David De Keyzer Special Lecture
Deaf art festival and communities
– Reading “Breath Move Don’t Be Silent”, a stage production in which Deaf and hearing people encounter each other.

Lecture overview

A special lecture will be held to examine the performance “Breath Move Don’t Be Silent”—a stage production in which Deaf and hearing people encounter each other, to be staged at Tokyo Bunka Kaikan on Saturday, November 29, 2025—through the lens of David De Keyzer, director of France’s international Deaf arts festival “Clin d’Oeil” and a long-time advocate for Deaf community development.
The lecture will address cultural diversity and possibilities for co-creation based on practices in deaf artistic expression and community building.

Lecture Details 

Date and Time: Sunday, November 30, 2025, 15:00-16:30
Venue: Tokyo University of the Arts, Ueno Campus, Faculty of Music Building 5-109
Lecturer: David de Keyzer
Interlocutor: Sumiko Kumakura (Professor, Graduate School of Global Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts)
Languages: Japanese, English, International Sign, Japanese Sign Language
*Interpretation provided
Eligibility: Open to all (reservation required)

Lecture Content

Lecture by David de Keyzer
・About  “Breath Move Don’t Be Silent” from De Keyzer’s perspective
・Characteristics and philosophy of the Deaf festival “Clin d’Oeil”
・The trajectory of over 20 years of work and practices in community building
・Engagement between the Deaf community and local society, and the creation of co-creative spaces

Comment session and Q&A with Professor Sumiko Kumakura
・Comments and discussion focusing on connections with local communities
・Dialogue based on the lecture content
・Q&A with participants

About David de Keyzer

Director of CinéSourds & Artistic Director of Festival Clin d’Oeil
David de Keyzer is a recognized personality in the world of the Deaf for its dynamism and its way of defending the Deaf Culture in France and in the world. Having grown up in the world of image. Since 2005, he made several documentary films for the French emission « L’Oeil et la Main » in the Channel France 5. In 2000 he created the NGO company CinéSourds whose primary objective is to distribute DVD documentary films and theater recordings. In 2003, David founded the International Clin d’Oeil Festival, aimed to defend the creation and expression of deaf artists in all artistic fields. Today, as a consultant, he promotes the development of culture and sign language around the world through university, conferences and workshop

Registration Details

• Capacity: 200 people (reservation required, registration will close once capacity is reached)
• Participation Fee: Free
• Registration Deadline: Friday, November 28, 2025, 17:00

How to Register

Please fill out the online form below:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScnrfEhqH7BvsiAvu246DtJTMfwzYkOkVM36PrTZL6MfJDwSQ/viewform?usp=preview
Registration Deadline: Friday, November 28, 2025, 17:00

Organizer

Graduate School of Global Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts

In Cooperation With

Arts Council Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture

Contact

Graduate School of Global Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts
Email: info-ga@ml.geidai.ac.jp
Office Hours: Weekdays 9:00-17:00