Vibrations

0:04♪

0:55>>: AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE IS A

0:56LANGUAGE THAT HAS ITS OWN RULES

1:00AND GRAMMAR JUST LIKE ANY OTHER

1:01LANGUAGE HAS.

1:03IT HAS ITS OWN GRAMMAR, ITS OWN

1:05SYNTAX.

1:06IT HAS ALL OF THE COMPONENTS OF

1:08A LANGUAGE THAT ENGLISH, FOR

1:10EXAMPLE, HAS.

1:12I AM DEBBIE FETZER.

1:14I WORK AT THE INDIANA SCHOOL FOR

1:15THE DEAF AS THE PROFESSIONAL

1:16DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR.

1:19ISD IS A SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN

1:20THAT ARE DEAF OR HARD OF

1:22HEARING.

1:24I AM ALSO THE DIRECTOR OF A

1:25PERFORMING TROUPE CALLED

1:27"VIBRATIONS."

1:30VIBRATIONS IS A VISUAL

1:31PERFORMING ARTS GROUP.

1:32IT'S VERY VISUAL.

1:35WE USE AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE,

1:37OR ASL, AND DEAF CULTURE ALONG

1:40WITH MUSIC TO PERFORM.

1:42I GUESS I'VE JUST ALWAYS

1:43BELIEVED THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO

1:45HAVE A GROUP OF STUDENTS GO OUT

1:46INTO THE COMMUNITY AND REPRESENT

1:47THE SCHOOL, DISPLAY THEIR SKILLS

1:49AND THEIR TALENTS, AND THE KIDS

1:52ARE PROUD OF THEIR IDENTITY.

1:56AND THEY LOVE SHARING THEIR

1:57CULTURAL EXPERIENCES WITH

1:59PEOPLE.

2:01THEY ARE VERY PROUD OF THAT.

2:05>>: HI.

2:05MY NAME IS JENNA.

2:08>>: MY NAME IS DEMI.

2:11>>: MY NAME IS SIMONE.

2:13>>: MY NAME IS DANIEL.

2:14>>: MY NAME IS PAIGE.

2:17>>: MY NAME IS BRANDI.

2:20>>: HI, I'M KATE.

2:22I AM 16 YEARS OLD AND I LOVE

2:24SPORTS.

2:25>>: I AM GIOVANNI, AND I LOVE TO

2:26PLAY BASKETBALL.

2:28>>: MY HOBBIES, THE THINGS I

2:28LOVE TO DO, ARE SPORTS, WHETHER

2:30IT IS VOLLEYBALL, BASKETBALL, OR

2:32SOFTBALL.

2:34>>: I LOVE SPORTS, DANCING,

2:36TRAVELING, HANGING OUT, FOCUSING

2:38ON MY LIFE AND MY GOALS.

2:40MY GOALS ARE TO BE A PERFORMER

2:41OR A FASHION DESIGNER.

2:43>>: I THINK I WAS BORN WITH IT.

2:44I THINK I WAS BORN WITH THAT

2:46DESIRE TO ENTERTAIN.

2:48>>: I AM 12 YEARS OLD.

2:49I AM IN THE FIFTH GRADE AND MY

2:50HOBBY IS DANCING.

2:53I LOVE TO DANCE.

2:54♪ BEFORE I WAS BORN LATE ONE NIGHT ♪

2:58♪ MY PAPA SAID EVERYTHING'S ALL RIGHT ♪

3:04>>: THE KIDS ALL COME FROM

3:05DIFFERENT PLACES.

3:06WE HAVE SOME KIDS WHO HAVE BEEN

3:09IN MOVIES.

3:10SO THEY HAVE KIND OF THAT

3:12EXPERIENCE ALREADY OF

3:13PERFORMING.

3:15WE HAVE SOME KIDS WHO ARE IN

3:16NATIONAL PAGEANTS OR TALENT

3:18SHOWS AND THINGS LIKE THAT WHERE

3:20THEY HAVE HAD STAGE EXPERIENCE

3:22AND WORKING WITH A CROWD.

3:24AND WE HAVE OTHER KIDS WHO HAVE

3:25NEVER BEEN ON STAGE BEFORE.

3:28>>: I LOVE DANCING.

3:29I LOVE WATCHING PEOPLE DANCE.

3:30IT IS PART OF MY PASSION.

3:33DANCING IS A PART OF

3:34ACTING, ENTERTAINING.

3:36AT HOME I DANCE ALL THE TIME AND

3:38MY MOM KEEPS TELLING ME ALL THE

3:39TIME, SEAN, GO AND SIT DOWN.

3:41GO TO YOUR ROOM IF YOU WANT TO

3:42DANCE.

