Shake the Dust at The Lyric Lounge
Shake the Dust at Lyric Lounge Nottingham 2012
Poet Coaches and Poet Shadows Wanted
APPLICATION DEADLINE MONDAY 24TH OCTOBER 5PM
Nottingham Playhouse, Writing East Midlands and Mouthy Poets in association with Apples and Snakes present Shake the Dust at Lyric Lounge Nottingham June 2012, as part of Igniting Ambition, the East Midlands’ contribution to the Cultural Olympiad.
Shake the Dust is a national poetry slam inspiring young people to share their lives, stories and dreams, and giving them a platform from which to speak out.
The Lyric Lounge celebrates spoken word by creating relaxed spaces for learning, practicing and performing spoken word and performance poetry.
We are looking for both 5 experienced and 5 emerging poets, with particular skills in performance/slam poetry, who would want to take up the role of Poet Coach or be mentored as a Poet Shadow. The poets will be working in a variety of formal and informal education settings to deliver paid workshops.
The Coaches will be shadowed by the emerging poets and will work with 5 teams of young people in the run up to Nottingham’s slam celebration and showcase, with the highest-scoring team and their coaches going on to the slam final in London in July 2012.
Poet coaches will be paid £1,800 for 10 workshops.
Shadows will be paid £750 for their attendance of and involvement in 10 workshops.
Click on the links below to download the job descriptions, application forms, and project overview.
Shake the Dust Project Overview
Shake the Dust Poet Coach – job description
Shake the Dust Poet Coach – application form
Shake the Dust Shadow – job description
Shake the Dust Shadow – application form
Please also visit www.lyriclounge.co.uk for further background information.
To be considered for this opportunity, please download and complete the application documents and submit your application and relevant CV by MONDAY 24TH OCTOBER to catherine@writingeastmidlands.co.uk
INTERVIEWS TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY 1ST NOVEMBER AND TUESDAY 8TH NOVEMBER
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Sign up for an unmissable opportunity to work with renowned slam facilitator and poet coach Jacob Sam-La Rose.
For poets and spoken word artists interested in developing young people’s creative writing and performance skills, with a particular view to working with the youth slam model a free Masterclass workshop will be held on 25th October from 12-6pm. To book your place, please call the Nottingham Playhouse Box Office: 0115 941 9419
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