Deaf professional dancer Dodzi Dougban shares his experiences of dancing and deafness, as well as the cultural differences between hearing and deaf people. What is it like to move and dance without hearing?

Through dances and improvisations from his repertoire, he passes on his dance experience to participants. The focus is on perceiving diverse contexts in which people who do not hear, sign, hear, have very different energies and walk or sit in wheelchairs all meet, confront and influence each other.

The workshop offers a practical experience within a diverse aesthetic framework. Participants are invited to attend the shows in the KUYUM programme and talk to Dodzi Dougban and the respective show’s artists after the performances. These will be accompanied by sign language interpreters.

Language: sign language, German spoken language
Dance level: for all levels
Accessibility: barrier-free / inclusive

The exact studio in which the workshop will take place will be announced shortly. The Uferstudios are located at Uferstraße 23, 13357 Berlin. We will inform you here as soon as the details are finalized.

Accessibility note

The workshop is inclusive: it is aimed at people with different physical abilities, especially deaf individuals, sign language users, and hearing people. DGS sign language interpreters will be present, and the workshop will take place in an accessible dance studio.

If you have any specific accessibility needs, please contact us by September 10, 2025, at workshops@kuyumarts.d or by phone at 0157-383 96 496 to share your requirements.

As a deaf professional dancer, Dodzi Dougban shares his experiences regarding dancing and deafness, as well as the cultural differences between non-hearing and hearing people: What is it like to move and dance without hearing?

For more information about inclusion, you can also visit: https://kuyumtanzplattform.de/services/