3:43BUT I DON'T CARE.

3:44EVEN WHEN SHE IS WATCHING TV

3:45I'LL DANCE.

3:46SHE IS LIKE, "NO.

3:47I AM WATCHING TV!"

3:49>>: WHEN I STARTED GOING TO THE

3:50INDIANA SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF, I

3:52WANTED TO MAKE A DEAF MUSIC

3:53VIDEO.

3:54I HAD HEARD ABOUT THEM AND

3:55WATCHED SOME OF THE PERFORMANCES

3:56ON THE DEAF PERFORMING ARTS

3:57NETWORK.

3:58I THOUGHT THEY SEEMED REALLY

3:58INTERESTING, AND I WANTED TO BE

4:00ONE OF THE HEARING PEOPLE THAT

4:02WAS WILLING TO LISTEN AND TRY

4:03THINGS OUT.

4:04I SAT DOWN TO WATCH THEM DANCE

4:06AND I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE

4:07MAYBE SOME MUSIC.

4:09ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU JUST GET

4:10ATTACKED WITH JUST A CACOPHONY.

4:12IT WAS SO MUCH SOUND.

4:15YOU LITERALLY COULDN'T HEAR

4:15YOURSELF THINK, BUT ALL THESE

4:17KIDS COULD FEEL THE VIBRATIONS

4:18AND YOU COULD SEE THEM FEELING

4:20IT, THIS KIND OF LISTENING THAT

4:22THEY WERE DOING WITH THEIR

4:23BODIES.

4:24IT WAS FASCINATING.

4:24AND THEN THEY STARTED DANCING,

4:26ACTUALLY DANCING.

4:27IT WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE.

4:30AND IT IS SO FORMATIVE ABOUT

4:32SEEING A GROUP OF KIDS DO

4:34SOMETHING THAT YOU NEVER THOUGHT

4:35FOR A SECOND THEY WERE GOING TO

4:36DO.

4:38SO, IMMEDIATELY AFTER WE HAD

4:40ACQUIRED THIS ENTIRE CREW, AFTER

4:41WE HAD GOTTEN EVERYONE TOGETHER,

4:43I GOT EVERYONE BACK TO THE

4:44MEETING ROOM AND TOLD THEM WE

4:46ARE NOT DOING A MUSIC VIDEO.

4:47WE ARE DOING A PROMOTIONAL

4:48VIDEO.

4:49AND I TOLD THEM ABOUT

4:49VIBRATIONS, AND I TOLD THEM

4:50ABOUT THE TEAM AND THE SCHOOL

4:53AND HOW INSPIRING THE STORY WAS,

4:55AND EVERYONE WAS IMMEDIATELY ON

4:56BOARD.

4:57IT SEEMED LIKE SUCH AN

4:59INTERESTING THING OF HAVING

4:59HEARING PEOPLE AND DEAF PEOPLE

5:00WORKING TOGETHER AND WORKING ON

5:02A MEDIA THAT SOMETIMES SEEMS

5:04EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE HEARING

5:06WORLD.

5:07>>: WE DID IT ALL IN SIX HOURS.

5:09YES.

5:22♪

6:24>>: I LIKE COMING TO ISD BETTER

6:26THAN GOING TO PUBLIC SCHOOL

6:27BECAUSE IT IS EASIER TO MAKE

6:29FRIENDS HERE.

6:30I DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF

6:31FRIENDS IN PUBLIC SCHOOL, BUT

6:32HERE I HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS.

6:36>>: ISD HAS MORE INTERACTION AND

6:37COMMUNICATION BECAUSE WE ARE ALL

6:39DEAF.

6:40IT WOULD BE HARDER FOR DEAF

6:41PEOPLE IN A PUBLIC SCHOOL.

6:44>>: I'D AGREE, BUT IT REALLY

6:45VARIES.

6:46A DEAF PERSON MAY LIKE BEING A

6:47PART OF THE HEARING WORLD, AND

6:49THAT MAY BE THEIR WORLD.

6:52IT REALLY JUST DEPENDS ON WHO

6:53THAT PERSON IS, THEIR OWN

6:55PREFERENCES.

6:56COMMUNICATION IS IMPORTANT HERE,

6:57BUT THE BEST PART ABOUT BEING AT

6:59ISD IS THAT EVERYBODY

7:00COMMUNICATES THE SAME WAY WITH

7:01ASL.

7:04SOMETIMES WHEN I AM AT A

7:05RESTAURANT WITH A BUNCH OF DEAF

7:06FRIENDS, HEARING PEOPLE REACT

7:08DIFFERENTLY.

