The« Night of Silence »
An evening of dancing all night long at the night club "La Loco" (as in locomotive) with the entertainment of dance troupes from Finland, Germany, Hawaii, Italy and the United States.
SDPPAT (Germany) | La parole de Senza (Italy) | Sign Wave Players (Hawaii) | Flying Hands (Japan) | Signmark (Finland)
German dance company: « SDPPAT = Shan Disabled People Performing Art Troupe » of Dossenheim - 4 deaf dancers.
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The troupe of SDPPAT was founded in 2001 by Hua Shan-Bähr. At the beginning they didn't have any name for the group yet. |
| Today they are called "SDPPAT" - Shan Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe. |
Since 2001, they have been giving dance performances, theatrical skits and paintings in many towns in Germany. It has 14 members who are teenagers and young adults. They won the first prize at the Germany dance competition in Karlsruhe in October 2004.
Italian dance company: "Balled" of Milan - 4 deaf dancers & 1 percussionist.
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Under the mime group « Compagnia Teatrale "SENZA PAROLE", this dance troupe « Balled » was formed in 2002, a combination of modern and rhythm dance. |
This group has performed in several cities in Italy where it received 2 nd prize, while in 2003 it performed in Florence at the 4th National Deaf Theatre Festival, where it won 1st prize. Both mime and dance groups performed in a short film produced by themselves, entitled « Amore O Passione » which was projected to a great acclaim in Milano, Italy.
Hawaii troupe « The Sign Wave Players » - 2 song-signers and 1 Hawiian Hula dancer
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« The Sign Wave Players » from Hawaii is an ensemble of islands deaf performers presenting a highly entertaining showcase of hawaiian theme in songs and dance. |
« The Players » were first formed in 1986 and has been known for captivating the spirit of the island's paradise in the Pacific Rim through expression of visual sign language and artisitic movement. The goal is to educate and entertain the experience of Hawaiian culture awareness around the world.
Japan troupe "Flying Hands" of Tokyo - 6 to 8 Song-signers
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This troupe "Flying Hands", originally indicating a movement of hands used by the Deaf, was created in spring of 2004 with the passion of a hope and a desire to reach the sky. |
The group's leader, Mariko Takamura has been working successfully in partnership with the Asian people project for a sign language musical show for deaf children of Jogyakarta in Indonesia, and in giving them song-sign and dance classes. Being a nationwide awarded modern dancer, Eri Nishihata has been taking ballet lessons since her early childhood.
They have a wide experience of various performances included their show with the Amercian deaf dance troupe "Wild Zappers" at the World Expo 2005.
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Finland
- 1 song-signer, 1 singer, 1 DJ Signmark (sign language MC), Mark Vuoriheimo has been entertaining his friends for several years by translating song lyrics into sign language. |
Always having felt the low end bass and kick drum frequencies in hip hop beats as well identifying with hip hop as a platform for expressing oneself, he was inspired to begin creating his own sign language rhymes in more of a hip hop aesthetic. Performing these rhymes in a hip hop documentary produced by friend Heka eventually led to forming the group in 2005. The group consists of Heka (voice MC/producer) and Kim (DJ/producer). Together with a video production team, the group is working on a CD/DVD release which is due to be in stores in the summer of 2006 |
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SDPPAT (Germany) | La parole de Senza (Italy) | Sign Wave Players (Hawaii) | Flying Hands (Japan) | Signmark (Finland)