Schedule of Events

 

The New Jersey Performing Arts Center
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

SACRED CIRCLE/SPOKEN WORD
A Three-Day Festival and Conference
October 29-31, 1999

Friday, October 29

8:00pm / Rehearsal Banquet Hall
PERFORMANCE

8:10 Imani Uzuri / Marvin Sewell
8:35 Will Power
9:00 WordBand
9:35 Shaheen Ariefdien / Isaac Pule Chokwe
10:05 Craig Harris / Sekou Sundiata
11:30pm / Robert Treat Hotel

OPEN MIC

Hosted by Verse 4 Verse

 

Saturday, October 30

12:00pm-4:30pm / Rehearsal Banquet Hall
PANEL I – THE POWER OF THE SPOKEN WORD: POLITICS, HISTORY AND AESTHETICS

Panelists:  Ras Baraka (Moderator), Amiri Baraka, Willie Sanchez, Vanessa Richards, Khefri Riley, Reg E. Gaines, Roger Robinson, Asha Bandele

Readings by

: Wilfredo Bonilla, Vanessa Richards, Laini Mataka, Shaheen Ariefdien, Isaac Pule Chokwe

 

5:00pm-6:00pm / Rehearsal Banquet Hall
WORKSHOP I – PRODUCTION AND PERFORMANCE

Workshop Lead by: Jessica Care Moore and Reg E. Gaines

 

8:10pm / Victoria Theater
PERFORMANCE

8:10 Live Language
8:45 Roger Robinson
9:30 Watts Prophets
10:05 Freestyle Union
10:40 M’Zawa Danz

11:30pm / Robert Treat Hotel
OPEN MIC

Hosted by Nuyorican Poets Cafe

 

Sunday, October 31

12:00pm-3:30pm / Rehearsal Banquet Hall
PANEL II – SPIRIT OF PERFORMANCE: CONTENT, COOPERATION, COMPETITION

Panelists:  Wilfredo Bonilla (Moderator),Sonia Sanchez, Sarah Jones, Tracie Morris, Miguel Algarin, Toni Blackman, Sekou Sundiata

Readings by

:  Amina Baraka, Sarah Jones, Sekou Sundiata, Sonia Sanchez, General D


3:30pm-4:30pm / Rehearsal Banquet Hall
WORKSHOP II – DISTRIBUTION AND THE INTERNET

Workshop Lead by: 

Troy Johnson and Davey D

5:00pm / Victoria Theater
PERFORMANCE

Fo deuk Revue, Mutabaruka, Roger Bonair-Agard

7:00pm / Victoria Theater
POST-PERFORMANCE DISCUSSION – FROM STAGE TO PAGE

Kalamu Ya Salaam

 

NJPAC’S Sacred Circle/Spoken Word is presented as part of
WORLD FESTIVAL III, sponsored by American Express and Pfizer
Additional support provided by the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation and the Instituto Cam?es.

This program is made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State and made possible in part by funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.