Cal Performances invites blind or visually impaired UC Berkeley students to attend the April 2, 2024 performance by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and to take part in audio description services and a pre-show haptic tour. We are happy to provide free tickets for up to 5 students (+ 1 guest) to the April 2 performance. In return, we would love to hear your feedback on these services.
What: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performance
When: Tuesday April 2, 2024. Haptic Tour: 6:30pm; Performance: 7:30pm
Where: Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley campus
For blind and visually impaired audience members, Cal Performances partners with Gravity Access Services to offer live audio description for one performance of each dance event during our season. Audio description is a live audio track spoken by a professional audio describer to audience members with visual impairments through a wireless headset system. It provides clear and engaging descriptions of the meaningful visual details of a performance.
Haptic access tours are a live pre-show tour, lasting 20-30 minutes, that allow patrons to experience—through touch and their own movement— the space, performers, costumes and objects in addition to key movement elements in the performance. Tours begin promptly, one hour before the scheduled performance.
Tickets are limited and available on a first-come, first-serve basis. If you would like to attend the April 2 performance and haptic tour, please send your name and email address to Louisa Spier at Cal Performances: lspier@calperformances.org. Please indicate if you will need 1 or 2 tickets.
Questions? Please email lspier@calperformances.org