7:09SOMETIMES THEY LAUGH OR THEY ARE

7:10TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE ARE

7:11DOING, AND SOME PEOPLE WILL COME

7:12UP TO US BECAUSE THEY LEARN SOME

7:14SIGN AND WANT TO INTRODUCE

7:15THEMSELVES.

7:17HEARING PEOPLE REACT

7:18DIFFERENTLY.

7:19I USED TO PLAY ON A SOFTBALL

7:19TEAM, AND I WAS THE ONLY DEAF

7:21PERSON ON THE TEAM.

7:22SOME OF MY TEAMMATES WANTED TO

7:23LEARN SIGNS.

7:24OTHERS DIDN'T.

7:25THE COACH WASN'T SURE HOW WELL I

7:26WAS GOING TO PLAY, AND I WANTED

7:27TO PROVE THEM WRONG, THAT I WAS

7:29JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.

7:31I JUST COMMUNICATE DIFFERENTLY.

7:35>>: HEARING PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS

7:37KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE TO BE DEAF,

7:38AND THEY SEE DEAF PEOPLE CAN'T

7:39DO ANYTHING.

7:41BUT WE CAN DO ANYTHING EXCEPT

7:43HEAR.

7:46PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS

7:47LIKE TO BE DEAF, AND ONCE THEY

7:48LEARN, THEY REALIZE AND MAKE

7:50BETTER DECISIONS ABOUT US.

7:56>>: SOME PEOPLE CALL US DISABLED

7:57OR HEARING-IMPAIRED.

7:59WE WOULD RATHER BE CALLED DEAF.

8:01PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS

8:02LIKE TO BE DEAF, AND THEY ARE

8:03MISINFORMED, BUT ONCE THEY LEARN

8:04ABOUT OUR CULTURE, THEY REALIZE

8:07WE CAN DO ANYTHING EXCEPT HEAR.

8:09IT IS JUST LIKE TYLER SAID.

8:13>>: DISCRIMINATION STILL

8:14HAPPENS.

8:15SOME WHITE PEOPLE USED TO

8:16DISCRIMINATE AGAINST BLACK

8:17PEOPLE AND SOME STILL DO.

8:20I THINK THAT AUDISM, OR

8:21DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THE DEAF,

8:22WILL ALWAYS CONTINUE.

8:26>>: FOR EXAMPLE, AT HOSPITALS

8:28WHEN A DEAF BABY IS BORN, THE

8:29DOCTORS WILL RECOMMEND A

8:30COCHLEAR IMPLANT AND SAY THAT

8:31THE BABY WILL BE ABLE TO HEAR

8:32AND TALK AND GO TO PUBLIC SCHOOL

8:35AND THE PARENTS BELIEVE THEM.

8:36THEY SHOULD TELL THE PARENTS TO

8:37TAKE THEIR KIDS TO A DEAF SCHOOL

8:39SO THEY CAN LEARN ASL AS A FIRST

8:40LANGUAGE BECAUSE IT IS SO

8:42IMPORTANT.

8:43MORE AND MORE KIDS ARE GETTING

8:44COCHLEAR IMPLANTS AND GOING INTO

8:45MAINSTREAM SCHOOLS AND A LOT OF

8:47DEAF SCHOOLS ARE DWINDLING.

8:48IT'S THAT AUDISM, THAT

8:49DISCRIMINATION, THAT STILL

8:51HAPPENS.

8:52>>: WE WANT TO SHOW THAT WE CAN

8:54SING LYRICS TO SONGS IN ASL,

8:56THAT WE CAN PERFORM, THAT WE

8:58HAVE PERFORMING ARTS, THAT DEAF

9:00PEOPLE CAN DANCE.

9:03DEAF PEOPLE CAN ENTERTAIN NO

9:04MATTER WHO THE AUDIENCE IS.

9:07WHETHER THEY ARE DEAF OR

9:08HEARING, THEY WILL BE

9:09ENTERTAINED.

9:11WE HAVE A REHEARSAL ON SUNDAY,

9:13FEBRUARY 21ST.

9:14WE ARE GOING TO REHEARSE HERE

9:16FROM 2:30 TO 6:00.

9:18AFTER THE PHOTOGRAPHY SESSION,

9:19WE WILL HAVE A RUN-THROUGH AND A

9:20TECH REHEARSAL FOR THE SEYMOUR

9:21SHOW WHICH IS FRIDAY WHERE WE

9:24WILL PERFORM THERE.

9:25AND THEN WE WILL CLOSE WITH

9:27QUESTIONS FROM THE STUDENTS AND

9:28THEN AT 3:15 ALL OF THE

9:30STUDENTS LEAVE AND YOU WILL STAY

9:32AN EXTRA HALF HOUR.

