'Writing Verse for Performance Poetry'

Alice D'Lumier is a Writer/Performance Artist who regularly tours original solo Spoken Word performances to Arts Centres and Theatre Studios across England. 

'WRITING VERSE FOR PERFORMANCE POETRY' Workshop Details:

This is a specialist session looking in more detail at Performance Poetry.

Beginning with the basic building blocks of verse:

Syllables, Stress, Rhythm and Meter.

Example of different Meters; their uses and benefits -

Iambic Pentameter, Iambic Tetrameter and "Ballard Form"

Trochaic Tetrameter, Dactyls and Anapaests.

Stanza Structure - Ballards, Sonnets, Limericks and other popular forms.

Rhyme Scheme - Blank Verse and Half Rhyme. Slant Rhyme, and Assonance

Does a Poem need any of this? - Freeform, Rap, Heightened Prose.

Again the Reminder - This is ALL for the Stage NOT for the Page...

Format and Audiences: the different approaches for writing for different venues and crowds.

Authorial Voice - Gender, Cadence, Accent and Culture.

Vocal Technique - Project your voice or use Mics - The Pros and cons of both for learnt and

read work.

The Visual Aspect - Costume and Physicality. Even performance which is still primarily

language based often has a visual component - what to consider before walking on stage.

London Independent Story Prize is a not-for-profit organisation. This event is FREE (£0).

We welcome donations from whom are able to do so. Suggested donation £2.

Donations go towards to ensure the future viability of the London Independent Story Prize and the organisation’s other activities, such as online publishing, print publishing and free educational and social events as well as offering free entry for the writers who are on a low income.

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