{"id":19307,"date":"2026-03-02T17:45:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T22:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/m-a-i.qc.ca\/?post_type=event&#038;p=19307"},"modified":"2026-03-06T16:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T21:07:09","slug":"touch-the-music","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/m-a-i.qc.ca\/en\/event\/touch-the-music\/","title":{"rendered":"touch the music - visit and performance by v\u00e9ro leduc - french \/ lsq \/ asl \/ protactile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI will move toward you with the eyes of a Deaf person,\u201d sings Richard Desjardins. And what if it were with the eyes of a blind person?<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> How can one approach music in sign languages when one is blind? More generally, how can blind people appreciate Deaf art? And even more broadly, how can we learn from one another in order to develop new relationships to art? Signed languages are visual and non-auditory, while many blind people experience the world primarily through hearing and therefore cannot fully access sign languages through listening alone. For several years, V\u00e9ro Leduc has been exploring Deaf and crip creation, seeking to expand the ways art can be created and experienced across different abilities. Along the way, she invites each of us to explore new relationships to art not by pretending to be blind or Deaf, but by tasting new ways of being in the world. The performance <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Touche la musique <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\/<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Touch the Music<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an invitation to discover signed art through touch.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Accessibility Information:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">V\u00e9ro will present in LSQ (Quebec Sign Language). Interpretation will be provided in LSQ\u2013French, LSQ\u2013ASL, and Protactile.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The venue is accessible to wheelchair users.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please feel free to contact us if you have any accessibility requests <\/span><a href=\"mailto:public@m-a-i.qc.ca\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">public@m-a-i.qc.ca<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or 514-701-4068<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The activity lasts approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes: 15 minutes for welcoming remarks, 20 minutes for the performance, 30 minutes for the guided visit and 30 minutes for an open discussion.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">V\u00e9ro Leduc will perform a music piece using signed language. She will move her body in different ways, create sounds and communicate poetic words in Quebec Sign Language (LSQ). The audience will be invited to participate in a cre-expansive way, that is, to expand the work through co-creation. There are several ways to take part:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As<\/span><b> movers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: These participants will be invited to draw inspiration from V\u00e9ro\u2019s performance to move. Some may choose to reinterpret LSQ signs in their own way. Movers can decide whether they prefer to move solo (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">solo-movers<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) or to be touched (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tactile-movers<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As<\/span><b> touchers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: These participants will be invited to touch the tactile-movers in order to experience V\u00e9ro\u2019s performance through them.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As<\/span><b> precious ones<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: These participants are invited simply to be present.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All ways of moving, touching, and simply being present are welcome.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following the performance, there will be a guided tour of the artwork <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Signer son fado<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2192 Free entry &#8211; no reservation required.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19309,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19307","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","season-25-26-en","event-category-performance","event-category-workshops","event-program-public-plus"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Touch the music - Visit and performance by V\u00e9ro Leduc - French \/ LSQ \/ ASL \/ protactile &mdash; MAI | Montr\u00e9al, arts interculturels<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/m-a-i.qc.ca\/en\/event\/touch-the-music\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Touch the music - Visit and performance by V\u00e9ro Leduc - French \/ LSQ \/ ASL \/ protactile &mdash; MAI | Montr\u00e9al, arts interculturels\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cI will move toward you with the eyes of a Deaf person,\u201d sings Richard Desjardins. 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