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Tanya
Evanson is a Poet, Spoken Word Artist, Vocalist,
Whirling Dervish, Arts Organizer and Educator.
Montreal-born and now based
in Vancouver Canada, she has published five poetry chapbooks, two
spoken wor-l-d music CDs 'The Memorists' (2008) and 'Invisible World'
(2004), and has been performing multilingually across Canada since
1995. Her work is
featured in the award-winning videopoem 'Almost Forgot My Bones' (2004)
documentaries 'Generation Exile' (2010) and 'In Search of Ecstasy'
(2009) as well as anthologies, international recordings, national TV
and radio. Spoken word performance highlights include The Vancouver
Folk Music Festival, Calgary International Spoken Word Festival,
Edmonton Poetry Festival, Beats Without Borders, Poetry Gabriola
Festival, International Vancouver Storytelling Festival and When
Sisters Speak (Toronto) billed with artists such as John Giorno, Ursula
Rucker, Michael Franti, Ted Joans, Sheri-D Wilson, bill bissett and Bob
Holman.
As Mother Tongue Media, she has been writing, editing
and producing art events that bridge disciplines
and cultures since 2000; including 'Tales of Ordinary Madness' spoken
word series,
'Under the Griot Tree' afro-cultural arts festival, and interart events
ANU 8, 9 and 10.
A classically trained Whirling Dervish since 2002, she performed
extensively across Europe, Turkey and Japan from her base in Istanbul,
and now continues in Canada. Whirling performance highlights have been
with Mercan Dede, Natasha Atlas, Ludovico Einaudi and Niyaz at AKM
(Turkey), Barbican (UK), Club Paradiso (Netherlands), Etnosur festival
(Spain) and Ars Electronica (Austria). Open your
arms if you want to be held. |
