#ORALTORIO: a Theatrical MiXtape PREMIERS AT RISER 2016!!

Posted on April 11, 2016 by MotionLive

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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 traces the personal and collective journey of Northside-born girls-to-women as they grapple with identity, migrate through their histories, and manifest their lineages through ancient, contemporary, and Afro-futuristic soundscapes; finding the multi-layered voices of the B Girl and the DJ, as the traditional storyteller and drummer are reborn in their beats and rhymes.

#ORALTORIO riffs on a spoken word suite and a musical mixtape, fusing the worlds of an emcee/poet, DJ/composer and theatre director. Directed by MUMBI TINDYEBWA of It’s a Freedom Thing (ift) Theatre, ORALTORIO is written by MOTION (playwright/ performer), with sound design and composition by DJ L’OQENZ (producer/DJ). Choreography is by ROGER C. JEFFREY.

Oraltorio: a Theatrical MiXtape is produced by MotionLive Collective, ift Theatre and Dave Crawford of Newace Entertainment.

Oraltorio is presented as part of the RISER Project 2016, a collaborative producing model by Why Not Theatre.

The new work brings together an an amazing team of inter-artistic talent that includes: Saccha Dennis (Assistant Director), Mel Hague (Dramaturge), Tara Mohan (Stage Manager), Mariuxi Zambrano (Costume Designer), Jackie Chau (Set & Props Designer), David Meshia (Associate Sound Designer), Ramon Charles (Video Designer), Remington North (Associate Video Designer), Andrew du Toit (Lighting Designer), Jeff Jones (Production Manager), Grace Phan (Production Assistant),  and Suzanna Derewicz (Social Media Manager).

TICKETS NOW ON SALE!

Theatre Centre – 1115 Queen St. West, Toronto
Ph: 416-534-9261
Box Office: 416-538-0988
boxoffice@theatrecentre.org

Performance Schedule:
April-29-16 Preview 8:30pm
April-30-16 Opening 9:30pm (Sold Out!)
May-01-16 Performance 1:30pm
May-03-16 Performance 7:30pm
May-04-16 Performance 7:30pm
May-05-16 Performance 7:30pm
May-06-16 Performance 7:30pm
May-07-16 Performance 1:30 pm & 7:30pm
May-09-16 Performance 7:30pm
May-10-16 Performance 7:30pm
May-11-16 Performance 7:30pm
May-12-16 Performance 10:45pm

For Press & Inquiries contact: info@motionlive.com

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MOTION TEACHES NEW COURSE AT YORK UNIVERSITY – FALL 2016

Posted on March 22, 2016 by MotionLive

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York University presents Culture & Expression Research Seminar 2016:

The Culture & Expression program invites you to join its Research Seminar- Griots to Emcees: Examining Culture, Performance and Spoken Word – with poet and playwright MOTION.
 
MOTON – Toronto poet, playwright & screenwriter will be performing her aural/sonic works, exploring how spoken word is both political manifesto and embodied cultural expressions : ” power to define yourself, and power to give voice, to tell your own story and not have your story told for you or to you.”
 
When: March 23, 2016 @ 4 pm – 6 pm  Where: 010 Vanier College
Contact: Culture & Expression Program, York University
photo credit: Storehouse Media
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MOTION JOINS PAN AFRICAN POETS ON BADILISHA POETRY X-CHANGE

Posted on February 4, 2016 by MotionLive

Motion_badilisha-400x300Badilisha Poetry X-Change is the largest online collective of African poets on the planet! Both an online audio archive & Pan-African poetry show delivered in radio format, Badilisha has showcased and archived over 350 Pan-African poets from 24 different countries. It reflects the myriad of rhythms and rhymes, voices, perspectives and aspirations from all corners of the globe.

Toronto-based, Caribbean-rooted spoken word poet MOTION joins renowned poets from across the Diaspora.  From South Africa to Ghana, Canada to the Mozambique, Somalia and Zimbabwe to the UK, Badilisha is where international poets meet and showcase their creations in audio and print. Helmed by South African writer and poet Linda Kaoma, Badilisha features the works and profiles of such poets as Somali-UK’s Warsan Shire, Canada’s d’bi young, Titolope of Nigeria and USA’s Mahogany L. Browne. Representing word & sound Northside to Worldwide! >> @badilishapoetry 

