ALMOST DEAF

Almost Deaf is the video version of the performance ALMOST DEAF .... I LIKE THE PIGS, created during the "Accademia Mobile 2011" project centre for the contemporary scene of Bassano and ICK Amsterdam Emio Greco, thanks to GD'A Puglia 2011 and Pugliese Public Theatre.

For a deaf person, silence is a normal condition.

For a person who can hear, silence is related to sounds.

The choreographic development is inspired by the Italian Language of Signs.

Behind the signs is a quotation about the meaning of life by Charlie Chaplin: They will always criticise you, they will run you down and it will be probably difficult to find anyone who likes you as you are! Therefore live, do what your heart tells you to do; life is like a theatrical work, with no opening rehearsal: sing, dance and live your life intensely everyday before the work ends with no applauses.

Here, the two worlds of the hearing impaired and people who can hear - traditionally separated – are “put in touch”: this is a place where what you say matters more than how you say it.

Production AlphaZTL Company of Dynamic Art
Direction and performed by Vito Alfarano
Camera Gianluca Sciannameo
Second camera Matteo Valtancoli
Editing Vito Alfarano and Gianluca Sciannameo
Supervision David Hilton
Costumes Elena Frigato