Information about the event
Workshop | The stage is yours – stage performance
Location: 5th floor
Please note: Registration is necessary, sign up here: https://shorturl.at/9s8OL
The participants bring a self-composed poem or prose, receiving guidance and inspiration for different ways to perform and recite a poem in an effective and creative way. The poem is a living art form; the language can be expanded, reused, rhymed and transformed in various ways. The poetry slam takes the poem and pushes it into new dimensions. It sheds light on the strengths and weaknesses of the language, putting it in a new context and giving it new life.
Everything about the Poetry Slam of the Reykjavik City Library
Instructors: Steinunn Jónsdóttir and Jón Magnús Arnarsson.
Steinunn Jónsdóttir studied classical singing and viola playing in her early years and has studied at the National Ballet School of Iceland. She has worked as a musician and a dance teacher since 2011. Steinunn is a part of the group Reykjavíkurdætur and is one of the front members of the band Amabadama. She has a lot of experience working with children, teaching both performance and text composition.
Jón Magnús has been involved in Poetry Slam in Iceland from the very beginning. He first became interested in it in 2001 when witnessing Saul Williams, US champion of Poetry Slam, perform at Roskilde. Jón Magnús graduated from the theatre program at The Commedia School in 2013. He is one of the founders of the Golden Gang Comedy group, which has been running a weekly stand-up show in Reykjavík for five years. In 2017, Jón Magnús won the City Library’s Poetry Slam and subsequently participated internationally in prestigious competitions in that art form. His first play, Tvískinnungur, premiered at the Reykjavík City Theatre in November 2018. He also translated the dramatization of Romeo and Juliet, which was performed at the National Theatre in 2021.
For further information contact:
Guðrún Elísa Ragnarsdóttir, specialist
gudrun.elisa.ragnarsdottir@reykjavik.is | s. 411 6100