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anitafrika! dub theatre space.
storyteller.groundings.fest 2008.
youth performance and workshops.
august 2008.
event pamphlet w/ collective bios, storyteller bios, calendar, and programming.
click here to download *.pdf.
anitafrika! dubbin night
october 2008 photogallery
photography by moses
anitafrika! mikey smith raw works festival
december 2008 photogallery
photography by nzegwhua anderson
press release click here
named in honour of the brilliant and political jamaican dubpoet, this festival features works-in-progress by artists-in-residence at anitafrika! dub theatre. each year adt! mentors 3-6 youth and emerging storytellers, providing them with rigorous training aimed at developing their artistic and political selves in unison. the festival takes place at the end of both the first and second terms of each season. artists-in-residence include kim crosby, colanthony humphrey, lisa paul, jamilah malika, and natalyn tremblay.
from tuesday december 16 to saturday december 20, come engage in a revolushunary afrikan model of theatre featuring works-in-progress. each evening is comprised of workshop readings and q & a by adt! resident artists and performances by local storytellers including da original one, ania, sedina fiati and ian kamau. the five day festival celebrates the end of the first term of the 2008-2009 season culminating in a ritual-based ceremony of drummers, dancers, poets, vocalists, djs, dancing and great vibes
storyteller groundings fest
anitafrika! dub theatre's bi-annual summer storyteller conference, the storyteller groundings fest, provides a creative space for inter and cross-generational dialogues as afrikan-canadians, on the relationship between our art and our integrities. this year's groundings theme was the storytellers' integrity, featuring works by toronto's emerging youth artists (mentored in adt!'s dubbin.stories.program), a series of rigorous panels by artists from all disciplines, anti-oppreshun/equality workshops, community performance works, and a market place of afrikanadian artisans.
event pamphlet w/ collective bios, storyteller bios, calendar, and programming. click here to download *.pdf.
anitafrika! in the news
dub poet opens own theatre space
liberty gleaner. august 20 2008. gleanerextra.com. download click here
local theatre opens
parkdale liberty villager. july 23 2008. insidetoronto.com. download click here
anitafrika! press releases
anitafrika! dub theatre’s second season continues with the incredible mikey smith raw works festival
december 2, 2009. download click here
canstage theatre's 2009-2010 resident playwright d'bi.young, closes anitafrika! dub theatre's first season with the incredible word! sound! powah! festival
july 15, 2009. download click here
d'bi.young celebrates the launch of toronto's new anitafrika! dub theatre and the upcoming storyteller.groundings.fest
august 8, 2008. download click here
anitafrika! images
anitafrika! dub theatre logo
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storyteller.groundings.fest 2008
poster. download *.jpg file click here
fundraiser. download *.jpg file click here
