Trix Bruce Show Available

Welcome to the World of Trix, and exciting true tales about life as a deaf person among the hearing. With Trix's stories, Awakening in the Wind, Notes Under The Door, and more, you will see her embarrassing moments, challenges, learning experiences, and a growing sense of pride. People with no clue what deafness is like will come to understand something about it while enjoying these true stories. Her partner, voice speaker Kenan Pekoz is part of this show.

Trix performs amazing feats of American Sign Language skill, thrives on audience interaction, and enjoys accepting artistic challenges. With her creative storytelling, she brings into play various handshapes, classifiers, 3-D representations, personification, role shifts, international sign, and more. Let Trix take you on a roller coaster ride through ASL poetry, storytelling, and folk tales.

The heart and soul of Deaf culture is passed from generation to generation through sign language folktales, stories, jokes, puns, and other forms of cultural expression. As Trix weaves these tales into a performance, the audience will gain insight into the Deaf experience and the ways in which Deaf people view the world around them. These cultural gems help to explain Deaf identity, the beliefs of Deaf people, and often explain the ways in which Deaf people arrange their lives. August is part of this show. This show is recommended for ages 12 and over.

A Story Worth A Thousand Signs

As a poet, storyteller, presenter, and teacher, Trix pursues her dreams through performance. She tips her hat to audience members, who are following their own dreams. Trix draws her inspiration from the audience, encouraging people to become involved in the performance, with her. The Star Spangled Banner, The Silent Music Band Group, The Use of Handshape Storytelling, and more adventures will be performed by Trix and YOU! This show is excellent for the children's activities.

You've heard of the TV Show " Whose line is it anyway?" right? Now, it's coming to a stage near you, only this time it's in ASL! With no practice, no preparation, using different ideas from the audience, and using people from audience, Trix will captivate you with her impromptu mode of "ASL-libing" and a night of hearty laughter!

See music come alive in sign! Trix brings you a show to remember as she blends her story-poems with sound effects and music. Her songs in sign language will dance their way into your heart. Trix lights up the stage with sign, stories, sound, dance, flash images, captioning, characters and video clips to awaken the poet in you. Along with voiceovers by Jenn Lee and sound effects designed by Kenan Pekoz, Trix will use sign language in ways that will delight your senses and touch your heart.

Come stir up something visually delicious! Learn how to put ASL ingredients together to serve a banquet for the eyes. Let’s cook up a story in ASL, using some new ideas to give ASL storytelling more flavor and appeal.

This workshop will focus on ASL storytelling techniques for:
         * Developing story characters
         * Using role shift, eye gaze, and spatial referencing
         * Employing classifiers more effectively
         * Applying grammar, expression, and appropriate signing speed
         * Performing the construction of 3-D structural images
         * Utilizing ASL grammar to indicate "sounds"
         * Comparing ASL storytelling and ASL discourse

Participants will have hands-on practice with the material presented in the workshop, and will receive feedback on their ASL performance exercises.

Create your own visual storytelling! Brainstorm the steps needed to put a story together. List all the details of the play that affect the body's senses ( vision, sound, smell, taste, and touch). Imagine yourself as a member of the audience ( both deaf & hearing). What do they really want to see? Exercises that help you learn how to make clearer body language, gesture, and signs. Finalizing the story and narration in ASL.

Participants will learn the following aspects of ASL Storytelling: Role Shifting, Eye Gazing, Characterization, Classifier Usage, Building a story in ASL.

Let's express our joy or sadness in language. Trix takes you on this journey of images, metaphors, wisdom, humor, and joy. Participants will understand the techniques of: Signing Space, Prosodic Movements with Affect (Emotions), Language Play, Poetic use of ASL.