9:34TWO TO THREE WEEKS FROM

9:35NOW, FRIDAY THE 26TH,

9:36GO TO YOUR FIRST PERIOD.

9:38AFTER THAT, YOU COME HERE.

9:40WE WILL LOAD UP THE BUS AND

9:40EQUIPMENT AND WE WILL HEAD OUT

9:42TO OUR BIG SHOW.

9:44>>: I FIRST HEARD ABOUT THIS

9:45PROJECT WHEN KEATON WOODEN

9:46APPROACHED ME AND ASKED ME IF I

9:48WOULD LIKE TO CO-PRODUCE IT WITH

9:48HIM.

9:50WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THE STORY,

9:52THAT IT WAS ABOUT A GROUP OF

9:53KIDS AT THE INDIANAPOLIS SCHOOL

9:55FOR THE DEAF THAT DO DANCE

9:56CHOREOGRAPHY, I THOUGHT THAT WAS

9:58AMAZING BECAUSE I WANTED TO KNOW

9:59HOW.

10:01AND I LEARNED THAT THEIR NAME

10:02WAS VIBRATIONS BECAUSE THEY

10:04LITERALLY DANCE TO THE FEELING

10:06OF THE BASE FROM THESE MASSIVE

10:08SPEAKERS THAT JUST BLOW

10:10EVERYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE AWAY

10:11WITH SUCH A LOUD SOUND THAT YOU

10:13FEEL IT IN YOUR CHEST.

10:16>>: FOR KIDS WHO ARE PROFOUNDLY

10:18DEAF, THE WAY THEY EXPERIENCE

10:19MUSIC IS THEY FEEL IT.

10:23THEY CAN'T HEAR IT.

10:25THERE IS NOTHING COMING

10:26AUDITORLY, SO THEY FEEL IT.

10:28THEY FEEL THE MUSIC.

10:31THROUGH REHEARSALS THEY LEARN

10:32HOW TO COUNT THE MUSIC.

10:35THEY COUNT ALONG WITH THE BEATS

10:37THAT THEY FEEL THE VIBRATIONS

10:38FROM.

10:42THEY START MEMORIZING DANCE

10:43STEPS TO THE COUNTS AND MAKE

10:45SURE THAT IT TIES INTO THE BEATS

10:47OF THE MUSIC.

10:50AND SINCE THEY CAN FEEL THE BEAT

10:52THAT'S HOW THEY IMPLEMENT THEIR

10:53DANCE MOVES.

10:58I THINK THAT THE STUDENTS GROW

10:59THROUGH VIBRATIONS BECAUSE THEY

11:00LEARN THROUGH A LOT OF PRACTICE

11:03WHAT A GOOD PERFORMANCE LOOKS

11:04LIKE.

11:07THEY KNOW THAT WHEN THEY ARE ON

11:09STAGE THEY HAVE TO DO A GREAT

11:11JOB.

11:14THEY LEARN HOW TO PLAY WITH THE

11:16AUDIENCE BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES

11:18THE KIDS WILL GET ON STAGE AND

11:19THEY BECOME SO TUNED INTO WHAT

11:20THEY HAVE TO DO, THAT THEY

11:22BECOME AFRAID TO MAKE EYE

11:24CONTACT OR PERFORM FOR THE WALL

11:26BEHIND THE AUDIENCE.

11:28BUT AS THEY GROW AND IMPROVE,

11:30NOW THEY PLAY WITH THE AUDIENCE,

11:32INTERACT WITH THE AUDIENCE A LOT

11:34MORE.

11:36AND THAT REQUIRES SKILL AND

11:39PRACTICE, AND IT TAKES A CERTAIN

11:41AMOUNT OF COMFORT LEVEL TO

11:42INCORPORATE THE AUDIENCE, TOO.

11:45AND A LOT OF THE KIDS ARE YOUNG

11:47AND CAN BE LITTLE APPREHENSIVE

11:48ABOUT THAT, BUT AFTER DOING IT

11:50FOR A YEAR, YOU SEE THEM JUST

11:51REALLY ENJOY BEING ON STAGE AND

11:55THEY WANT TO INTERACT WITH THE

11:56AUDIENCE, INCLUDE THE AUDIENCE.

11:59AND THAT'S REALLY GOOD FOR THE

12:01YOUNGER KIDS.

12:03ONCE THEY BECOME MORE CONFIDENT,

12:05THEY ENJOY BEING ON STAGE A LOT

12:06MORE.

12:07THEY ENJOY PERFORMING AS OPPOSED

12:09TO THE FIRST TIME WHEN THEY

12:10PERFORMED AND EVERYONE WAS

12:12NERVOUS AND IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE

12:13ANYBODY HAD FUN.

