Information about the event

Time
14:00 - 16:00
Price
Free
Target
Everyone
Ages
16+
Language
Icelandic
Music

Workshop | The stage is yours – stage performance

Sunday November 17th 2024

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. 

 

Event on Facebook.

 

For further information contact:

Guðrún Elísa Ragnarsdóttir, specialist

gudrun.elisa.ragnarsdottir@reykjavik.is | s. 411 6100