Antoine Hunter knows how hard it can be for Deaf performers to be noticed. The choreographer and founder of Real Urban Jazz Dance, who is deaf, spent much of the late-2000s scrolling through MySpace ...

Urban Jazz Dance Company has announced the 13th Annual Bay Area International Deaf Dance Festival (BAIDDF), featuring performances and workshops highlighting the artistry and important contributions ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Alone in a dance studio, Antoine Hunter is stretching and warming up. "Everything in life is like a dance for me. Everything is moving. For me, if you don't move, it's like you ...

Editor's note: This article originally posted on the San Francisco Examiner. Click here for more culture reporting at sfexaminer.com Constant bullying and targeting in junior high school drove Antoine ...

When Antoine Hunter first launched the Bay Area International Deaf Dance Festival (BAIDDF) in 2013, he planted what he calls a small seed. Thirteen years later, he said, “It’s grown into a big redwood ...

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Antoine Hunter says Deaf people love music. Ever since he was young and saw "The Nutcracker" at the Oakland Ballet in California, he knew he wanted to be a dancer. Hunter can feel ...

Writer, artist and educator Fred Michael Beam will be performing "Black Deaf Male: Who am I?" at this year’s ESL Rochester Fringe Festival. Beam was always fascinated with performing arts as a child.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: Omowunmi Otunuyi is dancing to music she cannot hear. The 20-year-old, who lives in Nigeria's southwest city Ibadan, lost ...

The Urban Jazz Dance Company presents the 13th Annual Bay Area International Deaf Dance Festival, which takes place from August 8 to August 10. The Festival features performances and workshops that ...