12:15AND I THINK THAT SOME OF

12:16THEM CONTINUED TO STRUGGLE FOR A

12:17WHILE BECAUSE THEY FELT AWKWARD

12:19ON STAGE.

12:19THEY NEVER PERFORMED IN FRONT OF

12:20AN AUDIENCE LIKE THAT BEFORE.

12:22BUT NOW THEY ARE JUST SO

12:23CONFIDENT.

12:24THEY WANT TO DO MORE.

12:25I HAVE SEEN SO MUCH GROWTH IN

12:26THAT AREA.

12:29IT HAS BEEN SUCH AN AMAZING TRIP

12:32TO SEE THESE STUDENTS GROWING

12:35THROUGHOUT THE SEMESTER,

12:37LEARNING HOW TO DANCE,

12:39LEARNING THEIR CHOREOGRAPHY

12:40NUMBERS, WORKING WITH

12:42THE HEARING DANCE

12:43CHOREOGRAPHER THAT WE BROUGHT

12:45FROM BALL STATE UNIVERSITY.

12:47WORKING WITH MYSELF

12:48I TAUGHT ONE OF THE STUDENTS HOW

12:50TO PLAY A DIFFERENT DRUM BEAT

12:53AND JUST SEEING THEM GROWING TO

12:55COMMUNICATE WITH US, TO GIVE US,

12:57THE HEARING CREW THAT CAME IN

12:59WITH THEM, A CHANCE TO LEARN

13:03ABOUT THEM.

13:04IT SPEAKS TO ME ON THIS LEVEL OF

13:07THE UNIVERSALITY OF MUSIC AND

13:09HOW WE DO ALL ACTUALLY SHARE

13:12THESE COMMON THREADS, EVEN

13:15PEOPLE WHO CAN'T NECESSARILY

13:16HEAR.

13:17>>: I WANT TO PROVE TO PEOPLE

13:18THAT WHEN THEY SEE A DEAF PERSON

13:21DOING MUSIC, DEAF PEOPLE CAN DO

13:23ANYTHING.

13:36>>: MY NAME IS SEAN FORBES AND I

13:38AM FROM DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

13:43MUSIC WAS ALWAYS A PART OF MY

13:44LIFE.

13:45JUST GROWING UP, MY DAD IS A

13:47MUSICIAN.

13:48MY MOM IS A MUSICIAN.

13:50MY ENTIRE LIFE THEY EXPOSED ME

13:52TO ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF MUSIC.

13:54AND IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A DREAM

13:55OF MINE TO GET INTO THE MUSIC

13:57INDUSTRY.

14:00>>: WHEN SEAN ARRIVED, EVERYONE

14:01AT THE SCHOOL WAS THERE.

14:02WE LITERALLY PACKED THE HOUSE

14:04WAITING FOR EVERYONE TO COME SEE

14:06SEAN.

14:08HE DID HIS SET.

14:08HE SHOWED HIS MUSIC VIDEOS.

14:10HE RAPPED FOR THE KIDS IN SIGN

14:11LANGUAGE.

14:12IT WAS JUST A FASCINATING

14:13EXPERIENCE.

14:14THE KIDS HAD TONS OF QUESTIONS

14:16FOR HIM AT THE END OF IT.

14:17THEY WANTED TO KNOW HOW HE DID

14:19WHAT HE DID, HOW SIGN LANGUAGE

14:20AND THE MUSIC BUSINESS WORK

14:22TOGETHER AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY

14:23COULD DO IT, TOO.

14:24>>: I FOUND ABOUT VIBRATIONS

14:27THIS YEAR WHEN I CAME IN TOWN

14:29FOR THE DEAF NATION EXPO.

14:32THEY'RE EXPOSING PEOPLE TO

14:33MUSIC.

14:34THEY ARE EXPOSING AUDIENCES THAT

14:35THEY PERFORM IN FRONT OF.

14:37THEY ARE EXPOSING THEMSELVES TO

14:38MUSIC.

14:40I MEAN, YOU CAN DO ANYTHING JUST

14:43BY SEEING IT, JUST BY SEEING

14:44SOMEONE PERFORM SOMETHING.

14:47YOU ARE SHARING YOUR SOUL.

14:48YOU ARE SHARING YOUR FEELINGS

14:50AND THAT IS WHAT MUSIC AND ART

14:52IS ALL ABOUT.

14:53IT IS ABOUT SHARING HOW YOU FEEL

14:55INSIDE.

14:57THEY DO AMAZING THINGS AND I

14:58FEEL LIKE THEY DESERVE THE

14:59SAME RECOGNITION I

15:01HAVE RECEIVED.

