2017 STORY COMPILATION

TILBURG – Last Friday marked the premiere of a performance called “HEAR me to SEE you”, an interactive performance involving dance, music and audience participation. This performance, created by the Aruban composer Xavier Geerman and the Greek choreographer Vicky Angelidou, began as an experiment to learn more about the disabilities of being blind or deaf. They wondered about what their lives as performers would be like if they had this disability. They spent a month together, practicing either with a blindfold on or having ear protectors on to try to inhibit their sight or hearing. This was done so that they can research the changes that this will bring to their performance. In this process they also had to find a way to interact with each other, and also with the other people/audiences that are blind or deaf.