<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> Info at Dark Room Ballet <info@darkroomballet.com><br><b>Date:</b> November 12, 2023 at 11:32:35 PM PST<br><b>To:</b> Alejandra at Dark Room Ballet <aleja@darkroomballet.com><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>"Telephone Film" in the New York Times, and next screening on November 15th!</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<h1><span style="font-weight: normal;">The <b>Telephone Film</b> is
currently featured in The New York Times, as part of a
thoughtful piece by reporter Siobhan Burke which explores the
evolution of audio description for dance.</span></h1>
<h2><b>Here is the opening excerpt:</b></h2>
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<p>The dancer <b>Krishna Washburn</b> remembers attending a
performance years ago by a well-known modern dance company at a
large New York City theater. Washburn, who is blind, opted to
experience the show with audio description: in this case, a
track that narrated the dance as it was happening, delivered
through a headset.<br>
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Intended to make the performance more accessible, the voice in
her ear had the opposite effect: She left the theater feeling
alienated, excluded. During the finale, a work famous for its
deep emotional resonance, she heard people in the seats around
her crying. But the audio description evoked nothing that seemed
worthy of tears.<br>
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“I’m listening to: ‘Two dancers enter stage right; they proceed
down the front diagonal,’” she said in a video interview,
recalling the describer’s mechanical tone. “‘Two more dancers
join them.’ And I’m like: ‘Why did they get you to cry? What’s
really happening? There’s something I’m not getting.’”<br>
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Washburn now looks back on that moment as a turning point — away
from feeling grateful for any attempt at audio description, and
toward imagining and advocating more.<br>
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The founder and sole teacher of <a href="https://darkroomballet.com/">Dark Room Ballet</a>, a
ballet curriculum designed for blind and visually impaired
students, Washburn is also the co-director, with the
choreographer <b>Heather Shaw</b>, of “Telephone,” a film
exploring the creative possibilities of audio description for
dance. Presented around the country since its premiere last
year, “<a href="https://telephonefilm.com/">Telephone</a>” will
be <a href="https://movementresearch.org/events/1235/">screened
virtually</a> by the New York City dance hub Movement Research
on Nov. 15, followed by a conversation with the filmmakers.</p>
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<h2><b><font size="5">The article continues, and includes audio and
video: </font></b><br>
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<h3><font size="4"><b><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/11/arts/dance/dance-and-audio-description.html?unlocked_article_code=1.9kw.gQP-.bHmywluyAA8y&smid=url-share">Hear
the Dance: Audio Description Comes of Age</a></b> </font><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font size="2">(gift link, no
subscription required, feel free to share)</font></span><font size="2"><br>
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<p><font size="4"><i>Recent experiments in describing dance, like
the film “Telephone,” approach it not just as an
accessibility service but as a space for artistic
exploration.</i></font></p>
<p><font size="2">* A version of this article appears in print on
Nov. 12, 2023, Section AR, Page 5 of the New York edition with
the headline: <i>Audio Description Finds Its Footing</i>.<i><br>
</i></font></p>
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<h2><b><font size="5">Our next screening: </font></b></h2>
<p>With gratitude to all our colleagues and collaborators (many of
whom are featured in the article), we would like to invite
everyone to the <b>next virtual screening</b> of the <i>Telephone</i>
Film, which takes place on <b>Wednesday, November 15th at 6:30 PM</b>
(Eastern), sponsored by <b>Movement Research</b>.<br>
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<p>The screening is free, but <b>registration</b> is required:</p>
<p><b><font size="4"><a href="https://movementresearch.org/events/1235/">Register
for Studies Project: Telephone Film Virtual Screening at
Movement Research</a></font></b></p>
<p>If the registration form is not accessible to you, please email <b><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:info@darkroomballet.com">info@darkroomballet.com</a></b>
to register (or just reply to this message)</p>
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<h2>Please note:</h2>
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<li>This event will happen ONLINE via Zoom.<br>
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<li>Once you register, you should receive confirmation from <i>Movement
Research</i> and/or <i>Dark Room Ballet</i> with a Zoom link
and access to the <b>Telephone FilmGoer Guide</b> online. </li>
</ul>
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<li>If you cannot attend this screening, there are future
screening events that can join — visit the <b><a href="https://telephonefilm.com/screenings/">Telephone Film
Screenings</a></b> page for updated info!<br>
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<h4><font size="4">Thank you for your support of Dark Room Ballet
and the Telephone Film!</font></h4>
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<div>Best,<br>
<br>
Alejandra Ospina, <b>Program Coordinator</b><br>
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on behalf of<br>
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Krishna Washburn, <b>Artistic Director</b><br>
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<b><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__telephonefilm.com&d=DwMDaQ&c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&r=wbqi-tDPAcZRfvl4Zev9SLpZSUsiPS40KNDYk7gFmBE&m=fi4xXdgp7QHyvUaxSaA-0y7MUmnAlp1cSKWSpYLRP8JICuiPtWx3YA5edFLEDh1a&s=L7fyI-CGcisAizcimICHrFA4in3RN4z7Xay-stBMoxo&e=" target="_blank">Telephone Film</a></b>
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