The Page with Ears Open – A Spoken Word Workshop

Dive into the creation of literature and orature using mystical, poetic and neo-futurist tools. Write fresh autobiographical work and perform it using the voice and body as instruments of stardom in space. Ideal for extroverted introverts and writers who can’t sit still, all experience levels welcome. Skills sharpened here can be applied to any professional setting—in the arts or beyond. Requirements: pen and paper or laptop, relaxed clothing.

Participants are encouraged to attend the critical talk and performance, “Bodies in Lyric” on Friday, January 31 as part of the workshop experience. It will provide ideas and examples for Saturday’s work.

Workshop leader Tanya Evanson is an Antiguan-Canadian writer and performer from Tiotià:ke/Montreal. She has presented spoken word in over a dozen countries, released four studio albums and two videopoems, and is program director of The Banff Centre Spoken Word residency. In addition to work in journals and anthologies, her two published poetry collections are Bothism (Ekstasis 2017) and Nouveau Griot (Frontenac 2018). She moonlights as a whirling dervish. mothertonguemedia.com

Advance registration required: elise.m@videotron.ca.

This event takes place on traditional and unceded territory of the Kanien’keha:ka.
Generously supported by the Community Cultural Action Fund, Department of Canadian Heritage.