Born and raised in London, Chris Fonseca is a freelance street dancer/choreographer.
During Chris’ childhood, his aunt encouraged him to watch Breakin’, a 1984 dance classic and since then Chris was inspired to take up dancing. Chris taught himself various dance moves including lyrical hip hop and street dancing.
In 2011 Chris joined the UK’s only all-Deaf dance crew Def Motion and performed at Deaffest in the same year. He has performed with Def Motion at various events including HMV Forum as a support act for Deaf rapper Signmark, the Paralympics opening ceremony in 2012 and Clin d’oeil festival in France.
Last year Chris joined Studio 68 Dance Training Academy as a dance teacher, teaching participants dancing skills and the fundamentals of various dance styles.
He has now stepped down from Def Motion to work on his solo projects as a freelance dancer.
Want to be in a chance of winning a free ticket to the Deaf Party at Deaffest on Sunday 17th May 2015?
Caption the photo below with your best, funniest or most creative line for a chance to win!
Who’s in the photo: Directors of Zebra Access Nikki and Marilyn and Visual Vernacular Performer Giuseppe Giuranna.
Terms and Conditions
– Participants must be 18 years of age or older.
– Participants will have until 2pm on 29th April 2015.
– Only one caption is allowed per participant. Caption to be in English and with no profanity.
– Those associated with Deaffest (i.e. employees, volunteers) are not eligible to enter.
– If you’re captioning via Twitter, please include #Deaffest in your tweet.
– Participants must be the original creator of their caption.
– Deaffest will notify the winner via the Deaffest’s Facebook status or a tagged tweet from the @Deaffest account.
– If the winner does not respond to the notification within 2 working days, another winner will be chosen.
– Prize is a ticket to the Deaf Party on the evening of Sunday 17th May 2015 (including food). Prize does not include travel/accommodation expenses.
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Showing for the first time in the UK at Deaffest 2015!
SuperDeafy must reveal the man behind the cape to find true love and inspire a young deaf boy to believe in himself. The movie follows the evolution of this unique hero. A beloved character and role model, SuperDeafy has a worldwide following. He has been turned into t-shirts, posters and dolls… and now a movie. This film marks the first time in cinematic history that a SAG commercial feature film is being executive produced exclusively by deaf executive producers and directed by a deaf director. The film will be 100% open captioned.
Director: Troy Kotsur
Starring: John Maucere, Michelle Nunes, Marlee Matlin, Ashley Fiolek, Peter Hulne, Zane Hencker
Suitable for all ages
Date: Sunday 17th May 2015
Location: Light House
Times: 8.30pm – 9.50pm
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