Spoken Word Poetry Workshop

Aug 28, 2016

03:00 PM - 07:00 PM

Titanium City Center, NEXT TO SACHIN TOWER, ANANDNAGAR 100 FT RING ROAD

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2016-08-28 15:00:00 2016-08-28 19:00:00 Asia/Kolkata Spoken Word Poetry Workshop Spoken word poetry is becoming increasingly popular in India. If you’re a poet who wants to write for the stage,or someone who is interested in spoken word and wants to know what it’s about, then this is the workshop for you 🙂 This workshop will help you understand the finer nuances of spoken word and what differentiates it from page poetry. There will be writing exercises, sharing and critiquing of poetry and tips on how to edit your own poems. The workshop will also focus on performance aspects, to help give you the confidence to speak your poems. This is a 4-hour workshop to be held at En Pointe Ballet Academy in Anandnagar, Satelitte. Tickets will be available online. About the curator: Rochelle is a page/performance poet who writes about her travels, cultural influences and personal experiences. She has been writing poetry since she was 6 years old. Her spoken word journey began in Melbourne in 2011. Since then, she has won an Encouragement Award at the coveted Doris Leadbetter Poetry Cup, represented Melbourne spoken word on Indifeed, been featured in Peril Magazine as a contemporary Asian-Australian poet, been featured in numerous poetry anthologies, collaborated with Hip Hop artist Hau and has her poetry featured on his 2015 album titled – The No End Theory and won numerous slams. She has published an anthology titled ‘A Converseation in Four Parts’ in collaboration with 3 poets from Mumbai. She was featured at the infamous Kala Ghoda Arts Festival in Feb 2016 and been a judge at various college fests like Mood Indigo 2014, Malhar 2015 and Zenith 2015. She holds poetry workshops and gives lectures on creative writing and performance. She curates a monthly poetry open mic in Mumbai called Words Tell Stories that features local and international artists. She endorses hugs. Titanium City Center, NEXT TO SACHIN TOWER, ANANDNAGAR 100 FT RING ROAD Creativeyatra.com info@creativeyatra.com

Spoken word poetry is becoming increasingly popular in India. If you’re a poet who wants to write for the stage,or someone who is interested in spoken word and wants to know what it’s about, then this is the workshop for you 🙂

This workshop will help you understand the finer nuances of spoken word and what differentiates it from page poetry. There will be writing exercises, sharing and critiquing of poetry and tips on how to edit your own poems. The workshop will also focus on performance aspects, to help give you the confidence to speak your poems.

This is a 4-hour workshop to be held at En Pointe Ballet Academy in Anandnagar, Satelitte. Tickets will be available online.

About the curator:

Rochelle is a page/performance poet who writes about her travels, cultural influences and personal experiences. She has been writing poetry since she was 6 years old. Her spoken word journey began in Melbourne in 2011. Since then, she has won an Encouragement Award at the coveted Doris Leadbetter Poetry Cup, represented Melbourne spoken word on Indifeed, been featured in Peril Magazine as a contemporary Asian-Australian poet, been featured in numerous poetry anthologies, collaborated with Hip Hop artist Hau and has her poetry featured on his 2015 album titled – The No End Theory and won numerous slams. She has published an anthology titled ‘A Converseation in Four Parts’ in collaboration with 3 poets from Mumbai. She was featured at the infamous Kala Ghoda Arts Festival in Feb 2016 and been a judge at various college fests like Mood Indigo 2014, Malhar 2015 and Zenith 2015. She holds poetry workshops and gives lectures on creative writing and performance. She curates a monthly poetry open mic in Mumbai called Words Tell Stories that features local and international artists. She endorses hugs.