15:03FOR PEOPLE TO GET THAT

15:04EXPERIENCE EARLY ON IS FAR OUT.

15:08I THINK THE VIBRATIONS THING

15:10IS FUN.

15:11I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING

15:12THEM PERFORM TODAY.

15:15♪

15:33>>: I THINK NOW JUST DEAF PEOPLE

15:35ARE MORE EMPOWERED AND THEY KNOW

15:36THEIR RIGHTS AND THEY HAVE

15:38ACCESS TO A LOT MORE TODAY.

15:41SO MORE AND MORE HEARING PEOPLE

15:43ARE BECOMING AWARE OF DEAF

15:44PEOPLE AND DEAF ISSUES AND THE

15:47LANGUAGE WHICH REALLY HELPS OUT,

15:49I THINK, ALL DEAF PEOPLE.

15:52>>: IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR

15:53US AS TEACHERS TO PROVIDE ADULT

15:54ROLE MODELS FOR OUR DEAF AND

15:56HARD-OF-HEARING KIDS SO THEY CAN

15:58SEE WHAT THEY CAN BECOME WHEN

15:59THEY GROW OLDER.

16:00>>: MY DREAM IS TO BECOME A

16:02DOCTOR.

16:03THERE ARE A LOT OF HEARING

16:04DOCTORS OUT THERE,

16:05AND I WOULD LIKE TO

16:06TRY AND BE A DEAF DOCTOR.

16:08WHY NOT?

16:10SOME DAY, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE

16:12MOVIES.

16:14I AM TAKING PRODUCTION CLASSES

16:15RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW.

16:16I AM LEARNING TO EDIT MOVIES AND

16:17I LIKE EDITING FILM.

16:19>>: I AM NOT SURE YET, BUT I

16:20THINK PROBABLY AN ENGINEER.

16:23MY DREAM WOULD BE A WORLD

16:24WITHOUT COMMUNICATION BARRIERS.

16:28>>: I WANT TO BE A PERFORMER AND

16:33MY GOAL IS TO HAVE MORE DEAF

16:34ACTRESSES AND ACTORS IN

16:37HOLLYWOOD.

16:38>>: ALL MY LIFE MY DREAM WAS

16:39ALWAYS TO BE THE FIRST DEAF

16:41PERSON ON THE MOON.

16:45IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY DREAM.

16:48>>: WHEN I GROW UP, I WANT TO

16:50CONTINUE PERFORMING.

16:52I WANT TO PLAY SPORTS.

16:54I WANT TO BE LIKE JENNA.

16:57>>: THE PURPOSE OF VIBRATIONS IS

16:59TO BE A VISUAL MUSICAL

17:01PERFORMING ARTS TROUPE THAT GOES

17:03OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AS

17:04PERFORMERS.

17:06WE DON'T JUST PERFORM FOR DEAF

17:07AUDIENCES.

17:08WE PERFORM FOR THE WHOLE

17:10COMMUNITY.

17:12WE PERFORM ALL OVER INDIANA AND

17:13REPRESENT THE DIVERSITY OF OUR

17:15DEAF STUDENTS.

17:18OUR KIDS LEARN HOW TO PRESENT

17:20THEMSELVES, HOW TO PERFORM, HOW

17:23TO ENTERTAIN THEIR AUDIENCES.

17:25AT THE SAME TIME OUR AUDIENCES

17:28LEARN FROM US.

17:35>>: WE JUST WANT TO SHOW THAT

17:36DEAF PEOPLE CAN DANCE TO MUSIC.

17:39PEOPLE THINK WE CAN'T, BUT WE

17:39CAN.

17:41>>: HEARING PEOPLE FEEL THE BEAT

17:43AND DEAF PEOPLE FEEL THAT BEAT,

17:44TOO.

17:45AND THAT'S WHAT WE DANCE TO.

17:46WE CAN DANCE.

17:49PEOPLE THINK THAT ONLY HEARING

17:50PEOPLE CAN DANCE.

17:51BUT WE CAN DANCE, TOO.

