Mayworks Festival kicks off this year on Saturday, April 25 for 9 days of multi-disciplinary, socially engaged, provocative arts programming! Below are some highlights from the week, for the full program check out our website at www.mayworks.ca.
PERFORMANCE In the Red: Revolution for Our Hearts Saturday April 25, 8 pm, $10-$15 s/s
The Blue Moon Pub, 725 Queen Street East
This year’s opening night features a medley of artists and performers who are guaranteed to pick up your spirits in this economic downturn. As independent artists these performers are intimately familiar with making the most out of lean times. Bring your friends, your loved ones, even your ex-boss and enjoy an evening of performances that will make you feel like you’re in the black again! Featuring: LAL, a collective of musicians that include vocalist Rosina Kazi, laptop musician Nicholas “Murr” Murray and bassist Ian de Souza. The group fuses South Asian roots, West Indian fruits, and melancholic vocals with jazz sensibilities, hip-hop influences, down tempo grooves, broken soul and electro. Prepare to be intoxicated! Born in the town of Limbé in Northern Haiti, hip-hop artist Vox Sambou has been writing and performing since age 14. A founding member of the international crew Nomadic Massive, he desires to bring light the injustices taking place worldwide and particularly in Haiti. Critical, powerful, fulfilling: just some of the words audience members have used to describe Climbing PoeTree’s performances. With roots in Haiti and Colombia, Alixa and Naima reside in Brooklyn, and their flawless cadence and impeccable lyricism tell powerful stories. Poet and spoken word performer La Loba is an educator/agitator/artist whose work aims to challenge and provoke community discussion on gender, the environment and the ‘visible minority’ experience. Shameless writes and performs hip hop because music and poetry sustain us and connect us to each other across differences. She explores everything from anti-racism and queer identities to sex-positivity and conquering hopelessness. MataDanZe is an independent Toronto based interpretative dance group that will perform La Raza Cozmica (The Cosmic Race), an anti-racism choreography with live music that interprets the European conquest of Latin America. Not to be missed!
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