The deaf dance to the music, the audience applaud!

How prepared are we to watch a performance by the deaf? We have to be there to assess our mindfulness. In a recent show of a dance performance by the renowned Contemporary dancer and choreographer Astad Deboo and his troupe of seven deaf and dumb girls, held in my town, the deaf danced to the music and the audience applauded. It was only when the choreographer reminded that the music was for the audience and that they have to raise their hands in applause did the crowd( of which I was a part) really felt mindful! I came out of the brilliant performance pondering, ‘ Who and what is handicap?’