In the literal sense, dancers Jamie Murphy and Renee Smith have encountered this with each other and with family. Ms. Murphy has some hearing loss in her left ear.
"Conversations can get funny because we couldn't always hear each other," she said.
Ms. Smith's grandfather's hearing was damaged while serving in World War II.
"Throughout time, our family has had to come together and find new ways to engage him in conversation," Ms. Smith said.
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I would absolutely love to see the work of this group of people. The idea of communicating not only with each other, but also communicating to an audience on a deep level, and without words, is innovative and exciting. This work sounds challenging to say the least, but I imagine the outcome will be extraordinary. It is said that people who do not have control of one of their senses often experience a heightening of their other senses. I wonder if this idea will come across in this group's work and performances. The article said that the group will be using lights and media to fill in the space, and how some of the scenes occur in complete silence. I hope the group somehow uses the lack of the ability to hear in a positive way, and makes the experience for the audience even more enthralling by diminishing a sense.
This article is really interesting. I find this really intreating. Many times people don't think about how people can have a conversation via their body language. This is very important in dance b because this is how one ends up telling the story. The idea of having inspiration come from a loss of sense causing the need for body language is real innovative and personal. I can't wait to see how this work turns out.
What a forward-thinking concept. I would love to see this piece, as it seems to explore communication and senses in a way we are not used to, making the audience slightly uncomfortable in the best way possible as the show pushes the audience's limits of comprehension and acceptance. It is definitely true that we take the ways in which we communicate for granted, without pausing to think about what we are actually doing, and how we could possibly change it or make it better. We as humans automatically fall back on speaking, using our voices to be heard, but often this leads to misunderstandings. In order to be heard, sometimes it is best to make no sound at all, or to make sound that doesn't come quite as naturally and automatically. As humans are pushed in new ways, the originality and organize aspect of the new approach will make us consider more deeply what information and emotion is truly being portrayed.
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