Mikey Smith Raw Works Festival

Watah previously 'anitafrika dub theatre,' is a professional theatre company and transdisciplinary arts institute, founded in 2008 incorporated and in 2014 as a non-profit by d’bi.young anitafrika.The organization cultivates artists as healers, mentors, and keepers of the sacred. Arts-engagement sits at the core of Watah's commitment to provide emerging to established artists who are primarily Black womben, racialized young adults, new Canadians and LGBTQQIP2SAA people, with the tools to self- actualize, create relevant art and uncover crucial mentorship skills for each one to teach one.Year-long artist residencies, skills-building workshops, one-to-one mentorship with professional artists, community field placements, and the staging of ground-breaking new theatre are the foundation of Watah's programming.WWW.WATAH.ORG

Watah Theatre Institute

The Watah School 
presents
The Mikey Smith Raw Works Festival
a week-long exploration of trans-disciplinary works of art 
 
Over 36 trans-disciplinary 
artists-in-residence
 Over 33 new works of art presented
 
Over 6 nights + 2 days of
 THEATRE + MOVEMENT + MULTI-MEDIA + VISUAL + LITERARY+ STORYTELLING ARTS
 
The Mikey Smith Festival is named in honor of the brilliant, dynamic and political Jamaican dub poet Michael Smith. Michael Smith (September 14, 1954 - August 17, 1983), usually referred to as Mikey Smith, was a working-class Jamaican dub poet. In 1978, he represented Jamaica at the 11th World Festival of Youth and Students in Cuba. His album Mi Cyaan Believe It includes his best known poem of the same name. He had left-anarchist leanings and Rastafarian sympathies. Smith was allegedly murdered by political opponents associated with the right-wing Jamaica Labour Party after heckling the Jamaican Minister of Culture at a political rally on August 17, 1983.
FESTIVAL PROGRAM
The Watah School & Dancemakers
9 Trinity Street # 317 & #313
Distillery Historic District
416.868.9282
admin@watah.org
 
Tuesday December 16, 2014 | 7PM-10:30PM | $10
Artist Shaman Exhibit
Featured Artists: Sylvia Limbana . Domanique Grant . Ayse Kapaklili . TAP (collective creations) . I Am (collective creations)
Special Guest - Lillian Allen
 
Wednesday December 17, 2014 | 7PM-10:30PM | $10
Featured Artists: Angaer Arop . Jermaine Henry . Clover Fannin . Jordan Laffrenier . Babette Burrell . Chiedza Pasipanodya . Anique Jordan
 
Thursday December 18, 2014 | 7PM-10:30PM | $10
Featured Artists: Tanya Tulloch . Morad Guzman . Paul Ohonsi . Faduma Mohamed . Vero Diaz . Jasbina Sekhon . Kelsey Rideout
 
Friday December 19, 2014 | 7PM-10:30PM | $10
Featured Artists: Poetry Now . Sashoya Simpson . Luke Reece . Zak'isha Brown . Tristan Dryden . Sharrae Lyon . Najla Edwards . Raven Dauda 
 
Saturday December 20, 2014 | 1PM-4PM | FREE ADMISSION
Watah Our Roots Youth Arts Day
Featured Artists: Nydia Dauphin . Oakwood Library Youth Theatre . Clover Fannin . Sashaoya Simpson . Moon Anitafrika's Premiere Book Launch . Domanique Grant
 
Saturday December 20, 2014 | 7PM-10:30PM | $10
Featured Artists: d'bi.young anitafrika & Waleed Abdulhamid . Performing Arts Training Intensive (PATI Directed by d'bi. Composed by PrymTym)
 
Sunday December 21, 2014 | 1PM-4PM | $15
Wholistic Health Day Featuring Danielle Smith - Masage Therapist . d'bi.young anitafrika - The Sorplusi Method
 
Sunday December 21, 2014 | 7PM-10:30PM | $10
Featured Artists: Performing Arts Training Intensive (PATI collective creation) . Domanique Grant . Festival Closing Party
 
SINGLE TICKETS | $10
ALL ACCESS FESTIVAL PASS | $55
 
#WatahOurRoots Watah Funding Drive
www.tinyurl.com/watahourroots

The Watah School & Dancemakers

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