Antoine Hunter Empowers the Deaf Community Through Dance | KQED Arts

Antoine Hunter is one of the most high-profile deaf dancers in the United States today. The Oakland-raised artist was raised by a single mom and fell in love with dance at the age of five when he saw an Oakland Ballet production of The Nutcracker. He wanted to start dancing right away, but his mother couldn’t afford to pay for classes. It wasn’t until he was in high school that Hunter could begin his education as a dancer.
Since then, Hunter’s dance career has gone gangbusters. He has performed locally in the San Francisco-Bay Are with Kim Epifano's Trolley Dances and Robert Moses' Kin Dance Company among others, as well as nationally, at the Kennedy Center and more. Today, Hunter is artistic director of Urban Jazz Dance and the founder of the Bay Area Deaf International Dance Festival. A passionate advocate for dance in the Deaf community, Hunter proves that you don’t need to be able to hear music to express yourself through movement.
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[@robinfletcher6718]

absolutely gorgeous and meaningful. Bravo!

[@grownwomendance]

Yeah!!!

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