Urban Jazz Dance Company will teach a dance workshop!
Age range: middle school and up.
Founded in 2007 by a pioneering Deaf dancer/choreographer, Antoine Hunter, Urban Jazz Dance Co (Deaf-led business) consisted of a mix of professional deaf and hearing dancers. UJDC’s mission is to provide opportunities for deaf, hard of hearing and disabled artists to contribute to the arts and larger society, increasing awareness around deaf issues via the performing arts. Featuring the syncopation of urban jazz rhythms, the company values the importance of play and performance to connect cultures of all races, ages, abilities, and backgrounds.
UJDC performs all over the Bay Area and beyond, including festivals (John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Black Choreographers Festival, Cubacaribe Festival, Art and Soul Festival, Deaf Nation, Disneyland - Disney’s Signin’ in the Street, Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Green Show, and the Ethnic Dance Festival. Its programs thrill Deaf and Hard of Hearing audiences alike. UJDC is also the producer of the annual Bay Area International Deaf Dance Festival (BAIDDF) and views deafness as a human experience with its own values, principles, and cultural norms, not a disability.