20 events found.
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Beau Sia’s Poetry Masterclass
Havana Theatre 1212 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, Canada
Beau Sia puts on an advanced poetry workshop. Participants are expected to have some prior experience with writing and performing poetry. -
Spoken Word Masterclass with Brendan McLeod
Verses 2017This workshop looks at how poets can connect with their audiences in-between poems through jokes, stories, snippets, and reflections in a manner that's true to their performance style.
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Spoken Word Masterclass with d’bi young
Verses 2017Based on her groundbreaking biomyth S.O.R.P.L.U.S.I. methodology, d'bi's workshop explores how writers can develop personal integrity in their artistic practice.
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Spoken Word Masterclass with Ikenna ‘OpenSecret’ Onyegbula
Havana Theatre 1212 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, CanadaTwo-time Canadian Individual Poetry Slam champion, OpenSecret reveals some of the more nuanced and creative approaches to slam and how to turn the odds in your favour.
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Spoken Word Masterclass with Sheri-D Wilson
Havana Theatre 1212 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, CanadaEditor of "The Spoken Word Workbook," Sheri-D Wilson leads participants in a journey to raise your voice.
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Adventures in Poetryland
What’s Happening at Vancouver Poetry HouseThe land of poetry spreads out far and vast. There’s a lot of territory to cover. You could spend a whole day just traveling from metaphor to extended metaphor. Then there’s rhyme and alliteration. Poets have spent years investigating the nooks and crannies of those areas. What about the presentation of the text? Or the magical land of improvisation?
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Poetry Masterclass with Amber Dawn
Havana Theatre 1212 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, CanadaThrough a series of writing prompts and peer-to-peer reflection, workshop participants will explore the potent pairing of poetry + social justice values and personal identities.
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Poetry Masterclass with Amber Dawn
Havana Theatre 1212 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaThrough a series of writing prompts and peer-to-peer reflection, workshop participants will explore the potent pairing of poetry + social justice values and personal identities.
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Seeding the Poem: Masterclass with Robert Priest
Havana Theatre 1212 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, CanadaRobert Priest, aka Dr. Poetry, brings you techniques for writing micro or ‘seed’ poems — aphorisms, slogans, hook lines, jokes, maxims – with a view to also using them as centering points.
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Seeding the Poem: Masterclass with Robert Priest
Havana Theatre 1212 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaWe will focus on techniques for writing micro or ‘seed’ poems — aphorisms, slogans, hook lines, jokes, maxims etc. with a view to also using them as centering points for longer oral/musical pieces such as spoken word poems, song lyrics or even formal poems such as sonnets or villanelles. Participants … Continued
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Spoken Word Masterclass with Sister Outsider
Havana Theatre 1212 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, CanadaThis workshop will explore intersectionality and the realities we experience living multiple identities at the same time. Inspired by Gloria Anzaldua’s La Fronteras/Borderlands, we will discuss the relationships various races, genders, sexualities, and languages have with each other and how we find a space to define ourselves within a world that often asks us to choose.
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Spoken Word Masterclass with Sister Outsider
Havana Theatre 1212 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaThis workshop will explore intersectionality and the realities we experience living multiple identities at the same time. Inspired by Gloria Anzaldua’s La Fronteras/Borderlands, we will discuss the relationships various races, genders, sexualities, and languages have with each other and how we find a space to define ourselves within a world … Continued
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Bothism: Spoken Word Masterclass with Tanya Evanson
Havana Theatre 1212 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, CanadaThis workshop explores the importance of both silence and sound in the creation of spoken word – from meditation, to magical editing, to the many possibilities of the vocal body in performance.
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Live Performance Masterclass with Ivan Coyote
Havana Theatre 1212 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, CanadaIvan Coyote leads a workshop designed to help you transform your nervous energy into a memorable reading. Learn how to select material, prepare your work for performance, memorize it (or not), and make your body language work for you.
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Sneaking up on Yourself: A Confessional Poetry Workshop
Mosaic 1720 Grant Street, Vancouver, BC, CanadaThere are many ways to tell the truth and many ways to approach the self. In this workshop you will learn to tell your story through poetry, captivate an audience with your words and most importantly of all, adjust a microphone stand. A 3-hour workshop intensive on how to write … Continued
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Adventures in Poetryland Workshop Series
What’s Happening at Vancouver Poetry HouseThe land of poetry spreads out far and vast. There’s a lot of territory to cover. You could spend a whole day just traveling from metaphor to extended metaphor. Then there’s rhyme and alliteration. Poets have spent years investigating the nooks and crannies of those areas. What about the presentation … Continued
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Ivan Coyote Masterclass
VQ_021 copyIvan Coyote's Masterclass is a live performance workshop for writers, poets and storytellers. Ivan Coyote is the author of 9 collections of short stories, one novel, the editor of an anthology, and the producer of four short films and three audio CDs. Still, Ivan makes most of their living as a … Continued
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Richard Wagamese Masterclass
Havana Theatre 1212 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, CanadaRichard Wagamese's Masterclass: A Workshop on the Power of Storytelling Using theatrical form Richard presents the necessity of returning to telling stories to each other to build community, foster understanding and build a better country. Dramatic, hilarious and touching, with a resonant message he will include a focus on the … Continued
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RC Weslowski Masterclass
VQ_021 copyFree Silly: Practicing Presence and Play in Spoken Word In this workshop we will play with clown theory and clown games in an attempt to help us peel away the “performer’s mask” we often present to audiences when performing spoken word and we will practice and play being more present … Continued
$40 – $60
Sometimes you need to eliminate your favourite image or most clever line to create a better poem. Taught by Jillian Christmas, 2012 Van Slam Grand Champ.