In memory of Nelson Mandela, a Belarussian choreographer Evgeny Yakush created a deaf dance style dance by turning the sign language into the dance moves.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjyJp_pKtMI
http://www.bbc.co.uk/russian/rolling_news/2013/12/131210_rn_belorussia_mandela_dance
His creation was sent to the Belarusian South Africa Embassy as a symbol of respect to Nelson Mandela.
“All his life, Nelson Mandela fought against injustice and inequality between different people,-says Evgeny Yakush. And my dance for him erases one more barrier between deaf and hearing people.”
The deaf-dance idea came to Evgeny in a dream, at night after Mandela’s death announcement. And the next day, dedication to Nelson Mandela was ready. The project was done with the help of a Grodno boarding school for children with hearing impairments teacher Veronika Kolesnik.
Evgeny Yakush says: “Art helps people to touch the hearts of each other. And the aim of this project is to make deaf and hearing people at least a step closer to each other.”
Deaf-dance is a choreographic direction, where sign language became a part of dance. Deaf-dance is a perfect solution which allows deaf audience of any performances to understand the meaning of the song in addition to watching an actual dance.
About Eugene Yakush
He is a choreographer and a director of dance performances . The particular feature of his dance group work is the variety of dance styles ( from classical to street dance ) in which its members operate .
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