OPEN REHEARSAL SCHEDULE
Oct 21, 22 & 23 from 2-5 PM
Catch two boundary pushing artists as they narrate the process of creation - while it is happening.
Immersive Descriptive Audio (IDA) is the practice of seeing dance through the experience of blindness. Originated by Fall for Dance North Scholar-in-Residence Devon Healey who is a trained actor and an academic, IDA is an artistic technique that verbalizes the sensations of witnessing movement as a blind person, of creating movement as a choreographer, and of moving as a dancer. Previously, IDA has been applied to Ballet through Devon’s work with FFDN Artistic Director Robert Binet. Join us in-studio as Devon and Esie Mensah explore the potential of applying this radical accessibility technique to the dance form of Afrofusion.
Drop in for one or all three open rehearsals at OCAD U. Arrive during the rehearsal window, stay as long as you like, and see dance from a new perspective.
*The work created across the open rehearsal period will be performed at Up Next, October 25 - 26.
Learn more about Devon Healey here.
Learn more about Esie Mensah here.