Are you visually impaired or blind? And do you want to help me make a difference in movement and dance for the future? Then come and help us on February 11th 2023. Individually or with two or with a group. I call on people with a visual impairment to test innovation with us. Dancer or… Continue reading Call to participate in an experiment
Category: Academic
Closed eyes to turn off the visual distraction (part 1)
Kizombatreat Festival A dialogue between upper body and lower body connection in couple dance. Foreword: Between 3 and 5 June of this year (2022), the first kizombatreat festival took place at Etage Tropical in Ghent. Many times we refer to the importance of Etage Tropical within the kizomba community and how 15 years ago we… Continue reading Closed eyes to turn off the visual distraction (part 1)
Animation Oriental Dance during the breaks of Danceorientation festival
At Danceorientation I was assigned to provide an oriental dance performance during the breaks. There were oriental snacks and drinks. What is Oriental Dance? Though people say mostly belly dance, it isn’t entirely correct, because in this dance it is mainly the hips that are moved, but also the abdomen, shoulders, chest, head, and so… Continue reading Animation Oriental Dance during the breaks of Danceorientation festival
Varsenare and the extraordinary memory of the sightless
May 24, Gerald Nijenhuis of “Oogatelier Varsenare” of “VZW Licht en Liefde” to come and dance salsa with his people again. My joy was great when I saw many familiar faces again. I now see Pijel as my dance partner, hahaha, and I had also seen Dimitri a week before and taught salsa during the… Continue reading Varsenare and the extraordinary memory of the sightless
Salsa workshop for “Point of view light and love” in “Het Laatste Nieuws”
MICHELE PROVIDES SALSALES FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY SIGHTED “We dare to throw ourselves completely again” Ostend During her lessons, Michèle Martens – who has been running a dance school for twelve years – welcomes everyone, but she pays extra attention to people with a visual impairment. She developed a technique in which hearing and feeling are… Continue reading Salsa workshop for “Point of view light and love” in “Het Laatste Nieuws”
What about visual art for the blind through color associations? A comment from Piet Devos
Search for new aesthetic dance forms for the blind, visually impaired, and the sighted Dear Michele, Our conversation on 16 December was also very educational and inspiring for me! You raise interesting questions about the aesthetic experiences of blind people and to what extent these are comparable to the aesthetic pleasure of the sighted, especially… Continue reading What about visual art for the blind through color associations? A comment from Piet Devos
What about visual art for the blind through color associations?
Questions, ideas, options : A dialog with Piet Devos On Tuesday, November 16, I had a first meeting with Piet Devos. Piet is a writer, art connoisseur, critic, questioner, thinker.His website: www.pietdevos.be At the age of five, he developed rare retinal disorder retinoblastoma, and became blind as a result. He expresses his condition very interestingly as follows: “My two-sided… Continue reading What about visual art for the blind through color associations?
#DO, the start of a new dance scale
Erik (Dieltjes), dancer at Etage Tropical since July 2021 with the diagnosis: degenerative myopia and glaucoma with 10% vision, told me that it is not easy to find something about dancing for the blind and visually impaired in Belgium. And that’s what it’s about now! The figures for blind and partially sighted people in Belgium… Continue reading #DO, the start of a new dance scale
Critical review of dance for visually impaired
Search for new aesthetic dance forms for the blind, visually impaired and the sighted. The eyes are the windows to your soul. William Shakespeare
Inclusion by example
Hello Manuel, Sometimes people come on your life path who bring about profound changes and who gives the direction in which you are going a completely new turn. I have to be honest, without the input you gave me over the past few months, I wouldn’t be so quick to discover the things needed to… Continue reading Inclusion by example