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T838512559Shake the Dust is a national celebration of the power of poetry. As Olympic and Paralympic athletes train, young people from across the country will work with leading spoken word artists to share their stories and find their voices through slam poetry. Get ready for summer 2012 when they'll take the stage and shake the dust. This is the celebratory culmination of a programme of poetry workshops. Five teams of young poets come together to battle it out for the honour of representing the South East against eight other regional teams in the Shake the Dust National Final at The Southbank Centre, London, in July. | |
| 25 Jun 12 | NST Campus, Southampton :: V776 listing details L860535078 |
T799040267As part of Shake the Dust, a national celebration of the power of poetry, 5 groups of young people from across Leeds will battle it out to see which team will represent Yorkshire at the National Final at the Southbank Centre in London in July. As Olympic and Paralympic athletes train, young people from across the country will work with leading spoken word artists to share their stories and find their voices through slam poetry. | |
| 23 Jun 12 | Leeds Playhouse (formerly West Yorkshire Playhouse), Leeds :: V977 listing details L01921070683 |
London Regional Final - T01133712738Professional Spoken Word artists Kat Francois, Paul Lyalls, Kayo Chingonyi, Dzifa Benson and Sam Berkson have coached teams of young people from across the region. Now those young poets are ready to Shake the Dust. Join the 5 London teams as they showcase their work and compete for a place at the National Shake The Dust Final, held in London 5 - 8 July. Hosted by G.R.E.Ed.S, with guest performances from Deanna Roger (Chill Pill) and Toby de Angeli (Roundhouse Collective). Judged by Peter Kahn (poet, author and teacher, founding member of Malika's Kitchen, Chicago), Sifundo Msebele (poet and member of London Teenage Poetry SLAM) and Khadijah Ibrahiim (poet, founder and Artistic Director of Leeds Young Authors: Voices of a New Generation.) | |
| 16 Jun 12 | The Albany, Outer London :: V294 listing details L772394033 |
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