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WKcollective | <\/strong>An Immigrant’s Story<\/strong> <\/em><\/h1>\n

Hearing and visually impaired accessible<\/h1>\n

A choreography by Wanjiru Kamuyu<\/h2>\n

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solo | dance, text & song<\/span><\/h2>\n

Creation 2020<\/p>\n

Duration: 55 minutes<\/p>\n

Audio-description (French) for the visually impaired
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The performance ideally is preceded by an immersive workshop to acclimate the attendees to the work\u2019s sensorial environment.
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duo | dance, text & song, French sign language<\/h2>\n

Creation 2021<\/p>\n

Duration: 55 minutes<\/p>\n

A sign language dancer for the hearing impaired. Optional: with an audio-description (French).
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After the creation of dance theater solo An Immigrant\u2019s Story<\/em><\/a>, Wanjiru Kamuyu wished to revisit the work to render it accessible to the hearing and visually impaired communities. This desire stems from and is inspired by her mother\u2019s work with the blind and special education communities in East Africa and the US.<\/p>\n

Kamuyu\u2019s dance making is grounded in storytelling, with a particular focus on ignored, rarely told and untold stories of marginalized communities. Hence at the heart of An Immigrant\u2019s Story<\/em> is a diverse collection of stories from a wide range of walks of life. Therefore the question of accessibility became an essential.<\/p>\n

In collaboration with dancer\/interpreter Nelly C\u00e9l\u00e9rine and French sign language coach Carlos Carreras, Kamuyu re-created the choreographic tapestry of An Immigrant\u2019s Story<\/em>. Together they created the work\u2019s choreo-sign language by fusing the gestural vocabulary of sign language and the already existing movement languages of the piece.<\/p>\n

There lies common ground in the linguistic and accessibility challenges faced by all who travel and arrive into new spaces and cultural contexts. Dramaturgical and choreographic questions on the how and the why were once again tackled in the re-creation of An Immigrant\u2019s Story<\/em>.<\/p>\n

In partnership with Acc\u00e8s Culture (Paris), Julie Compans\u2019 sensitive approach to creating audio-descriptions for choreographic and theatrical works was of valuable service to An Immigrant\u2019s Story<\/em>. She skillfully created a beautifully descriptive journey for the visually impaired. A journey that evidently is also inclusive of the new choreo-sign language movement vocabulary of the work. Pre-performance immersive sensorial workshops are also offered to the visually impaired audiences. This familiarizes them with the work\u2019s theatrical environment.<\/p>\n

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Having lived on three different continents \u2013 Africa, North America and Europe \u2013 has provided me the privileged space and time to absorb diverse cultures and worldviews.<\/em><\/p>\n

The current critically sensitive (im)migration issue at the forefront of worldwide political debates has inspired me to re-examine my personal (im)migration stories and consequentially cultivated a desire to examine the notion of and politics surrounding the privileged vs. unprivileged (im)migrant.<\/em><\/p>\n

Summer 2017, in France, I worked on a community engagement project with 65 young aspiring artists from Eastern Europe and 11 Middle Eastern and African refugees. The refugees\u2019 audacious stories remained with me. Further exploration of the core underpinnings causing the current flux in (im)migration serve as points of inquiry for my An Immigrant\u2019s Story<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Wanjiru Kamuyu<\/span><\/p>\n

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