With support from the California Arts Council, Urban Jazz Dance Company (Antoine Hunter, Director) will produce the 6th annual Bay Area International Deaf Dance Festival (BAIDDF). The Festival will be held August 2018 in San Francisco and will consist of an exciting week of performances and workshops highlighting the important contributions that Deaf and Hard of Hearing (HoH) artists make to our community. Funds will be used for artist, production, publicity/marketing and ASL interpreter fees.
UJDC educates audiences about current events, empowering minorities, lack of early access to language for Deaf children and social justice. We provide educational workshops/performances at Deaf schools, mainstream programs, Universities, state colleges and seniors homes in the process, creating a healing space for many who have experienced domestic abuse. UJDC passionately visits over 70 schools per year, local to International, working with both hearing and Deaf people of all ages and abilities.