(un)conference
storyteller groundings festival ~ october 10, 10am-10pm
anitafrika! dub theatre season launch event featuring storytellers, mentors, villagers and children in conversation.
mikey smith raw works ~ december 2009
named in honour of the brilliant, political jamaican dubpoet mikey smith (1954-1983), the festival showcases the first-draft readings of resident artists.
audre lorde workshop ~ may 2010
named in honour of the afrikan-caribbean-american lesbian feminist poet
revolushunary audre lorde (1932-1992), the festival showcases the second-draft presentations of resident artists.
word! sound! powah! bio-myth-solo-performance storytelling festival ~ july 2010
named in honour of dubpoetry’s revolushunary legacy, this year-end festival celebrates the completed works of resident artists, the program graduation and the launch of s is for storytelling.
artistic director/founder d’bi.young
d'bi.young is the 2009-2010 playwright-in-residence at canstage theatre company and is the 2007 recipient of the toronto arts council/mayor’s emerging artist award.
an afrikan-jamaican-canadian visionary, she has performed, published, and lectured internationally. an award-winning dubpoet, writer, and theatre practitioner, she has produced five dubpoetry albums, authored two dubpoetry collections and is the playwright/performer of the published double dora award winning, solo show blood.claat.
upcoming works include benu (the second play in her biomyth trilogy) commissioned by la chapelle theatre and premiering in montreal in february 2010, and word! sound! powah!, her first dubpantomime. she is currently completing a masters degree on dubpoetry and dubtheatre theory and practice at university of guelph. dbiyoung.net
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