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Dark Sounds: Poetry + Flamenco with Jan Zwicky

English-language poetry is fused with flamenco dance and guitar.
Event can be attended in person In-Person Event
Music Folk / Celtic / Latin / World Literary Poetry Dance Folk / Cultural
Thu. November 7th 2024 + Add to Calendar Intrepid Theatre (All Ages)
7:00pm - 9:15pm  Doors at: 6:30pm

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Jan Zwicky (poet)
Denise Yeo (flamenco dancer)
Garth Martens (poet)
from Victoria BC
Melanie Siebert (interviewer)
Gareth Owen (flamenco guitarist)
TRADITIONAL FLAMENCO from Victoria BC

Event Description

In DARK SOUNDS, poets Garth Martens and Jan Zwicky will perform alongside guitarist Gareth Owen and dancer Denise Yeo. Their focus is the dark core of sex, family, love, of being human. Personal sorrows that pile up while smoke steeples the horizon. They're doing something new, fusing North American speech with the intensity of flamenco to offer urgent truth-telling about our cultural and planetary situation. Each performance is followed by a conversation with the artists led by writer and therapist Melanie Siebert. Space is limited. Tickets at an 18% discount are available right now. Order yours here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/905841144247/ If cost is a barrier, email Garth Martens at atholbrose@gmail.com to be added to a list for accessible, lower-priced tickets if they bec... more...

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Intrepid Theatre

##2-1609 Blanshard Victoria BC
V8W 2J5

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Dark Sounds: Poetry + Flamenco with Jan Zwicky - Nov 9th @ Intrepid Theatre