Finding The Right Words Poetry Night & So In with the NEW Choreopoem Project !!

So this New Year has started with a flurry of activity and thoughts about the coming year. With me, there is definitely a new attitude, thats so much more positive. S in with the new, take things more in my stride, go with the flow and appreciate more and shine my light !!! Sorting out my wardrobe, getting a juicer, spending more time with family/ loved ones, has been marvellous. I have now written the synopsis for my next choreopoem project and I am very excited about this story, as its so different in subject and the characters !!!!

I have been through a succession of health issues starting with painful cracked tooth, that had to be removed,  a virulent stomach bug, and finally a bad chest with a very annoying cough ! Yet  I have come through  feeling  upbeat overall. 

I am looking forward tonight , as I am  performing at a new Poetry Performance night  titled Find the Right Words, at the Cookie Jar Leicester, hosted by the very talented  poet Jess Green.  Jess has written and performed a stunning poem about  the city of Leicester. It came to my attention, during the Leicester City of Culture process (the bid  was unsuccessful but it  has galvanised the artists of the city to celebrate their talent far more and promote it more for themselves  ! ) 

The Choreopoet, Another Choreopoem & - New Writing Centre University of Leicester

I have been given the title choreopoet  which I embrace with pride. When I saw it - I had to look twice, as if it was someone else and not me - but of course it really was me .  On the homepage website , of the recently launched  Centre for Writing at University of Leicester , with Corinne Fowler  as Director , it looks set to offer exciting opportunities for exploring new and existing forms of literature.


Delightedly, another choreopoem recently, written and performed by Gemma Weekes in London at Rich Mix  arts venue with soundscape provided by in part Mantus the Tablist (from Leicester ).    As I  predicted choreopoems are on the rise - with three from June 2012 -  May 2013 ...I trust this blog is of help to others, in whatever small way, who wish to pursue their own choreopoem projects, . In the future, I hope that we can all come together to discuss our individual current practice in this regard.

 See link for the  New Writing Centres Programme:

 http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/english/creativewriting/centre . 


The title choreopoet,  is welcomed by me partly because of its link with Greek culture and also my idea that choreopoetry as an art form now, is ripe further development, with the opportunities that new technology offers our global world.    The Ted HughesPoetry Prize awarded to Kate Tempest by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy this year . In my view, has lionized  the epic , long poem and spoken word, located in urban contexts . Both Kate and myself like so many poets draw inspiration from  the Greek classics in our writing.  There are  no doubt some synergies at work here- the innovation of several writers, all diverse women based in different locations in England. At this time , I  can only watch and wait  to see what further developments will take place. All of which is very exciting, something for me to relish.i.e. the birth or rebirth of things ...?