In this session, two-time National poetry slam champion, Dwayne Morgan, helps participants to create a piece of original spoken word. This crash course goes from original idea to writing, editing, and the use of the voice to communicate meaning and intention. Participants are left with skills that can be used to duplicate the process over and over again at their leisure. There is no previous experience with the spoken word needed to participate.

Clinician:

Dwayne Morgan began his career in the spoken word in 1993. Affectionally called the Godfather of Canadian spoken word by his peers, Morgan is the author of 13 published and 9 audio collections of his work. Morgan is a 2021 finalist for the Toronto Arts Foundation Margo Bindhardt and Rita Davies Award, 2016 finalist for the Premier’s Award for Excellence in the Arts and a 2013 inductee into the Scarborough Walk of Fame. To date Morgan has shared his work in 18 countries internationally.

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