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BLACKSPACE X ON SPOTIFY
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@MOTIONLIVE ON IG
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
Author Archives: MotionLive
NEW OPERA #MOTHERLAND GETS SET FOR PREMIER IN 2017
MOTHERLAND is an interdisciplinary theatre work conceived & directed by MUMBI TINDYEBWA, written by MOTION and composed by DAVID MESIHA. Featuring a cast of seven women’s voice, MOTHERLAND explores the African mother’s encounter with the ‘other’ from historical realties to modern day phenomenon … Continue reading
MOTION TEACHES NEW SPOKEN WORD COURSE AT YORK UNIVERSITY THIS FALL
Poet, playwright & spoken word artist MOTION joins the Faculty of the Culture and Expression Program at York University and launches her debut course. GRIOTS TO EMCEES: Culture, Performance and Spoken Word, explores the form, function and content of Spoken Word, … Continue reading
NORTHERN GRIOTS NETWORK HEADS TO GHANA!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE VOCAL Canadian Spoken Word Poets Visit Ghana for Arts Festivals in August 2016 The Northern Griots Network (NGN) and Inkfluent are proud to announce the visit by the VOCAL team of Canadian spoken word poets to Accra, … Continue reading
THE 49 LIST!!
IFT Theatre‘s NIGHTMARE DREAM, written by MOTION and conceived/directed by MUMBI TINDYEBWA joins 49 women playwrights & theatre creators on Fu-Gen Theatre’s THE49LIST.com!! THE LIST 1. HOW BLACK MOTHERS SAY I LOVE YOU by trey anthony 2. COMPLEX by rebecca … Continue reading
[SLOTKIN LETTER REVIEW] ORALTORIO: A THEATRICAL MIXTAPE
“Oraltorio, A Theatrical Mixtape is compelling, throbbing and pulsating with life.” The wondrous Motion tells in rap, hip hop and popping poetry black history from slavery to fist in the air, emphasising Black Lives Matter always. Motion is constantly in … Continue reading
REVIEW: ORALTORIO: AN AMBITIOUSLY DIFFERENT MIXTAPE OF MUSIC, POETRY & THEATRE
“Tell them we’re coming,” Motion loudly proclaims to the audience; and indeed, you need to know these two talented women are coming your way. Channeling the personas of BGirls to blues women and everything in between, Motion and L’Oqenz perform … Continue reading
“Oraltorio is as insightful as it is magical!” – Review
ORALTORIO EXPLORES HISTORY AND IDENTITY THROUGH MUSIC, ON STAGE AT THE THEATRE CENTRE IN TORONTO photo: Zahra Siddiqui “With the sound mixed live and the frequent use of projections, this piece is technically complex, but the execution is so seamless … Continue reading
MOTION TALKS JAY Z’S DECODED & DALTON HIGGINS RAP N ROLL ON CBC RADIO
photo: Zahra Siddiqui MOTION is a columnist on CBC Radio’s The Next Chapter with Shelagh Rogers, reviewing everything from the Anthology of Rap to Carolyn Cooper’s Global Reggae. With an eye and ear to literary mash ups, she now compares … Continue reading
#ORALTORIO: a Theatrical MiXtape PREMIERS AT RISER 2016!!
DJ L’Oqenz & Motion write, mix & feature in #ORALTORIO photo: Zahra Siddiqui Oraltorio: a Theatrical Mixtape April 29 to May 12 2016 at Theatre Centre #ORALTORIO: a Theatrical Mixtape is a coming of age story that … Continue reading
