ANEEMAH’S SPOT: the Base is a stylistic mix of stealthy dialogue, rhyme and spoken word. A funeral brings Aneemah and Wan together to mourn, connect, and share their histories, as they are forced to let go of the past and choose how they will navigate life from these moments on.

DANCING TO A WHITE BOY SONG @ Summerworks Festival 2011

3 actors, 3 stories, 3 art forms… A multidisciplinary theatrical creation exploring the issues of youth, immigration, culture and otherness, told through the eyes, voices, and bodies of 3 characters with poetry, movement, music and visual imagery.

CO-CREATED by director Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu, choreographer Meryem Alaoui and spoken word artist Motion, this production will take audiences through a physical, emotional and mental journey exploring the metaphor of what it means to ‘dance to the beat of the other.’ It will question how we come to define ourselves and relate to one another in our diverse multicultural society. STARRING Esther Kamba, Keriece Harris & Simeon Taole.

Motion: writer/co-creator dancing to a white boy song

“It’s amazing collaborating with director Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu and choreographer Meryem Alaoui, building this creative trilogy.”

Poet, lyricist, emcee, Motion spans the realms of music, spoken word and drama, composing for stage & screen. Her dramatic works have been seen and heard at Obsidian’s International Black Playwright’s Festival, bcurrent’s Rock Paper Sistaz, and the Buzz Festival at Theatre Passe Muraille, and she is creating a new work as a member of Factory Theatre’s Natural Resources Unit. Motion’s latest collection of poetry 40 Dayz is published by Women’s Press.