalized and ignored by mainstream America. His movement at-tracted institutions like, ESPN The Undefeated, GQ, Chance The Rapper, and the MTV Video Music Awards.  Véronique Leduc A committed artist and researcher, Véronique Leduc is a professor in the department of communication at UQAM, where she teaches in the cultural action program. Her research focuses on the artistic practices of deaf and disabled people in Canada, deaf music, cultural accessibility, the working lives of deaf people, and testimony as a tool for social transformation.  Gaitrie Persaud
A Torontian, lives and breathes theatre. She has been breaking down barriers and advocating for American Sign Language Interpretation at music concerts. Her work has won the attention of the Air Canada Centre and CBC Entertainment. Gaitrie creates opportunities for members of the Deaf Community by increasing the overall impact of Deaf talent.
Reaching for Starlight is a story about the way we move in the world. An urgent portrait of a young girl’s journey of breaking barriers and illustrated through the glorious infusion of theatre and ballet, contemporary, and hip hop dance, Reaching for Starlight is a sensorial tour-de-force featuring some of the country’s most dynamic young and established artists together on one stage. Take advantage of our special $10 ASL ticket price!
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Deaf West Theatre’s (DWT) production "Spring Awakening" on Broadway has left a profound impact on the theatre community. DJ Kurs and Troy Kotsur from DWT will be providing a series of workshops on professional sign language performances at the conference. We look forward to connecting prominent sign language performers in Canada to bring together important roundtable discussions on the direction of Deaf and Sign Language theatre.
We would be delighted to have you and your team present at the gathering to hear about the work that goes into your practice and to learn what Deaf West Theatre has to say about producing American Sign Language theatre.
We would be delighted to have you and your team present at the gathering to hear about the work that goes into your practice and to learn what Deaf West Theatre has to say about producing American Sign Language theatre.
| SistersInMotion MTL isn’t just another show. It’s a gathering together of our multi-layered communities that both celebrates and, if we’re open, reshapes who we are. Across our many divisions, we come together as one to make space for the sisters whose narratives we rarely hear: those of Indigenous, Black and racialized women and/or femmes ➳. Join us September 8th for this fourth edition of SistersInMotion as we reconnect to ourselves, one another and the land that has always held us. https://www.facebook.com/events/492594081163214/ ★ ACCESSIBILITY: tinyurl.com/y7x3jv7g ★ LOCATION: Jardins Cra-Terre 6700 avenue Durocher Montréal, QC H2V 3Z3 Metro: Parc ****** Please note this is an OUTDOOR event so plan accordingly. | ★ TIME: 12 pm - Doors open & a by-donation lunch is served ---- (Meal is first come, first served - portions limited) ---- 1 pm SHARP - Show begins - please be on time! 5 pm approx. - Dinner & Dancing (DJ Hua Li 化力 spinning upbeat summer funk) ★ COST: $10 - $20 (tinyurl.com/y8xcr2x2) Proceeds will go to both funding future events like workshops for BIPOC women and/or femmes and where possible to local Indigenous organizations. |
 | Do you want to learn American Sign Language to better communicate with your baby/toddler? We are now offering an ASL for Parents & Babies course. For more information, please visit "ASL for Parents & Babies". |