18:42♪

18:51♪ BEFORE I WAS BORN LATE ONE NIGHT ♪

18:55♪ MY PAPA SAID EVERYTHING'S ALL RIGHT ♪

18:59♪ THE DOCTOR LAID MY MAMMA DOWN ♪

19:02♪ WITH A STOMACH BOUNCING ALL AROUND ♪

19:06♪ BECAUSE THE BEE-BOP STORK WAS ABOUT TO ARRIVE ♪

19:08♪ MAMMA GAVE BIRTH TO THE HAND-JIVE ♪

19:12♪ I COULD BARELY WALK WHEN I MILKED A COW ♪

19:16♪ WHEN I WAS THREE I PUSHED A PLOW ♪

19:19♪ WHILE CHOPPING WOOD I MOVED MY LEGS ♪

19:23♪ AND I STARTED DANCING WHILE I GATHERED EGGS ♪

19:27♪ TOWNSFOLK CLAPPED I WAS ONLY FIVE ♪

19:29♪ HE'LL OUT DANCE 'EM ALL ♪

19:31♪ HE'S TO BORN HAND-JIVE ♪

19:32♪ OH YEAH, OH YEAH, YEAH ♪

19:34♪ BORN TO HAND-JIVE ♪

19:36♪ OH YEAH ♪

19:45>>: THE SHOW WAS AWESOME.

19:46AFTERWARDS PEOPLE WERE HUGGING

19:47ME.

19:48SOME PEOPLE CRIED.

19:49SOME PEOPLE LAUGHED.

19:50I THINK IT WAS A REALLY GOOD

19:51SHOW PERSONALLY.

19:53>>: WE PERFORMED.

19:53WE DANCED.

19:54WE DID THE VIBRATIONS THING.

19:57>>: I THOUGHT WE WERE MORE

19:58CONFIDENT.

19:59PERFECT.

20:00THINGS WENT SMOOTHLY.

20:01THIS HAS BEEN OUR BEST

20:02PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR.

20:04>>: THE AUDIENCE LAUGHED.

20:05THEY LOVED IT.

20:05I COULD TELL BY THEIR

20:06EXPRESSIONS.

20:08>>: THE QUALITY OF THE SHOW THAT

20:09WE DELIVERED TO THE

20:10AUDIENCE WAS OUR BEST ONE YET.

20:12WE STRUGGLE AND PRACTICED TO THE

20:13POINT WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO

20:14PERFORM WITH ALL OUR HEARTS INTO

20:15IT.

20:24>>: I THINK A LOT OF TIMES

20:25PEOPLE ASSUME THINGS JUST

20:26BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW.

20:28THEY HAVE NEVER HAD ANY

20:29OPPORTUNITY TO BE AROUND DEAF

20:30PEOPLE, BUT ONCE THEY DO, THEN

20:32THEY LEARN DIFFERENTLY.

20:34THEY LEARN BETTER.

20:35THEY WILL SEE THE DIFFERENCE AND

20:36IT IS A BIG DIFFERENCE.

20:37THEY WON'T LOOK DOWN ON DEAF

20:38PEOPLE ANYMORE IF THEY KNEW

20:40THAT.

20:44>>: WE HAVE HEARTS.

20:46WE HAVE FEET.

20:46WE HAVE EARS.

20:47WE HAVE EYES.

20:48WE HAVE A NOSE.

20:50THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS WE CAN'T

20:51HEAR, BUT WE DO HAVE BRAINS.

20:55>>: I WAS BORN PROFOUNDLY DEAF

20:57AND WAS ALWAYS EXPOSED TO DEAF

20:58CULTURE.

20:59I'VE LIVED WITH IT AND I AM

21:00PROUD OF IT.

21:01I HAVE NEVER WISHED THAT I WAS

21:02HEARING.

21:02I AM HAPPY THE WAY THAT I AM AND

21:04WHO I AM.

21:06>>: I AM DEFINITELY ONE HUNDRED

21:07PERCENT PROUD TO BE WHO I AM.

21:09SOME DEAF PEOPLE WISH THEY WERE

21:10HEARING, BUT YOU CAN'T GO BACK.

21:12YOU HAVE TO GO FORWARD.

21:14THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH

21:14BEING DEAF.

21:15YOU HAVE LOTS OF ABILITIES.

21:16THE ONLY ABILITY THAT WE DON'T

21:17HAVE LIKE WE ALWAYS SAY IS THAT

21:19WE CAN DO EVERYTHING A HEARING

21:20PERSON CAN, BUT HEAR.

21:24IT IS JUST SOMETHING THAT WE

21:24LIVE WITH AND WHAT'S REALLY

21:25IMPORTANT IS THAT WE EDUCATE

21:27PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT.

22:04>>: I JUST WANTED TO TELL

22:06YOU GUYS THAT WE ARE SO

22:09FORTUNATE TO HAVE YOU GUYS

22:10WORKING WITH US.

22:13YOU HAVE GIVEN US AN OPPORTUNITY

22:15TO SHARE OUR WORLD AND OUR

22:17EXPERIENCES TO EVERYONE ELSE AND

22:21WE DON'T OFTEN GET THOSE

22:22OPPORTUNITIES.

