When Alexandria Wailes was growing up, people would stop her mother, incredulous, and ask her: “ Your deaf daughter is dancing!? and includes a six minute video of her showing the difference between artistic sign language and regular old sign language. It was great to have a director of artistic sign language too [Michelle A Banks.]. I then asked her a question about the difference between artistic sign language and regular sign language, and to give me a specific example from any show with which she was involved. A DASL (shorthand for director of artistic sign language) looks at how the furniture is set up in the house – such as where the TV goes.

Source: New York Times June 04, 2022 23:55 UTC