Giuseppe Giuranna and Calvin-Janos Giuranna
Born in Palermo (Italy) in 1966, Giuseppe Giuranna studied at a school for the deaf in Verona and in 1999, left Italy for Berlin (Germany).
Giuseppe is a great artist of the theatre world and is one of the pioneers of VV (Vernacular Visual) with Bernard Bragg (USA).
Thanks to his acting roles all around the world, he gained wide and international fame.
He leads numerous VV workshops and seminars allowing other deaf artists all around the world to experiment with VV. He also fully participates in prestigious theatre seminars to ensure the future of deaf culture.
Although his CV is too big to cover here, he remains humble and accessible to everyone.
Rewarded by numerous festivals and theatres, he will treat us with two V.V shows.
Volunteers are a big part of Deaffest and in the past we have had fantastic volunteers who have contributed to the success of our previous festivals!
We are looking for volunteers to support Deaffest 2019 from the 17th – 19th of May 2019. We have a variety of roles available where you can use your skills, learn something new and gain valuable work experience. Come and be part of the team, enjoy yourself and help to stage the UK’s leading Deaf-led Film & Arts festival!
Volunteers must be 18 or over and have some knowledge of sign language.
GENERAL ROLES: The deadline to submit your registration form to be a general volunteer is 1st May 2019. Any queries please contact volunteers@deaffest.co.uk
MEDIA ROLES: Registration form is coming soon. Deadline to apply to volunteer in the media team is 1st May 2019. To register your interest please contact media@deaffest.co.uk.
Redeafination (spelt with “Deaf” and “Nation”) is an independent dance crew for the Deaf. Redeafination aims to promote Deaf awareness as well as to nurture and develop performing arts talent within the Deaf community. The group is made up with a majority of Deaf members. Over the years, Redeafination has received much recognition and accolades from both the dance scene and the deaf community. Since its formation, Redeafination has gone on to perform at various events not only in Singapore but also in Hong Kong (2012), Myanmar (2014), France (2015) and Norway (2017). As part of its outreach program, RDF endeavours to follow up with its mission to conduct external dance workshops for Deaf youths. They have had opportunities to conduct a few exchange workshops with their counterparts from the UK and Japan and as well conducting external workshops for Crest Secondary and Canossian School.
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