Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 minutes ago
In celebration of National Deaf History Month, California's Deaf West Theatre partnered with Disney Animation to create Songs in Sign Language, now available for streaming on Disney+. Take a look at a scene from Encanto, where the song "We Don't Talk About Bruno" (written by Lin-Manuel Miranda) has been re-animated with characters performing in American Sign Language in the videos above and below.
Directed by veteran Disney animator/director Hyrum Osmond, the film features performances of “The Next Right Thing” from Frozen 2 (featuring Kristen Bell), “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” from Encanto, and “Beyond” from Moana 2. Osmond worked with more than 20 animators who used sign language reference exclusively created for Disney by DJ Kurs, Deaf West's artistic director; sign language reference choreographer Catalene Sacchetti; and a group of eight performers from Deaf West. The team carefully reimagined and choreographed lyrics into ASL by focusing on concepts and emotion instead of a word-for-word transcription.
In celebration of National Deaf History Month, California's Deaf West Theatre partnered with Disney Animation to create Songs in Sign Language, now available for streaming on Disney+. Take a look at a scene from Encanto, where the song "We Don't Talk About Bruno" (written by Lin-Manuel Miranda) has been re-animated with characters performing in American Sign Language in the videos above and below.
Directed by veteran Disney animator/director Hyrum Osmond, the film features performances of “The Next Right Thing” from Frozen 2 (featuring Kristen Bell), “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” from Encanto, and “Beyond” from Moana 2. Osmond worked with more than 20 animators who used sign language reference exclusively created for Disney by DJ Kurs, Deaf West's artistic director; sign language reference choreographer Catalene Sacchetti; and a group of eight performers from Deaf West. The team carefully reimagined and choreographed lyrics into ASL by focusing on concepts and emotion instead of a word-for-word transcription.
