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| − | [[From the Hip: Khulumakahle]] is a theatre and education company for deaf performers. | + | [[From the Hip: Khulumakahle]] is a theatre and education company for deaf/hearing performers. |
Also known as '''[[FTH:K]]'''. | Also known as '''[[FTH:K]]'''. | ||
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Set up in 2005 to that develop deaf and hearing performer-creators, and to facilitate the integration of deaf learners into the South African performing arts. | Set up in 2005 to that develop deaf and hearing performer-creators, and to facilitate the integration of deaf learners into the South African performing arts. | ||
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Without a dependency on any one language, its work crosses over cultural and linguistic divides and calls on audiences to "Listen With Your Eyes" and the performing company has toured all over South Africa, Germany, Argentina and in the USA, reaching more than 70 000 people in nine years. | Without a dependency on any one language, its work crosses over cultural and linguistic divides and calls on audiences to "Listen With Your Eyes" and the performing company has toured all over South Africa, Germany, Argentina and in the USA, reaching more than 70 000 people in nine years. | ||
| − | The company has won multiple awards for this work,m including including the [[ACT]] Cultural Development Project Award for 2005 and the 2011 [[Fleur du Cap]] award for Innovation in Theatre. | + | The company has won multiple awards for this work,m including including the [[ACT]] Cultural Development Project Award for 2005 and the 2011 [[Fleur du Cap]] award for Innovation in Theatre. |
== Performances == | == Performances == | ||
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http://www.fthk.co.za | http://www.fthk.co.za | ||
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| + | https://brandsouthafrica.com/91473/news-facts/using-theatre-to-educate/ | ||
Artslink.co.za <news0415@artslink.co.za> | Artslink.co.za <news0415@artslink.co.za> | ||
Latest revision as of 12:06, 14 July 2024
From the Hip: Khulumakahle is a theatre and education company for deaf/hearing performers.
Also known as FTH:K.
Contents
The company
Set up in 2005 to that develop deaf and hearing performer-creators, and to facilitate the integration of deaf learners into the South African performing arts.
Without a dependency on any one language, its work crosses over cultural and linguistic divides and calls on audiences to "Listen With Your Eyes" and the performing company has toured all over South Africa, Germany, Argentina and in the USA, reaching more than 70 000 people in nine years.
The company has won multiple awards for this work,m including including the ACT Cultural Development Project Award for 2005 and the 2011 Fleur du Cap award for Innovation in Theatre.
Performances
FTH:K productions include the Deaf/ Hearing production Gumbo (2006)Ek Roep Vir Jou Vanaand (their first all-Deaf show, 2009), OfficeBLOCK, Pictures of You, Benchmarks (in association with A Conspiracy of Clowns), , QUACK!, Womb Tide, What Goes UP… (2015).
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FTH:_K_Visual_Theatre
https://brandsouthafrica.com/91473/news-facts/using-theatre-to-educate/
Artslink.co.za <news0415@artslink.co.za>
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