Dancing through life, the final 31 days of 2020. —Day 20, 21, 22, 23—
I always say there’s 4 seasons in a year for me. Grants Season, Tax Season, Festival Season and Winter Rush. Only in 2020 has THREE seasons been overlapped! Tax season, grants season and the festival (#BayAreaInternationalDeafDanceFestival). It was overwhelming, stressful and I was literally working 7 days a week from 8 AM to 11 PM, sometimes to 1 or 2 AM for a good 2 to 3 months straight. I’m so proud of my director for shifting the entire festival virtually in just a few weeks featuring 3 performances, 7 workshops, Deaf artists from several different countries and full accessibility with ASL interpreters, International sign, English voice interpretation, Spanish voice translation, captions and audio descriptions. I honestly haven’t seen another event with all these accessibility features.
Then exactly 1 week before the festival was when I got into my car accident. The positive side, I didn’t have to perform because it’s virtual and we already pre-recorded our performance. The downside, I was in so much pain the entire week (and beyond), looking back I wondered how I was able to smile and make it through, but I did it because I absolutely love doing what I do and being at home with my Deaf dance family. This picture was taken on the final day of the show with a big smile on my face.
ID: [Picture of Zahna wearing a black dress with her hair down, wearing earrings from her sister, Melissa Kelley Colibri and left hand on hip smiling directly at the camera. Background of a window.]
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