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Free Virtual Audio Description for Dance Classes Beginning on January 20, 2024

A limited series of five “foundational audio description for dance workshops” will begin on January 20, 2024 and will continue each Saturday through February 17, 2024 from 4 to 6 pm ET. Presented by Dark Room Ballet, a program of Movement Research, the workshops cover the following topics:

– “Four Strategies to De-Center Sight in Audio Description for Dance;”

– “The Layered Body: Self-Audio Description that De-Centers Sight;”

– “How it Feels: Integrating Physical Sensation and Emotion in Self-Audio Description;”

– “Experimentation in Vocal Tonality for Audio Description for Dance;” and

– “Yeah, But Was It Good? Learning How to Listen to Audio Description for Dance Critically.”

For more information, visit the Movement Research webpage on Audio Description for Dance. To register, email [email protected], including your name and the workshop you are interested in joining.