*photo credit: Zahra Siddiqui

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SNEAK PREVIEW! ORALTORIO A THEATRICAL MIXTAPE @ RHUBARB FEST 2016

Posted on January 26, 2016 by MotionLive

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FEBRUARY 20th 2016 – Special Sneak Preview of ORALTORIO: a THEATRICAL MIXTAPE feat. MOTION & DJ L’OQENZ! Directed by MUMBI TINDYEBWA, experience this aural/visual mash up of word, sound & drama at Toronto’s hotbed of experimentation, Canada’s longest-running new works festival – Rhubarb 2016 – which returns for a 37th year. With artists exploring new possibilities in theatre, dance, music, and performance art, Rhubarb is the place to see the most adventurous ideas in performance and to catch your favourite artists venture into uncharted territory. Presented by MOTIONLIVE COLLECTIVE & IFT THEATRE. Rhubarb Special presentation @ In The Chamber, 10 PM, 12 Alexander St, Toronto // M4Y1B4. TICKETS ON SALE NoW!  

photo credit: Amber Williams King

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HEADSPACE ROTATES EP. 5 TRIBUTE TO SON OF S.O.U.L

Posted on November 27, 2015 by MotionLive

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HEADSPACE ROTATES Tributes our brother Son Of S.O.U.L. Rest in Beats.

Hosted by Motion | Selections By DJ L’Oqenz | Mixed by Zoé SoundMind of AFIME arts
HeadSpace Rotates is now on Girth Radio, TOronto.

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WATAH THEATRE SCHOOL INAUGURAL SAGE-IN-RESIDENCE

Posted on November 3, 2015 by MotionLive

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Sage Secrets is Watah Theatre’s Monthly Lecture Series honoring our sages amongst us; stalwarts of the community who have and continue to lay an impeccable foundation and example for us to emulate. Distinguished guest artists impart their knowledges through a lecture, interview and Q & A with current Artists-In-Residence as well as attending community members. Lectures are documented and published in a Sage Secrets anthology for the following season. The community is invited to join us each month, starting with our inaugural Sage- MOTION.

MOTION is an emcee, poet, playwright, screenwriter whose aural/sonic storytelling is a fusion of word, sound & drama for the stage and screen. With performances across Canada, the U.S, the Caribbean and in South Africa, her inter-creativity has been read in Motion in Poetry (Women’s Press), seen on stage with Aneemah’s Spot (MotionLive Collective), and experienced in the co-creation Nightmare Dream (ift Theatre/Obsidian). Her upcoming productions are the dramatic mixtape Oraltorio with DJ L’Oqenz, short film A Man’s Story (Bravo), feature film SoundGirl, and the opera Motherland (ift Theatre).

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iLove ver. Black Season Finale

Posted on September 27, 2015 by MotionLive

Written and directed by the Governor Award-nominated playwright Joseph Jomo Pierre (Shakespeare’s Nigga, Born Ready), iLove ver. Black is a new web series exploring the trials and tensions of relationships, communication and Black love. Set in Toronto, the series’ five episodes feature the intense, poetic dialogue of Pierre, along with a soundtrack born of Toronto’s talented musicians and vocalists. Check out the finale – featuring “Fall’N” by MOTION.

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SON OF S.O.U.L – REST IN BEATS

Posted on September 22, 2015 by MotionLive
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“Star of the Story – Masimba (Son of S.O.U.L.))Thank you to everyone who made it out yesterday, you helped make it such a wonderful and fitting send-off. We wanted to share the video from the service. Graciously put together by Ramon Charles and soundtracked by the one-and-only DJ Son of S.O.U.L. #CelebratingSonofSoul #SonOfSoul

Posted by Celebrating Son Of SOUL on Sunday, September 20, 2015″

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SPOKEN WORD POETS CONVERGE ON TRINIDAD & TOBAGO!

Posted on August 1, 2015 by MotionLive

Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago – August 2015 – Congrats to all the movers, artists and participants of the annual Festival of Spoken Word, presented by the University of the West Indies.

This year’s festival features performances by international spoken word poets, lyricists and artists from the U.K, Caribbean, Canada and the USA, and T&T. Venues include Woodford Square, Pandemonium Panyard and the Normandie, as well as the well-received educational workshops for artists and arts workers at the National Library of Trinidad and Tobago (NALIS). Hear Motion perform at NALIS on Aug. 6th.

 

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MOTION TALKS THE POWER OF WORD ON HOCTOK.COM

Posted on July 21, 2015 by MotionLive

9503835“Words, language, communication – these are power…

The power to define yourself, the power to give voice, to tell your own story and not have your story told for you or to you. Words can also mobilize – a whole movement, can be bought together under the banner of a phrase – the words we memorize, and quote, and pass down. How we use words can be forms of resistance; how we create new language and new codes. Spoken wordists, poets, speechifiers put our experiences into context, flip around perspectives, make connections, act as trumpets to blow down walls and light fires to put us into action…” Read more… on www.HOCTOK.com

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