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Kuumba Lynx The Body: Spoken

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  • ABOUT Kuumba Lynx

    The Kuumba Lynx Hip Hop Theatre Company (KLPE) is comprised of emerging and established artists ages 8 and up. KLPE produces original "Edutainment" (education and entertainment). KLPE artists combine their love of Hip-Hop and dedication to social justice with urban narratives that explore culture, spirituality, social responsibility, and cross cultural understandings.

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  • ABOUT Marty McConnell

    Marty McConnell is a slam poet whose work explores the intersection of gender, sexuality, religion, and history. Her work has been published in numerous anthologies, including Word Warriors: 35 Women Leaders in the Spoken Word Movement. McConnell has competed in six National Poetry Slams with the NYC/louderARTS team, currently represents Chicago on the 2010 Chicago/Mental Graffiti National Poetry Slam team, and is Chicago's 2010 Grand Slam Champion.

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  • ABOUT Roger Bonair-Agard

    Roger Bonair-Agard is a professional performance poet and co-founder and artistic director of  louderARTS Project. He is co-author of Burning Down the House and author of Tarnish and Masquerade. In 1998, Bonair-Agard was named the Nuyorican Poets Café Fresh Poet of the Year. That same year, he coached the Nuyorican team to victory in the National Poetry Slam over 44 other teams. The following year he earned the title of National Individual Slam Champion.

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  • ABOUT Nikki Pattin

    Nikki Patin is a writer and spoken word performer. She is the author of The Phat Grrrl Diaries and the album Bedroom Empires. In 2004 Patin was voted one of Chicago’s six most fabulous 20-somethings by The Chicago Tribune’s Red Eye. In 2006 she was one of 30 under 30 most influential LGBTQ people in Chicago by Windy City Times and took the gold medal in the Gay Games International LGBT poetry slam. Recently Patin was nominated for “Best Standout Performer” in the Dunedin Fringe Festival.

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Recorded on November 6, 2010.

The connection between beauty and body is a long and winding road. Through the ages poets and songwriters have used the body as a subject to fascinate and challenge their readers and listeners. This spoken word program showcases new voices in this storied tradition and considers the body as human, as metropolis, and imagined in ways yet undiscovered. With appearances from poetry slam veterans and writers as young as eleven, this round robin–style performance will illustrate the humor, complexity, and beauty that define what shapes us all: our bodies. Featuring performances by Kuumba Lynx’s Half-Pint Poets, Marty McConnell, and Roger Bonair-Agard and hosted by program curator Nikki Patin.

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