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Poet-tree En Motion 2010 Spring Performance Series

Wednesdays March 3rd, April 7th, May 5th, + Friday June 4th, 2010
This series will present a diverse range of dance, live music/electronic sound-scapes, poetry/spoken-words/story-telling, performance~artistry & visual projections

Sign up for the open stage/open mic to close the night!

Each  event will highlight the work of Resident Performance Artist PlumDragoness/Gabrielle de Burke {Casella}
featuring guest collaborators The ELEMENTS
¨PlumDragoness & The ELEMENTS〃 bring you dances with words, produced beats w/ poeticized rhymes & story-tales, theatrical performances set to background of projected Visuals & Live instrumental accompaniment
Guest VJ Kevlar

FEATURED GUEST ARTISTS:

APRIL 7th: Nat’l Poet-tree Month!
This April event specifically dedicates the stage to poets/poetry in & around the Philly area! Individual members from a variety of different community groups/organizations involved with poetry/spoken word have been invited represent by blessing the mic!

Featuring:

Philly Youth Poetry Movement
Jamillah
James Jadon Woodard (lyrical playground)
Community Cultural Exchange
Natalie*C*Felix
Ray Baxley (Brotha Ray)

Old Head Poets:
Achak
Elliott Levin
Lady Blue
Mad Poets Society
Tamara Oakman
Elieen & Autumn Konopka

MAY 5TH: Beltane Fire Festivities meet Cinco De Mayo!

Industrial Death & PANadelphia (Philadelphia Art Network)
Here to present original beats & rhymes for the conscious freaks in a Myan Calendar minded  & grinded music w/ live painting art party atmosphere (audience participation encouraged/paint brushes & markers provided)!

Philly Fire Arts/PEXie collective
Performing a series of vignettes set to carefully selected soundtracks; featuring everything from world beat-music to house-hip-hop-opera! Fire-eating/breathing, belly dancing, ballet, acrobatics, gymnastics poetry & movement, object manipulation, video, & theatrics are lit by custom fire sculptures.
An all-female multi-dimensional performance troupe combining dance, spoken word, various forms of yoga/martial arts, hula hooping and fire arts to present a dangerously exciting and sensual show. Our performance is comprised of a series of vignettes set to carefully selected soundtracks featuring everything from world beat-music to house-hip-hop-opera! Our usual show features fire-eating and fire-breathing, as well as belly dancing, ballet, acrobatics and gymnastics; embracing the arts through poetry & movement, object manipulation, video, sound and theatrics lit by custom fire sculptures (scenes including fire will be performed outside, permit pending).

FRIDAY, JUNE  4TH: Friends of PlumDragoness Project
This evening is the 2nd annual fundraiser for Friends of PlumDragoness Performance Projects. There will be a Silent Auction with items from local businesses (including antiques, estate jewelry, artists goods/services & handmade art & etc.). The event will feature performances by local resident artist Gabrielle de Burke Casella/a.k.a. Plumdragoness along w/ special International guest artists including World Beat Soundscapes by DJ Orbicles & members of the musical group “the Elements.” “PlumDragoness & The ELEMENTS” bring you dances with words, combining organic beets & rhymes with digital music meditations, theatrically divined performances, set to a background of projected Visuals & Live instrumental accompaniment

Refreshments provided by the Continental Café, DeBruno Brothers & Whole Foods!

•    the ELEMENTS”-Elliott Levin, Peter (Parker) Brodhead, Andres Cisneros, Lady Mocean, Jake Klein (Histronica) & other Guests TBA!

•    DJ Orbicles (Gaian Mind Collective)–spinning beats throughout the night. BIO-When she’s not traveling the world collecting music and experiences, she’s home learning how to best share them with you. Melanie’s love of electronica started back in 1992, when she first became exposed to such seminal acts as The Orb, Aphex Twin, Moby, and other early pioneers of the nascent dance music scene. Eschewing traditional limits of what constitutes “chillout” material, Melanie’s djing style encompasses a broad cross section of musical styles, combining elements of trip-hop, dub, house, drum n’ bass, IDM, ambient, techno, and trance, with worldbeat and ethnic influences.

This final event of the Spring 2010 Poet-tree En Motion Series is the culmination of 7 successfully attended seasons in the West Philly Community. Evenings often presents diverse range of dance, live music/electronic sound-scapes, poetry/spoken-words/story-telling, performance~artistry, projected visuals & live painting …

All events are free; donations are encouraged.