22:24AND I HOPE THAT PEOPLE OUT THERE

22:26GET TO SEE THE REAL THING OF

22:29WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE LIVE AND

22:32HOW WE ARE JUST LIKE EVERYONE

22:33ELSE.

22:35>>: IT'S REALLY EASIER THAN YOU

22:37THINK TO GET TO KNOW SOMEBODY

22:40WHO IS FROM A DIFFERENT

22:42BACKGROUND THAN YOU.

22:45IT'S REALLY EASY.

22:46YOU JUST HAVE TO ASK TO FIND OUT

22:48WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY ARE

22:51ALL ABOUT.

22:52AND MORE THAN OFTEN, THEY'RE

22:55REALLY INTERESTING IN LETTING

22:55YOU KNOW THAT.

22:57THEY ARE REALLY INTERESTING IN

22:58OPENING UP THAT COMMUNICATION

23:00OF UNDERSTANDING.

23:04AND I THINK THAT THAT IS KIND OF

23:08AT THE HEART OF WHAT VIBRATIONS

23:09IS ABOUT AND WHAT I HOPE THAT

23:11THIS PROJECT IS, BECAUSE IT IS

23:13DEFINITELY WHAT I LEARNED.

23:15>>: I HOPE THAT THIS DOCUMENTARY

23:16WILL EDUCATE HEARING PEOPLE SO

23:17THAT THEY KNOW THAT DEAF PEOPLE

23:19APPRECIATE MUSIC.

23:20NOT NECESSARILY HEAR IT BUT CAN

23:22DANCE, CAN FEEL THE BEAT AND NOT

23:25THAT WE CAN'T DO THESE THINGS

23:27BECAUSE WE CAN'T HEAR.

23:28TO EDUCATE THEM AND SHOW OUR

23:30ABILITIES AND TO TEACH PEOPLE

23:31ALL OVER THE WORLD.

23:33THAT'S OUR WHOLE PURPOSE.

23:35>>: IT SHOULD BE EASIER TO

23:36ACCEPT EACH OTHER, RESPECT OUR

23:37LANGUAGES AND UNDERSTAND EACH

23:39OTHER BETTER THAN TO FOCUS ON

23:40OUR DIFFERENCES.

23:44IT IS BETTER TO GET ALONG AND

23:45UNDERSTAND DIVERSITY AND THIS

23:47COUNTRY IS BECOMING MORE

23:48DIVERSE WITH PEOPLE MOVING HERE

23:49FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.

24:01IT IS BETTER TO KNOW YOUR

24:02CULTURE, KNOW OUR CULTURE, AND

24:05TO SHARE THAT WITH EACH OTHER.

24:22♪

24:37>>: I THOUGHT IT WAS AMAZING.

24:38I MEAN, IT WAS JUST UNBELIEVABLE

24:41HOW ALL THE DANCERS

24:43WERE SO IN BEAT AND THE MUSIC

24:45AND IT WAS JUST EXCITING AND I

24:48JUST LOVED HOW

24:50EVERYBODY WORKED TOGETHER.

24:53>>: IT SHOWED HOW MUCH DEAF

24:54PEOPLE CAN DO WITHOUT

24:54HEARING ANYTHING.

24:57WE ARE NOT LIMITED AT ALL.

24:58>>: TO SEE IT PUT IN DANCE FORM

25:03WAS JUST AMAZING.

25:05IT WAS VERY FUN TO WATCH.

25:07>>: ELECTRIC.

25:10>>: IT WAS AWESOME.

25:11>>: I ENJOYED IT A LOT.

25:13I LIKED LOOKING AROUND AND

25:14SEEING ALL THE DIFFERENT

25:15PERFORMANCES.

25:16IT WAS GREAT.

25:17>>: I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY THE

25:19PROFESSIONALISM OF THE

25:20PRODUCTION AND THE CONFIDENCE OF

25:23THE PERFORMERS.

25:25>>: IT IS DEFINITELY AN

25:26EXPERIENCE THAT ADJOINS THE DEAF

25:28CULTURE AND HEARING CULTURE AND

25:29MAKES A HAPPY MEDIUM IN THE

25:30MIDDLE AND LETS US KNOW THAT WE

25:31ARE ALL VERY EQUAL.

25:33>>: THIS WAS THE BEST SHOW THEY

25:34HAVE EVER DONE AND IT THEY KEEP

25:36GETTING BETTER AND BETTER, AND

25:37IT IS JUST MORE REWARDING

25:38ALL THE TIME WE PUT INTO IT,

25:40AND THEY PUT INTO IT, AND

25:41IT PAYS OFF WITH A SHOW

25:43LIKE TODAY.