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Hey everyone,

I came across this forum looking for some answers.

I recently watched a video of an all deaf/hard of hearing dance company, and it simply blew me away. It emphasized what I love about music, reassured me that ANYONE can dance(even those with two left feet!), and has inspired me to share the art of hiphop in similar ways.

However, despite having a mother who is also hard of hearing, I have no way to connect with the deaf/hh community to find out if this is of interest to some of you. That's how I ended up here.

So I wanted to ask, is this something you would participate in?

I appreciate any sort of feedback. I'm here to learn.

Thank you so much in advance.
 
A lot of hoh and deafies dance. You should see the dances at my home town deaf school

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DeafNerdMommy said:
A lot of hoh and deafies dance. You should see the dances at my home town deaf school

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I recently did learn that through my research!
The idea of feeling sound vibrations and building rhythm into your muscle memory fascinates me. To be quite honest, as a dancer, I myself cannot keep a rhythm for the life of me, and this is actually how I overcame that problem - Drilling rhythm into my muscles through memory.

I'm not so sure how many would be interested in HIPHOP specifically, as we are a subculture within society and are struggling to grow and share our art in general.

Either way, thank you so much for your response!
 
Evelyn glennie google her she not hip hop but links...for me hip hop no but lots do
 
OP...thinking you're hearing...here's links -Beethovan's Nightmare https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WkfI9GH_AI

and one of my fav's, Sean Forbes http://www.deafandloud.com/
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and I do like hip hop

am hoh<mild> I have absolutely no sense of "ear" or musical skill or appreciation in terms of technical ability at all, like many people with learning disabilities - am very much musically inept.

My husband has the musical talent; he sings and plays some instruments; he is in moderate to severe range....deaf w/o aids
 
Severe/profound. I do like Sean Forbes and Evelyn Glennie, but specifically because they are deaf artists.

I don't have any interest in hearing people who want to help the deaf appreciate music.
 
dogmom said:
OP...thinking you're hearing...here's links -Beethovan's Nightmare https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WkfI9GH_AI

and one of my fav's, Sean Forbes http://www.deafandloud.com/
<more rap/hip hop>

and I do like hip hop

am hoh<mild> I have absolutely no sense of "ear" or musical skill or appreciation in terms of technical ability at all, like many people with learning disabilities - am very much musically inept.

My husband has the musical talent; he sings and plays some instruments; he is in moderate to severe range....deaf w/o aids
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Thanks Dogmom!
I'll be sure to check those out when I get home.
 
Soultree said:
She is awesome. Been watching her all morning.
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She is indeed.her whole body is an ear see her take shoes off and she becomes one with the percussion.It interview I saw of her telling deaf learn music and I trying do it with electric organ trying keep my neural pathways active and I get lot from it feel rhythm Hard to explain
 
Bottesini said:
Severe/profound. I do like Sean Forbes and Evelyn Glennie, but specifically because they are deaf artists.

I don't have any interest in hearing people who want to help the deaf appreciate music.
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Thank you for your feedback Bottesini.

I really appreciate your honesty.
May I ask why that would be? (I would guess that it's because the hearing cannot really understand, but I don't want to assume).

Also, more than music, I want to share dance.
I view dance, like many, as a form of expression and believe that it is a timeless universal platform of communication.
There are many counterarguments to this -- not everyone can move, what if you can't hear music, i have no rhythm, i'm not musically gifted. I believe otherwise, and want to break down these barriers/misconceptions and share the things I love about dance( which there are no words for) with as many people as I can.

I am, however, weary that I may come off as if I'm trying to "save the deaf" or be ignorant in my approach (and I emphasize that in no way is that what I intend). I would appreciate any suggestions in regards to how I may be able to avoid this.
 
Soultree said:
Thank you for your feedback Bottesini.

I really appreciate your honesty.
May I ask why that would be? (I would guess that it's because the hearing cannot really understand, but I don't want to assume).

Also, more than music, I want to share dance.
I view dance, like many, as a form of expression and believe that it is a timeless universal platform of communication.
There are many counterarguments to this -- not everyone can move, what if you can't hear music, i have no rhythm, i'm not musically gifted. I believe otherwise, and want to break down these barriers/misconceptions and share the things I love about dance( which there are no words for) with as many people as I can.

I am, however, weary that I may come off as if I'm trying to "save the deaf" or be ignorant in my approach (and I emphasize that in no way is that what I intend). I would appreciate any suggestions in regards to how I may be able to avoid this.
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http://invisiblehands.com/groups/national-deaf-dance-theatre
http://www.gallaudet.edu/act/gallaudet-dance-company.html
 
caz said:
I don't know exactly what hip hop is though
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Hm, that's a tough one to answer concisely.

In short, it's an "urban" culture.
The defined elements of it are DJing(playing/mixing music with certain types of rhythm/beats), Bboying(dancing, but this has evolved into many different subgenres), Grafitting (it's more than just destroying public properties, i promise!), and MC (rapping).
It's essentially open themed in the sense that the general message is to embrace who you are and refine your own set of skills to express. Some of the more popular themes covered both in dance and music are struggles from poverty, racial tensions, loneliness, and etc..
There are messages of violence too, but I view them more as expressions of rage and anger and not take the words literally. I also emphasize that it does not remotely cover even the tiniest bit of what Hiphop is in its entirety.

If you're interested, I believe the following artists may be a good place to start:

The Roots
Talib Kweli
Common
Mos Def
Tupac
Biggie
Nas
Eminem

And dance teams such as:

Choreo Cookies
Jabbawockeez
Gamblers Crew

I guess that wasn't short at all ..
I hope I've at least interested you in finding out more :]
 
I like Eminem slim shady stand up..clever rapper. I like dance crews Ashley Bangos crew.
There this Afgani girl who done a rap my god I stunned if you read the words,she so good your country have taken her given her scoloship because she good and saved her life.That about all I know but I do like dance crews very talented
 
Read words on some of these raps are very clever others are gross.i read about Indi, garage ,house and I not a clue...I do try keep up but I think it may well be a bonus being deaf..There children's home near me they have music loud the neighbours complained I sometimes feel vibrations so I recon going be generation of many deaf young people very soon
 
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