Deaf Dance

Deaf Dance Imagine feeling music instead of hearing it. Imagine knowing each beat, each quarter note, each word without ever hearing a sound (Griver). Could you dance in time, in rhythm to a song if you've never heard it? The thought seems nearly impossible for those who have their hearing. I have most of my hearing and I could never do any of this. I blame it on an inner ear problem that affects my …showed first 75 words of 1081 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1081 total…to make them aspire to achieve what Beethoven achieved. I prefer that deaf Nobel Prize winners be used as role models instead. This kind of aspiration is more flexible in that it does not depend upon any particular background for success. Martha Graham is quoted saying “Dance is the hidden language of the soul.“ If that is so, then sign is the language of the body. And, when body and soul are merged, miracles appear.