A CASE-STUDY OF INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS THROUGH DANCE WITH PROFOUNDLY DEAF INDIVIDUALS

In this study, the medium of dance was used to explore intergeneration al relationships between profoundly deaf young children and profoundly deaf older adults. The specific purposes of the researcher were to ex plore interaction between a group of profoundly deaf older adults and profoundly deaf young children in an intergenerational dance program s etting; to examine the extent to which individuals of one age group ac t as grandparents or grandchildren for those of another age group; to examine the dance elements of warm-ups, partnering, touch, and line Ve rsus circle; and to investigate whether dance can act as a catalyst fo r social interaction between these two age groups.