Narácie a naratívne postupy v kontexte sprístupňovania baletných predstavení pre divákov s ťažkým zrakovým postihnutím
Narratives and Narrative Techniques in the Context of Making Ballet Performances Accessible to Audiences with Severe Visual Impairments

Summary/Abstract: At present, the inclusive accessibility of culture and the arts is one of the key concerns in professional discourse. In the case of ballet, as a predominantly visual art form, this process necessitates specific approaches and methods that enable visually impaired and blind audiences to perceive both the aesthetic and the narrative dimensions of a work and to experience the performance in all its complexity. This study describes the inclusive strategies employed in the production of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s ballet The Nutcracker (Slovak National Theatre, 2022), whose performances were enriched through verbal, tactile, auditory, and spatial components in accordance with a methodology developed by Darina Bublavá (2022). The authors describe the narrative and accessibility strategies designed to activate residual senses in order to create and convey a multisensory artistic experience. The study aims to present effective and tried and tested narrative mechanisms that bridge the gap between the visual nature of ballet and the visual impairments of audiences, thereby contributing to the understanding of a motor art through inclusive strategies.

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