[Yale-readings] Flying Words Project -- Nov. 4

[Nancy Kuhl]

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>Deaf Jam: Flying Words Project Portrays Vibrant World of ASL Poetry
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>Hartford, CT -- The Institute for Community Research, in collaboration 
>with the Carol Autorino Center for the Arts and Humanities at Saint Joseph 
>College and the National Theater of the Deaf, will present the poetry of 
>Flying Words Project in a performance featuring deaf poet Peter Cook and 
>'hearing voice' Kenny Lerner. The performance will take place on Friday, 
>November 4 at 7:30 pm, at Hoffman Auditorium on the Saint Joseph College 
>campus at 1678 Asylum Avenue, West Hartford. The poets will hold a 'talk 
>back' with the audience after their performance. Tickets are priced at $18 
>general admission, with discounts for seniors, alumni, students and 
>children (K-8).
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>Flying Words Project has brought American Sign Language (ASL) poetry to 
>hearing and deaf audiences around the world. Their work bridges many 
>genres of poetry and performance, seamlessly incorporating spoken word 
>with an emphasis on performance rather than text; the craft of acting as 
>it conveys expression through movement; and ASL as an evocative, symbolic, 
>body-centered form of communication.
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>"To witness the work of Flying Words Project is to witness a milestone in 
>literary history," Dirksen Bauman, Associate Professor at Gallaudet 
>University has noted. "Flying Words Project has accomplished what poets 
>have been trying to do for several centuries now; to make their poems more 
>visual, more embodied, more alive."
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>Flying Words Project has performed nationally and in Europe in places such 
>as the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Harvard University, The People's 
>Poetry Gathering in NYC, and Theatre de Lucernaire in Paris. They have 
>received grants from the New York State Council on the Arts, the National 
>Endowment for the Arts, and the Puffin Foundation. Cook and Lerner began 
>collaborating on Flying Words Project in 1984. They are the authors of two 
>videotape anthologies, The Year of the Walking Dogs (1984-90) and the 
>Can't Touch Tours (1990-2003). Flying Words Project has also been active 
>in promoting ASL poetry around the United States through workshops and by 
>organizing the First National ASL Literature Conference (1991). They were 
>recently featured at the 36th International Poetry Festival in Rotterdam, 
>Netherlands.
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>The performance is supported by the Aetna Foundation; the Greater Hartford 
>Arts Council through its United Arts Campaign and the United Way Community 
>Campaign; the National Endowment for the Arts; the Connecticut Commission 
>on Culture and Tourism; The Institute for Community Research; Saint Joseph 
>College; and the National Theater of the Deaf.
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>Tickets for Friday evening's performance can be purchased at the Frances 
>Driscoll Box Office at Saint Joseph College, by telephone at 860-231-5555, 
>or online at www.sjc.edu/arts. For more information about the performance, 
>contact Lynne Williamson at The Institute for Community Research, at 
>860-278-2044 ext. 251.
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>The Institute for Community Research is an independent research institute 
>that conducts applied research and supports community enhancement programs 
>on issues of health, education and cultural heritage. Its Connecticut 
>Cultural Heritage Arts Program encourages and promotes traditional artists 
>and their communities through an active process of documentation, 
>technical assistance, and public presentations to bring their work and the 
>history of their communities to new audiences.
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