Individual World Poetry Slam
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iWPS is an annual America-based World Poetry Slam which takes competitors from all over the world. In 2016 it is taking place in Flagstaff, Arizona.
New Zealand will be represented for the first time by Mohamed Hassan in 2016. iwps.poetryslam.com |
Women of the World Poetry Slam
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This annual poetry slam takes place in the USA, and will be staged in Dallas, Texas 2017.
New Zealand has been represented once here, in 2013 by National Slam Champion Ali Jacs. wowps2017.com |
Slam Poesie Coupe de Monde
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This international poetry slam takes place every year in Paris, France. Countries from all over Europe and the world are represented as poets battle it out for the title of World Slam Champ, often in many different languages and styles.
As far as we know New Zealand has never been represented at this event. ffdsp.com |
International Acts in NZ
Harry Baker
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In 2012 Harry fought off all competition to represent his country at the World Cup of Poetry Slam in Paris and going head to head with 19 other national champions was crowned the youngest ever World Slam Champion aged 20, and since then his career has gone from strength to strength.
Having been asked to share his work at a Local TEDx event in the UK, this was then selected and shared on the main TED.com website last year and has since been viewed over a million times and translated into 15 different languages. Having toured the UK and Europe extensively as well as being invited out to North America and South Africa, 2016 will mark Harry’s first visit to New Zealand and Australia. Harry will be sharing poems and stories from his debut collection ‘The Sunshine Kid’ published with Burning Eye in December 2014, which also inspired the Solo Show of the same name, voted “Best Spoken Word Show” of the Edinburgh Fringe 2015. |
Sara Hirsch
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Sara Hirsch is a London based performance poet with punch. A UK Slam Champion, Sara also ranked 3rd in the World Slam Championships 2014 and now runs London's only regular 3 round slam. Sara has performed across the UK and abroad and recently premiered her award winning debut solo show "How Was It For You?" at the Edinburgh Fringe. Sara is currently working on a series of projects, is one of 4 poets in training on the acclaimed Spoken Word Education Programme and will be touring New Zealand in March/April. Sara is known for her witty, honest and heartfelt poetry that challenges the world around her, tells a story, or simply entertains.
For more information visit sarahirsch.co.uk. |
Project VOICE - Sarah Kay & Phil Kaye
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Project VOICE uses spoken word poetry to entertain, educate, and inspire. Through award-winning performances and innovative workshops, Project VOICE is dedicated to promoting empowerment, improving literacy, and encouraging empathy and creative collaboration in classrooms and communities around the world. Project VOICE has a lasting impact; students come away from a Project VOICE visit with a higher motivation to create, a belief in their own voice, and a desire to share and listen to each other’s stories. You can find out more at projectvoice.co and you can make a donation to Project VOICE at http://www.virgin.com/unite/donate/project-voice
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Luka Lesson
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Luka Lesson is a spoken word and hip-hop artist cut from a different cloth. Writing rap music for nine years, Luka discovered Slam Poetry in 2009 and has never looked back. In 2011 Luka won the Australian Poetry Slam final and consequently spent 2012 touring writers’ festivals and independent venues throughout Australia, Asia, New Zealand and North America.
His latest album Please Resist Me is a powerful combination of both poetry and music: 17 tracks of love, social change, ancestral pathways and internal ruminations. lukalesson.com.au |
Carrie Rudzinski
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Carrie Rudzinski ranked 4th in the world at the 2014 Women of the World Poetry Slam and has performed her work across New Zealand, Australia, Canada, India and in almost all 50 of the United States. She is the author of four collections of poetry and has had her work featured in Huffington Post, Teen Vogue, and Bustle. Carrie is the 2016 Programme Director for Rising Voices Youth Poetry Movement and is currently a Guest Lecturer at Manukau Institute of Technology's Faculty of Creative Arts teaching Spoken Word.
carrierudzinski.tumblr.com |
Ken Arkind
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Ken is an American National Poetry Slam Champion, TEDx Speaker, Nuyorican Poets Cafe Grand Slam Champion and educator who has performed his work in 49 States, 6 countries and at over 200 colleges and universities.
He currently lives in Auckland, NZ and attends the Manukau Institute of Technology as a creative writing student. kenarkind.tumblr.com |
Joanna Hoffman
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Joanna Hoffman is a spoken word poet originally from Silver Spring, MD and now living in Brooklyn. She has been on five National Poetry Slam (NPS) teams. In 2006, her team performed on Finals stage and ranked 4th in the nation. In 2007, she was the DC/Baltimore Grand Slam Champion and the Individual World Poetry Slam (IWPS) representative for Baltimore. In 2011, she represented Urbana at the 2011 Women of the World Poetry Slam (WOWPS), National Poetry Slam, and Individual World Poetry Slam, placing in the top 10 at all three. In 2012, she represented Louder Arts at WOWPS, placing 4th overall, and is the Grand Slam Champion for the 2012 Urbana team. She is the 2012 Champion of Capturing Fire, the queer international poetry competition.
joannahoffman.wordpress.com |