Halloween is still more than a month away. This year, Hong Kong Disney invited the Hong Kong Performing Arts Association to train entertainers to add new elements to the show "The Devil Dances at Disney", adding sign language and body language for the first time to promote an inclusive culture.
However, due to the impact of the epidemic, it is difficult for sign language tutors to teach face-to-face, and the preparation time is only about one month. Actors have to start from scratch, which is a major challenge in their acting career.
After the hard-working rehearsal of the performers, the hearing-impaired can fully participate in the continuous art performance.
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Sign Language Instructor: Hearing Impaired People Used to Think Acting Has Nothing To Do With Him
Today is International Sign Language Day. In the past, Disney has cooperated with the Hong Kong Arts Association to provide sign language interpretation services for the hearing-impaired audience.
However, in order to let the audience enjoy the performance without acting, this time, sign language has been integrated into the actors' movements.
Chen Yueying, a sign language instructor who has served the hearing-impaired for more than 20 years, said that sign language was originally used to convey information. "Deaf people feel that performances or musical programs have nothing to do with them." Multiple related projects.
However, due to the epidemic, the preparations before the performance are not easy. Chen Yueying can only translate the script dialogue into sign language and teach it to the actors through video and video. So far, she has only had two opportunities to teach sign language in person at the park.
However, she praised the actors for quickly mastering the tricks, and it only took about a month to perform on stage, thinking that it was related to the actor's good physical movement, "It's like learning a language. ”
When asked about the difficulty, Chen said that the numbers "nine", "yes" and "remember" have the same hand shape, but the meanings will change according to the different positions. Space and facial expressions.
"Because we have a lot of tones in our speech, but deaf people have no tone. They can only distinguish the tone by the intensity and strength of their hands and facial expressions."
Actor: "Dislike" and "Diva" have the most difficult hand shapes
Xu Pipei, a performer from the Entertainment Services and Costume Department of Hong Kong Disneyland Resort, has been in the performance industry for 15 years and is one of the hosts of "Wicked Dancing Disney". He has no experience in learning sign language in the past.
He said that when he learned that the park had arranged a sign language crash course, he said that it was an interesting challenge. "It seems that there is a BB. It starts with ABCD." Now, he is considering continuing to learn sign language and trying to help more hearing-impaired people in need .
He admits that the biggest difficulty lies in coordination. For example, for the hand shape he "does not like", the hand needs to be moved up and down, and the head needs to be swayed from side to side. It would be a little difficult for anyone to dance.” At the same time, in order to allow the hearing-impaired audience to clearly see the actor’s hand shape, he revealed that the director also put a lot of effort into arranging the actors’ positions to face different auditoriums, so that sign language can be seen on all sides of the stage. Interpretation.
In addition, sign language also has regional characteristics like language. Since Xu Pipei's partner is not a local and does not understand Cantonese, he is even more puzzled by "Hong Kong Sign Language".
Xu revealed that the performance will especially lengthen key lines, such as "evil ~ evil ~", etc., so that partners can interpret in sign language in time.
Chen Yueying also praised them for making the details of the hand shape in a short period of time. "It is the first result of hard work."
Xu Pipei (pictured left), a performer from the Entertainment Services and Costume Department of Hong Kong Disneyland Resort, and his foreign partner (pictured right).
(Photo by Liang Pengwei)
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