My Two Worlds Coming Together

Deaf Bay Area-based dancer Zahna Simon describes her feeling of "making it" in dance when she found a Deaf dance community.

October 15, 2020  |  Read Article

Antoine Hunter: “I Move My Body and I Communicate”

Antoine Hunter shares his story and perspective as a Deaf dance artist as part of the Discussing Disability in Dance Project.

June 17, 2019  |  Read Article

Discussing Disability in Dance: A New Book Project

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT, ILLUSTRATION BY LIZ BRENT Here’s an interesting fact: One in four people in the United States have a disability that impacts a major part of their life according to a 2018 report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s 25 percent of the US population. […]

May 13, 2019  |  Read Article

Dancing Deaf

An Interview with Antoine Hunter BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Antoine Hunter is an African American Deaf dance artist based in the Bay Area. The founder and artistic director of Urban Jazz Dance, he has performed throughout the Bay Area and internationally. In 2013, he initiated the Bay Area International Deaf Dance […]

December 7, 2017  |  Read Article