Showing posts with label Spoken Word residency. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spoken Word residency. Show all posts
Friday, 2 November 2018

Spoken word and performance workshop at Newcastle University

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Over the past couple of days I have been facilitating a Spoken Word and Performance workshop with students at Newcastle University who have...
Monday, 25 December 2017

Christmas Greetings

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Wishing you a very Happy Christmas and hoping that 2018 is filled with happiness, good health and creativity. As I reflect on what has b...
Friday, 12 May 2017

Introducing Dr Afua Cooper

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A poet, performer, scholar, historian, and social and cultural commentator, Dr. Afua Cooper’s expertise in and con...
Tuesday, 9 May 2017

Introducing Buddy Wakefield

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Photo courtesy of Luke Reid, 2017 Buddy Wakefield is a three-time world champion spoken word artist featured on the BBC, HBO’s Def Poetr...
Monday, 8 May 2017

Introductions to Faculty members in Banff - starting with Tanya Evanson, Program Leader

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So, I never got the opportunity to blog properly about this year's Spoken Word Faculty members at Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativi...
Friday, 5 May 2017

I've landed

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Wow, what a truly incredible fortnight. I've arrived safely back to Newcastle after a life-changing experience on the Spoken Word reside...
Friday, 28 April 2017

Banff Centre Spoken Word Residency - Day 12

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Friday, April 28 7:30 pm - Tanya Tagaq Performance - Margaret Greenham Theatre I spent the day preparing for the performance, ...

Banff Spoken Word 2017 - group photo

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I'm having the pleasure of spending two weeks with this bunch of talented individuals at Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada.
Thursday, 27 April 2017

Banff Centre Spoken Word Residency - Day 11

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Thursday, April 27 Workshop 8, Led by Tanya Tagaq ARTIST TALK + Q&A - Tanya Tagaq talked about how the North influences her art and too...
Wednesday, 26 April 2017

Banff Centre Spoken Word Residency - Day 10

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Wednesday, April 26 Individual Studio Time Geology Talk and Walk Rick Miller, Dragonfly Documentary This morning I was ...
Tuesday, 25 April 2017

Banff Centre Spoken Word Residency - Day 9

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Tuesday, April 25 Recording studio sessions - Rice Audio Studio,  Writing Circle  Today was another icy...
Monday, 24 April 2017

Banff Spoken Word Residency - Day 8

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Monday, April 24  Workshop 6, Led by Janet Rogers WHAT CAME FIRST?  Workshop 7, Led by Buddy Wakefield  DON’T FAKE CRY Individual Mee...
Sunday, 23 April 2017

Introducing Spoken Word Artist Brandon Wint - fellow participant in the Banff Spoken Word Programme

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Brandon Wint is a poet, spoken word artist, and prominent teacher of writing, currently living in Edmonton, Alberta. He is, perhaps, be...

Introducing Spoken Word Artist Philip Wilcox - fellow participant in the Banff Spoken Word Programme

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Philip is the 2015/16 Australian Poetry Slam Champion as well as a two-time New South Wales Slam Champion. He tours nationally and intern...

Introducing Spoken Word Artist Mitcholos - fellow participant in the Banff Spoken Word Programme

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Mitcholos is a Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ/ Nuučaan̓uɫ artist from a tiny reservation with no hopes or aspirations that anybody would chase if they ha...

Introducing Spoken Word Artist Isabelle St-Pierre - fellow participant in the Banff Spoken Word Programme

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Isabelle St-Pierre has been making her voice heard as a Canadian poet, slammer and storyteller for over 20 years in Québec, Ontario, Ac...

Introducing Spoken Word Artist Heath V. Salazar - fellow participant in the Banff Spoken Word Programme

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Heath V. Salazar is a Dora Award-winning latinx actor/singer/ dancer/writer, born in Canada, who performs as male, female and gender vari...

Introducing Spoken Word Artist Luke Wren Reid - fellow participant in the Banff Spoken Word Programme

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Born at the Huntsman, Meander, Tasmania, 10am 14th of January in the back garden, Luke Wren Reid was raised in the Meander Valley by his ...

Introducing Spoken Word Artist B.A. Markus - fellow participant in the Banff Spoken Word Programme

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B.A. Markus is a writer, teacher and performer who lives in Montreal. She is an award-winning creative nonfiction writer, a Juno- nominate...

Introducing Spoken Word Artist David Leduc - fellow participant in the Banff Spoken Word Programme

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David Leduc, aka Le Grand Slack, is a Spoken Word artist who has been on the Quebec slam scene since 2008. Along with his musicians, he h...