No Words is a Deaf & Hearing Dance Team. Our mission is to raise global awareness of deaf dance arti Help Us Dance Our Way To The Top!
The first deaf and hearing West Coast Swing Dance Team, “Nowords”
The first combined west coast swing team of Deaf and Hearing dancers called “NoWords” is raising global awareness of deaf persons in the arts in the west coast swing dance community. The deaf members will be competing as the worlds first deaf team doing a form of partner dancing. It is also the first time the deaf culture will co
mpete with the top hearing dance teams on the world stage, at the The US Open Swing Dance Championships in 2014. The “NoWords” deaf team members are directed by Fred Beam. They are all seasoned dancers with Wild Zappers/NDDT (National Deaf Dance Theatre). https://www.facebook.com/WZ.NDDT
Individually, the dancers are Funmi Thorne, Tara Miles, Diane Hilliard, Renee Glanville, Wade Green, Ronnie Bradley,and Michel Angu. Fred Beam, is the owner and founder of Invisible Hands Inc., a non- profit organization dedicated to promoting cultural awareness through arts and entertainment within deaf and hearing communities, recruiting artists and performers, and establishing partnerships with performing arts, visual arts, and media communities http://invisiblehands.com/about. The individual hearing members are, team lead, Stephanie Courtney; west coast swing professional choreographers, Greg Scott and Lemery Rollins; dancer and ASL interpreter, Kendra Zara; dancer Romero Royster, and documentary videographer and ASL interpreter Timi Gray. The project is an education research dance collaboration. The purpose is to learn from each other about how we each understand dance and develop choreography. The members of Wild Zappers have never done partner dancing as team. This is a first, and they are eager to share their important success with the world. The dates of the US Open Swing Dance Championship 2014 are 11/26-30/2014. The US Open Swing Dance Championships, in Burbank CA, is the flagship international swing convention, where the Best of the Best in swing dance compete for the coveted title “US Open Champion.” More competitors come to The US Open to perform their swing routines than any other event in the world. Dancers consider The US Open to be the most challenging and exciting swing competition on the planet. Spectators get to witness the most amazing dance performances that will be seen in one place, at one time. It has a broad representation of different cultures from around the world. This will be the first time a deaf and hearing team will participate. We are still trying to raise $34,000.00 to cover airfare, hotel, food and miscellaneous expenses for the 12 person team. All donations are managed by our fiscal sponsor, Fusion Partnerships Inc., for disbursement to cover appropriate expenses, and are tax deductible. Please donate today by clicking the paypal link in the "about" section of our page. Stephanie Courtney,
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12/03/2014
The Wild Zappers/NDDT members of the No Words Dance Team made history at the US Open 2014. This powerful, beautiful piece to the song, Free Your Mind, was choreographed by Warren Snipe and staged by Fred Michael Beam. The silent standing ov... See More — at Los Angeles Marriott Burbank Airport Hotel and Convention Center.
The Wild Zappers/NDDT members of the No Words Dance Team made history at the US Open 2014. This powerful, beautiful piece to the song, Free Your Mind, was choreographed by Warren Snipe and staged by Fred Michael Beam. The silent standing ovation with hundreds of hands fluttering in the air as they applauded in sign language, spoke volumes about the audience's reaction to the emotional gravity, and quality of the dance performance.
12/03/2014
The Wild Zappers/NDDT members of the No Words Dance Team made history at the US Open 2014. This powerful, beautiful piece to the song, Free Your Mind, was choreographed by Warren Snipe and staged by Fred Michael Beam. The silent standing ovation with hundreds of hands fluttering in the air as they applauded in sign language, spoke volumes about the audience's reaction to the emotional gravity, and quality of the dance performance.
11/28/2014
We made it to the Us Open! We perform in the cabaret division on Sunday 11/30/14 around 1:30 pacific time. Catch us on Globaldancetv!
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Campaign « Invisible Hands International
Thanks so much to all who generously donated to our No Words Deaf & Hearing Dance Team Indiegogo campaign. The donations received during the campaign covered our costumes and event fees. Even though the Indiegogo campaign has ended, we are still actively raising funds to cover our air travel and hot…
10/31/2014
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Thanks so much to all who generously donated to our No Words Deaf & Hearing Dance Team Indiegogo campaign. The donations received during the campaign covered our costumes and event fees. Even though the Indiegogo campaign has ended, we are still actively raising funds to cover our air travel and hotel so we can be on our way! Please click below if you would like to help.
The No Words Deaf & Hearing Dance Team project is sponsored under the umbrella of Fusion Partnerships, Inc. a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization registered in the State of Maryland,therefore, all donations are tax deductible. Fusion is a local fiscal sponsor and incubator of grassroots community based emerging projects and programs. Please visit the website at www.fusiongroup.org for more information.
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10/27/2014
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Please help us Dance our way to the Top at the US Open Swing Dance Championships 2014! Thanks so much to all who generously donated to our current No Words Deaf & Hearing Dance Team Indiegogo campaign. Donations covered our costumes and event fees. Even though the Indiegogo campaign ends today, we are still actively raising funds to cover our air travel and hotel so we can be on our way! Please click below if you would like to help. All donations are tax-deductible under our fiscal sponsor, Fusion Partnerships, Inc. We greatly appreciate your support!!
Sincerely,
Stephanie Courtney, Gregory Scott, Lemery Rollins, Fred Michael Beam, The Wild Zappers/NDDT, Kendra Zara, and Romero Royster
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