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'''Marc Bamuthi Joseph''' (born 1975) is an award winning spoken-word poet who frequently directs stand alone [[hip-hop theater]] plays.<ref name=speak>{{cite web |title=Marc Bamuthi Joseph: A Leading Voice in Performance and Arts Education |url=http://www.speakoutnow.org/userdata_display.php?modin=50&uid=165 |date= |work=SpeakOutNow.org |publisher=RadicalDesigns.org |accessdate=November 3, 2009 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/628eejjdT |archivedate=October 2, 2011}}</ref> His works include ''Word Becomes Flesh'', ''De/Cipher'' and ''No Man's Land''. He collaborated with [[Rennie Harris]] in 2007 to create ''Scourge'', a play about [[Haiti]]'s social-economical struggles. Joseph directed the play while Harris served as the choreographer.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Living Word Project: Scorge |url=http://www.youthspeaks.org/lwp_projects_scourge.html |date= |work=YouthSpeaks.org |publisher= |accessdate=October 12, 2009 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/628erGw3H |archivedate=October 2, 2011}}</ref><ref name=party>{{cite news |last=Vigil |first=Delfin |title=Hip-hop theater is a party for the people |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/04/24/PKG69CBJM31.DTL&type=performance |date=April 24, 2005 |publisher=San Francisco Chronicle |accessdate=November 3, 2009 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/628eycnZQ |archivedate=October 2, 2011}}</ref> In 2008 he created ''the break/s'', a play based on the book ''[[Can't Stop Won't Stop (book)|Can't Stop Won't Stop]]'' by [[Jeff Chang (journalist)|Jeff Chang]].<ref name=speak/> |
'''Marc Bamuthi Joseph''' (born 1975) is an award winning spoken-word poet who frequently directs stand alone [[hip-hop theater]] plays.<ref name=speak>{{cite web |title=Marc Bamuthi Joseph: A Leading Voice in Performance and Arts Education |url=http://www.speakoutnow.org/userdata_display.php?modin=50&uid=165 |date= |work=SpeakOutNow.org |publisher=RadicalDesigns.org |accessdate=November 3, 2009 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/628eejjdT |archivedate=October 2, 2011}}</ref> His works include ''Word Becomes Flesh'', ''De/Cipher'' and ''No Man's Land''. He collaborated with [[Rennie Harris]] in 2007 to create ''Scourge'', a play about [[Haiti]]'s social-economical struggles. Joseph directed the play while Harris served as the choreographer.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Living Word Project: Scorge |url=http://www.youthspeaks.org/lwp_projects_scourge.html |date= |work=YouthSpeaks.org |publisher= |accessdate=October 12, 2009 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/628erGw3H |archivedate=October 2, 2011}}</ref><ref name=party>{{cite news |last=Vigil |first=Delfin |title=Hip-hop theater is a party for the people |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/04/24/PKG69CBJM31.DTL&type=performance |date=April 24, 2005 |publisher=San Francisco Chronicle |accessdate=November 3, 2009 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/628eycnZQ |archivedate=October 2, 2011}}</ref> In 2008 he created ''the break/s'', a play based on the book ''[[Can't Stop Won't Stop (book)|Can't Stop Won't Stop]]'' by [[Jeff Chang (journalist)|Jeff Chang]].<ref name=speak/> |
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Marc Bamuthi Joseph (born 1975) is an award winning spoken-word poet who frequently directs stand alone hip-hop theater plays.[1] His works include Word Becomes Flesh, De/Cipher and No Man's Land. He collaborated with Rennie Harris in 2007 to create Scourge, a play about Haiti's social-economical struggles. Joseph directed the play while Harris served as the choreographer.[2][3] In 2008 he created the break/s, a play based on the book Can't Stop Won't Stop by Jeff Chang.[1]
Joseph, also a dancer, educator, activist, and environmentalist,[4] was a National Poetry Slam champion in 1999,[5] and a 2006 recipient of the United States Artists Rockefeller Fellowship.[6] Two of his works have been featured at the Humana Festival of New American Plays, Chicago, Sudan in 2011, and the break/s in 2007.
References
- ^ a b "Marc Bamuthi Joseph: A Leading Voice in Performance and Arts Education". SpeakOutNow.org. RadicalDesigns.org. Archived from the original on October 2, 2011. Retrieved November 3, 2009.
- ^ "The Living Word Project: Scorge". YouthSpeaks.org. Archived from the original on October 2, 2011. Retrieved October 12, 2009.
- ^ Vigil, Delfin (April 24, 2005). "Hip-hop theater is a party for the people". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on October 2, 2011. Retrieved November 3, 2009.
- ^ Marc Bamuthi Joseph brings spirit to poems, by Jeffrey Gantz, May 11, 2012, The Boston Globe
- ^ Poetry Slam, Inc., 2007
- ^ United States Artists: USA Fellows
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