How to Convey Dance To Those Without Sight ?
Hashimoto Mana, professional dancer and choreographer was leading a hands-on workshop that enables visually impaired students to experience dance. At a workshop Hashimoto was surrounded by four students from the Filomen M. D’Agostino Greenberg Music School, a community school for the blind and visually impaired that’s near Lincoln Center. They followed her movements with their hands: One touched her belly. Another had a hand on Hashimoto’s head, and still another ran fingers along Hashimoto’s outstretched arm as she began a long, low backbend. She was the head mechanic, and her body was the engines.