Louise Stern is an American writer and artist who works on language and communication through literature, film and the visual arts. She grew up in an exclusively deaf community and is fourth generation deaf on her father's side and third generation deaf on her mother's side. She collaborates on the Bonewords project with the British company Surface Area Dance Theatre as a leader.
Surface Area Dance Theatre was founded in 2007 in the UK as a community interest company by Nicole Vivien Watson, now executive director of the company. The focus of the company's work is on accessibility and the involvement of the Deaf community, through an ongoing commitment to finding an interface that connects Sign Language, Deaf culture and dance. The skills of the company's leaders and members have enabled collaborations with internationally renowned partners and institutes in the UK.
