Deaf Theatre Network Europe Vienna
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The Deaf Theatre Network Europe is an open platform of professional deaf theatres. This network was established in 2001 in Vienna during the European Deaf Theatre Conference. The mission of the platform is to bring deaf artists and deaf theatre to a bigger audience.
The following projects are part of the mission statement:
Deaf Theatre is a part of the world of the arts and is done by deaf artists. But a cooperation of deaf and hearing artists on a equal level is possible. Deaf Theatre tells stories of deaf people, their lives and their culture. The theatre may include sign language
, drama
, mime
, visual theatre, dance
, music, comedy and all other forms of performing arts
.
"Deaf Theatre" is performed for deaf and hearing audience.
The following projects are part of the mission statement:
- 1. Permanent videodocumentary of the work by deaf professionals. This work is done by the "Teatr 3§ from SzczecinSzczecinSzczecin , is the capital city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland. It is the country's seventh-largest city and the largest seaport in Poland on the Baltic Sea. As of June 2009 the population was 406,427....
(Poland) under the artistic direction of Olgier Koczorowski. - 2. Deaf Theatre for children presented in cooperation with the deaf theatre of the Janaček Academy for Performing Arts in BrnoBrnoBrno by population and area is the second largest city in the Czech Republic, the largest Moravian city, and the historical capital city of the Margraviate of Moravia. Brno is the administrative centre of the South Moravian Region where it forms a separate district Brno-City District...
VDN-DIFA-JAMU(Czech Republic), "Teatr 3" Szczecin, Quest:arts for everyone(USA) and ARBOS- Company for Music and Theatre(Austria). - 3. Professional education and courseware for training of deaf actors coordinated by ARBOS - Company for Music and Thestre.
- 4. The history of Deaf Theatre in Europe.
- 5. Cooperation of "Teatr 3", ARBOS and Ramesh Meyyappan(Singapore/Scotland) during the elaboration of theatre projects.
- 6. Organisation of the "European Deaf Theatre Conference" and informal meetings of the theatre during the year coordinated by ARBOS.
- 7. Performances during the "European & International Deaf Theatre Festival" in ViennaViennaVienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
plus network conference.
Deaf Theatre is a part of the world of the arts and is done by deaf artists. But a cooperation of deaf and hearing artists on a equal level is possible. Deaf Theatre tells stories of deaf people, their lives and their culture. The theatre may include sign language
Sign language
A sign language is a language which, instead of acoustically conveyed sound patterns, uses visually transmitted sign patterns to convey meaning—simultaneously combining hand shapes, orientation and movement of the hands, arms or body, and facial expressions to fluidly express a speaker's...
, drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
, mime
Mime
The word mime is used to refer to a mime artist who uses a theatrical medium or performance art involving the acting out of a story through body motions without use of speech.Mime may also refer to:* Mime, an alternative word for lip sync...
, visual theatre, dance
Dance
Dance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....
, music, comedy and all other forms of performing arts
Performing arts
The performing arts are those forms art which differ from the plastic arts insofar as the former uses the artist's own body, face, and presence as a medium, and the latter uses materials such as clay, metal or paint which can be molded or transformed to create some physical art object...
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"Deaf Theatre" is performed for deaf and hearing audience.
External links
- "America needs more Visual Theatre!" in "The Kennedy Center" Opening Stages Newsletter March 2005, page 10 by Willy ConleyWilly ConleyWilly Conley is an American deaf photographer, playwright, actor and writer.-Education:1981 Conley got the Bachelor of Science for Biomedical Photographic Communication at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester .1982 he became a registered Biological Photographer at the University of...
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See also
- :de:Deaf Theatre Network Europe Vienna (German language)