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Building Resilience With Care - Spoken Word Poetry Workshop: Andre Fenton

4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

In this versatile writing workshop with Andre Fenton we will look at poetry through a perspective of handling your audience with care. We will focus on building resilience in our stories, and digging deep into self-reflection. With warm up writing exercises and activities we will explore different aspects of spoken word. Participants will leave with tips and tricks to overcome writer’s block, learning how to outline a piece from beginning to end, and with a few new poems along the way. This will be a place for folks to share their progress and work in a supportive, welcoming environment. This workshop is for both experienced, and new poets!

Andre’s bio:
Andre Fenton is an award-winning African Nova Scotian writer, performer, and arts educator who has represented Halifax at seven national spoken word festivals across Canada. He is the 2023 recipient of the Portia White Protege Award and a 2022 recipient of an Emerging Artist Recognition Award from Creative NS Awards. Andre is the author of three young adult fiction novels, Worthy of Love. ANNAKA, which was the 2022 recipient of The Community & Place Award from Digitally Lit, and The Summer Between Us, which won Gold in The Coast’s 2022 Best Of Awards. Andre has facilitated writing and performance workshops at over 50 schools across Nova Scotia. He is currently screenwriting the film adaptation of his novel, ANNAKA that is being produced by Fine Devils Films. Andre is based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Injury Prevention For Dancers: Tony Ingram

3:30 pm - 4:15 pm

Dr. Tony’s bio:
Dr. Tony Ingram is a former physical therapist and dancer with over 20 years of experience in movement skill development and injury prevention. Holding a Ph.D. in Neuroscience, an M.Sc. in Kinesiology, and an M.Sc. in Physical Therapy, Tony authored the chapter on injury prevention for dancers in The Oxford Handbook of Hip Hop Dance Studies (2022). His career bridges practical and academic fields, including founding a startup building neurorehabilitation devices. While Tony primarily works in the medical technology industry, he still finds fulfillment in leveraging his background to help dancers prevent and manage injuries.

Announcing this year’s StART Festival Workshops, all day Saturday, August 17th! More to come! 👀

How I got my StART - Owen ‘O’Sound’ Lee
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

Grant Writing 101: Meg Hubley ,

1:45 pm - 3:15 pm

Stay tuned for more workshops being announced! Sign up link in our bio🔗

Registration to attend the workshops are free, however we will be accepting donations to help fund future BSTC programming!