In Pomorie held an inclusive festival “Hearing with the heart”

The VII Inclusive Festival “Hearing with the Heart” was held in the Arkhangelsk City Cultural Center. The event brought together artists with hearing impairments and without health restrictions.

The festival is timed to the 100th anniversary of the All-Russian Society of the Deaf (VOG), an organization that defends the interests of people with hearing impairments in the cultural, educational and sports spheres.

Professional and amateur artists from Arkhangelsk, Severodvinsk, Kotlas and other cities of the region performed on the stage. They presented joint numbers in the genres of sign singing, dance, clowning and pantomime.

Kotlas dance group "Primadonna" participates in the festival not for the first year. Its head Ksenia Logunova noted that the dancers of the school have been cooperating with hearing impaired artists from the Vychegodskaya special (correctional) boarding school for 11 years: We make joint creative projects, organize charity concerts and participate in the festival. Hearing children learn sign language, and hearingless children learn choreography, so we unite them and discover new talents in each.”.

Within the framework of the festival, activists of regional branches were awarded for many years of work and contribution to the development of the VOG. The breastplate “For special merits” of the II degree was marked by the translator of the Russian sign language Larisa Lyapkasova, III degree – social worker Olga Razuvaeva, the sign “For outstanding achievements in sports” – coach-teacher Ivan Suprun. The badge “Excellent VOG” was awarded to Zhanna Konina and Ekaterina Sivkova. The diploma of the Central Board of VOG marked Ksenia Logunova, Olga Murtazina, Irina Oshurkova, Elena Chernakova and Julia Pribytkova. The Golden insignia of the complex "Ready for Labor and Defense" was awarded to Alexander Yuriev.