Three Wednesday evenings in November (Nov 16, 23, 30), 8 pm. STEP BY STEP, three cabaret variety evenings of music, poetry, theatre and open mic, presented and hosted by Turn Around Projects (TAP), a non-profit arts and education organisation from Hamilton. Featuring dub poet and reggae artist Michael St. George (aka The MSG). The events are being held to raise money for TAPs education fund. http://www.turnaroundproject.ca/ What is TAP?
Turn Around Projects of the Arts (TAP) is a not-for-profit organization with the mission to create and maintain integrated arts projects, which promotes reciprocal exchange in order to strengthen and build communities. At the root of TAP’s conviction is the firm belief that the arts are essential to human development and provide unique opportunities to engage, question and confront issues and relationships in our world. To date, TAP has executed six successful programs in three countries with over 500 participants from around the world.
Our History:
In September 2006, educator and renowned Dub poet, Michael St. George was hired at Brock University (St. Catharines, Canada), to teach a Drama in Education and Society class called “Alternative Forms of Theatre”.
What became known as TAP grew out of the students’ desire to work with Jamaican youth, after learning of the strong performative culture in the country. The goal was to foster positive attitudes, generate change, and bring awareness of alternative ways of thinking…through the arts.
The Pilot Project was held in Jamaica in July 2007. Sixteen Drama in Education students and two Film students created an integrated arts program for over one hundred Jamaican participants running workshops in Theatre, Music, Creative Writing, Visual Art and Dance. […continued on the TAP website.]
