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AKILLA’S ESCAPE
In a crime-noir about the urban child-soldier, Akilla Brown captures a fifteen-year-old boy in the aftermath of an armed robbery. Over one gruelling night, Akilla confronts a cycle of generational violence he thought he escaped.
WATCH!! ORALTORIO: A THEATRICAL MIXTAPE Trailer
Part poetry slam, part house party – a coming of age story like no other. Born in the Northside, two Toronto girls grapple with womanhood and identity as they journey through their histories of ancient, contemporary, and Afro-futuristic soundscapes. The traditional storyteller and drummer are reborn in the beats and rhymes of the B Girl and the DJ. Written, Composed & Performed by MOTION and DJ L'OQENZ.-
LIMITED EDITION ORALTORIO TEES at BEDDOART.COM!
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Griots to Emcees: Examining Culture, Performance & Spoken Word at York University (Toronto), taught by MOTION. Explores the form, function and content of Spoken Word, in terms of language, rhythm, historical developments, social- political contexts, as well as key artists of poetry, rap, dub, slam, lyricism and spoken word as live and direct purveyors of culture.
MOTION ON BRICKYARD!!
MOTION performs "Art is Power", "Mooove!", "Son of SOUL", "Running", and "Four Day Morning".
Brickyard is an audio/visual hub where Brick Books is proud to showcase excellence in Canadian writers, poets, storytellers and spoken word artists! Visit the website (www.brickbooks.ca), subscribe to the YouTube channel (Brickyard), or follow @BrickBooks for more.
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WATCH! CORONER~CBC TV!
From the stage to the screen! Tune In to MOTION's TV WRITING DEBUT on the brand new dramatic series CORONER. Binge watch Season 1 and 2 on CBC GEM.
@MOTIONLIVE SOUNDCLOUD
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HEADSPACE ROTATES ~ TUNE IN! ON MIXCLOUD
HEADSPACE ROTATES RADIO is an eclectic combo of progressive sounds - Hip Hop to neo-soul, beat driven, electronic, funk jazz, and yet-to-be categorized experimental astral soundscapes - reflecting the new, next and now of global urban sounds. Paying homage to the classics and the contemporary, HSR tunes into Independent music scenes, the movers and shakers, groundbreakers and the rare hidden gems that must be played. Hosted by MOTION | Music by L'OQENZ| Mixed & Engineered ZOé SOUNDMIND
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LISTEN!! HEADSPACE RADIO TRIBUTE TO SON OF SOUL
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AUDITIONS for SummerWorks Festival Production
Aneemah’s Spot/The Base by Motion
Motion Live Presents in association Cric Crac Collective
Aneemah’s Spot by Motion
Directed by Dian Marie Bridge
Aneemah’s Spot is a 60-minute stage play in three parts that mixes spoken word, movement and theatre. It will be presented by the 2012 SummerWorks Festival from August 9th to 19th at the Lower Ossington Theatre.
Audition dates: Friday June 1st 6pm-9pm (Audition slots of 5-7mins)
Deadline for Submission: Thursday May 31st 5pm
Audition Location: the Creation Lab at 720 Bathurst St. (south of Bloor)
Please submit: Headshot and Resume to: studio268@yahoo.ca
Actors will be contracted under Festival Co-op agreement. Members of CAEA welcome as well as Spoken Word Artists and Emcees. Only those considered for an audition will be notified with further details.
Performance dates for Aneemah’s Spot at Summer Works:
Thurs Aug 9 5pm
Sat Aug 11 12pm
Sun Aug 12 5pm
Tues Aug 14 7:30pm
Thurs Aug 16 10pm
Sat Aug 18 5pm
Rehearsals, begin in June and beginning of July according to avail. Then full rehearsals begin the last two weeks of July and the 1st week of August.