Dancing with the Blind // 7:00pm-9:00pm

JC Fridays
May 20
2 min read

Updated: Jun 5

Friday, June 6th, 7pm-9pm

Art House Productions & Eyes Like Mine Inc.

345 Marin Boulevard, Jersey City, NJ 07302

Mission: To share awareness about the abilities of vision impaired and blind individuals through and inclusive dance performance art. Join us for a short film exploring the connection between dance and disability. Experience a live dance presentation by the Dancing with the Blind cast, followed by a Q&A session with the dancers following the performance. About: “Dancing with the Blind” is a performance art program organized by members and supporters of Eyes Like Mine Inc. The program debuted in April of 2016. It is a 4-8 week program. Preparation involves dance fitness training. Dancers will receive instructional choreography leading up to the finale competition. “Dancing with the Blind” is influenced by “Dancing with the Stars”. It offers a plateau for people with and without disabilities to express themselves without barriers. The culture of this program consists of both an individual who happens to be vision impaired or blind and their sighted partner to produce a routine relative to the genre of music the team selects. Each team must be at least 2 or more with at least 1 sighted partner. The concept of this requirement is to incorporate awareness of the abilities of people who are vision impaired or blind. It also forms an opportunity for their sighted partner to be enlightened by the culture of blindness. At “Dancing with the Blind”, we welcome interested community members to participate in this program with an initial meet and greet to discuss the layers of participating in the program. We offer scheduled rehearsal time for the entire group of dancers both sighted and vision impaired to be trained for a dance group routine. We schedule photo shoots, video diaries about the dancers’ experience, and most of all an opportunity for two separate communities to unite and build memorable bonds. Once our program reaches its conclusion we perform in front of an audience in search of the ultimate winning champions!