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DiMarco made history Tuesday as the first deaf winner of "DWTS." — -- Marlee Matlin was all about Nyle DiMarco last night as he danced his way to winning the Mirror Ball trophy for season 22 of ...

Antoine Hunter knows how hard it can be for Deaf performers to be noticed. The choreographer and founder of Real Urban Jazz Dance, who is deaf, spent much of the late-2000s scrolling through MySpace ...

Disturbed’s cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s “The Sound of Silence” has been one of the most well-received re-imaginings in modern music. Last night (May 23), two of the finalists on Dancing With the ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Alone in a dance studio, Antoine Hunter is stretching and warming up. "Everything in life is like a dance for me. Everything is moving. For me, if you don't move, it's like you ...

The instinct for a plucky artist to ignore conventional avenues and to wander in the world of performance as an independent — "Hey kids, let's put on show!" — is probably as old as performance itself.

Rose Ayling-Ellis, the actress who this year became the first deaf contestant on BBC One’s Strictly Come Dancing, is now also the first deaf winner of the British dance competition series, after ...

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Antoine Hunter says Deaf people love music. Ever since he was young and saw "The Nutcracker" at the Oakland Ballet in California, he knew he wanted to be a dancer. Hunter can feel ...

Nyle DiMarco is not only a terrific dancer but also an ambassador for the deaf community, making the finals on the TV hit, Dancing with the Stars. Wanting to cheer him on in person, Kim Kurz, a ...

Antoine Hunter, of the Bay Area Deaf Dance FestivalRJ Muna/World Arts West To recognize and showcase the contributions of deaf and hard of hearing artists, the Urban Jazz Dance Company presents the ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- A local dance company is collaborating with the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf in Edgewood, teaching the students dance, and the children who are deaf or hard of hearing ...

The as-yet-untitled comedy-drama is based on Ayling-Ellis’ experiences of the deaf dating scene and she will also star in the show, while supervizing a disabled writers’ room. She has had a whirlwind ...