Honour's Project: CTNX Animation Expo

Two weeks ago I attended the CTNX animation expo in Burbank, La. I had an awesome time meeting my favourite artists, animators and other CTNX attendees in general. Maaaan what a great time :)

While I was there I was able to chat with people from Nickelodeon, Disney, sony animation and freelancers regarding my University work. I asked around about their opinion if a physical performance in animation can convey a visual narrative without the use of dialogue? The response was quite interest. A physical performance and dialogue both play to their strengths and play as powerful tools in convey a story. But in animation a physical performance plays a large role in conveying a story.
Animators can produce a performance by listening to the audio and interpret a dialog, but without a visual performance can an animation still tell a story through a dialogue influenced performance?

The experience there at CTNX has given me more direction and consideration to how I will approach my final outcome.