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Interview with Natasha Bacchus, aka Courage (ASL-English Transcript).

The following is a textual transcript of an interview with Black Deaf artist Natasha Bacchus, a.k.a. Courage. The interview was done by Ash McAskill over Zoom, with ASL-English interpretation by Christopher Desloges. Courage speaks about her entry into Canadian theatre and her experience as a Deaf a...

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Published in:Canadian Theatre Review Vol. 190; pp. 50 - 53
Main Authors: McAskill, Ash, Bacchus, Natasha, Desloges, Christopher
Format: Interview
Published: University of Toronto Press Spring2022
Subjects:
Bacchus, Natasha
American Sign Language
Translating & interpreting
People of color
Deaf artists
Guyanese
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The following is a textual transcript of an interview with Black Deaf artist Natasha Bacchus, a.k.a. Courage. The interview was done by Ash McAskill over Zoom, with ASL-English interpretation by Christopher Desloges. Courage speaks about her entry into Canadian theatre and her experience as a Deaf artist of colour. She makes recommendations on how to better include Deaf artists and Black artists alike. You can see the original recording of the interview in ASL and closed-captioned on the CTR website. We would like to thank Christopher Desloges for his ASL-English interpretation service and for editing the final piece in collaboration with Courage.