Bay Area International Deaf Dance Festival

The Bay Area International Deaf Dance Festival (BAIDDF) is an annual event produced by Urban Jazz Dance Company in San Francisco that consists of performances and workshops that highlight the important contributions that Deaf and Hard of Hearing (HoH) artists make to the community.

Celebrating its fifth anniversary, BAIDDF is set for Friday-Sunday, August 11-13. This year Deaf artists are flying in from the U.K., Germany, Russia, Australia, Brazil, China, Nigeria and across the U.S. There will be a diversity of sign languages including Mexican Sign Language (LSM), British Sign Language (BSL) and Hong Kong Sign Language.

Deaf celebrities like Antoine Hunter, Rosa Lee Timm and Kassandra Wedel (winner of So You Think You Can Dance Germany) will be in attendance.

In addition to performances, the festival will present youth and adult workshops in jazz, hip-hop, ballet, ASL DANCE and more. All classes are taught by artists who sign fluently.

The performance program, Deaf United Louder, will take place at Dance Mission Theater in San Francisco. Workshops will be offered in various locations including Richmond, Santa Cruz, Oakland, San Francisco, South Bay and other parts of the Bay Area.

For further details, or to register, visit www.realurbanjazzdance.com.