<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">FYI if you\u2019re interested.<div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">~Katelyn MacIntyre, M.M.<div>www.katelynmac.com<br><div>www.facebook.com/KatelynMacMusic</div><div>@KatelynMacMusic</div><div>President, National Federation of the Blind Performing Arts Division</div></div></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> April 10, 2025 at 8:26:38\u202fPM EDT<br><b>To:</b> Dark Room Ballet Info <info@darkroomballet.com><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>STARTING THIS WEEKEND: Audio Description for Dance Workshops \u2013 Spring 2025</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">\ufeff
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<p><b><font size="4">View/share this information online: </font><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; color: rgb(38, 40, 42);"><font size="4"><a href="https://darkroomballet.com/ad-for-dance-spring-2025/" class="enhancr_card_0930753865" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" moz-do-not-send="true">Audio
Description for Dance Workshops \u2013 Spring 2025 \u2013 Dark Room
Ballet with Krishna Washburn</a></font></span></b></p>
<p><font size="4">This series of five online workshops covers a
variety of topics related to audio description for dance, and
are designed not only as professional development for audio
describers, but also as essential education for blind and
visually impaired audiences, choreographers, dancers, movement
educators, and administrators for arts presenting organizations.
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</font><font size="4">All workshops take place online via Zoom.</font><br>
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<i><font size="4">To register for any or all workshops, please
write to <b><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:info@darkroomballet.com" moz-do-not-send="true">info@darkroomballet.com</a></b> as
soon as possible to complete the registration process (or
reply to this message).</font></i></p>
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<h2><font size="4">Saturday, April 12, 2025: </font><br>
<font size="4">How to Hire and Collaborate with a Professional
Audio Describer (NEW!)</font><br>
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This workshop is designed to help prepare choreographers and
arts administrators to effectively collaborate with a
professional audio describer, ideally to integrate the audio
describer as a full member of the production team. Audio
describers will learn about their rights as professionals, the
role of blind audio description consultants will be discussed,
and models will be shared demonstrating how true artistic
excellence can be achieved when all parties involved in the
audio description process understand their role and purpose. <br>
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<h2><font size="4">Saturday, April 19, 2025:</font><br>
<font size="4">Body Language, Movement Shorthand, and Mime for
Blind Audiences</font><br>
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<p><font size="4">Although there are common cultural assumptions
about popular body language and movement shorthand, it\u2019s
important to remember that they are all learned and not
universally known! We\u2019re going to break down some body language
assumptions, find ways to integrate effective audio description,
and explore the wonderfully hilarious world of mime and
exaggerated body language.<br>
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<h2><font size="4">Saturday, April 26, 2025:</font><br>
<font size="4">Experimentation in Vocal Tonality for Audio
Description for Dance </font><br>
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<p><font size="4">Most audio description used to support television
and film is recorded with a neutral tone of voice. However, we
here in the Dark Room propose that dance is a very different art
form that deserves a different approach to audio description. Be
ready to listen to some interesting examples of audio
description, practice using the voice expressively, and pair
sound and movement together in artistically effective ways.<br>
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<h2><font size="4">Saturday, May 3, 2025:</font><br>
<font size="4">Yeah, But Was It Good? Learning How to Listen to
Audio Description for Dance Critically </font><br>
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<p><font size="4">Audio description for dance performances is still
very rare, but that doesn\u2019t mean that blind and visually
impaired audiences should be satisfied when the audio
description on offer is of low quality. Students are going to
get to listen to many, many examples of audio description for
dance, and talk about what works and what doesn\u2019t work, and what
we might change in order to improve it.<br>
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<h2><font size="4">Saturday, May 10, 2025:</font><br>
<font size="4">How to Watch Dance 2: an Audio Description Workshop
for Audio Describers and Blind Audiences </font><br>
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<p><font size="4">The second of the Dark Room\u2019s \u201cwatch party\u201d
workshops (How to Watch Dance 1 took place in November 2024), as
a community, we will research an audio described dance
performance video, set our expectations and make predictions,
watch a full-length performance together, and then share our
critique of the audio description and the performance. We had a
blast back in November watching The View from Here by Zaccho
Dance Theatre; come and hone your critical listening skills!</font></p>
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<p><font size="1">On a dark background sprinkled with small
illustrated stars, people appear at the bottom with different
body types, dressed in colorful casual clothing while they move
and dance.<br>
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Contrasting white and cream-colored text above reads:<br>
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DARK ROOM BALLET WITH KRISHNA WASHBURN<br>
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Audio Description for Dance<br>
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A SERIES OF 5 VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS<br>
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SATURDAYS FROM APRIL 12 TO MAY 10, 2025<br>
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ON ZOOM FROM 4 PM TO 6 PM (EASTERN/NEW YORK TIME)</font></p>
<p><font size="1">A YELLOW BANNER HAS BEEN ADDED WITH TEXT THAT
READS: STARTS THIS WEEKEND<br>
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MORE INFO/REGISTER AT LINK<br>
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