Oni Lasana Productions
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Adventures in Poetry, Storytelling & more!
*!* Creative Enrichment Programs *!*
Oni Lasana is on the move...touching hearts through performing arts!
Philadelphia 2 Virginia...Mississippi Delta 2 Germany...Rhode Island 2 Maryland...North Carolina 2 Delaware...Los Angeles 2 Dayton, Ohio...New Jersey 2 Louisiana...New York 2 Trinidad & Tobago!
Oni Lasana, "Desired Poet of the People" is a cultural chameleon and muse to many.
She shares her gifts as a professional, dynamic, vivacious, spirit driven ARTress, Performance poet, Storyteller, Musician, Vocalist, Mentor and also a enthusiastic advocate of Arts-in-Education. Her life journey is to offer positive awareness of African American and Caribbean cultures to communities worldwide.
Lasana's interactive unique performances and workshop lifts the spirits of young and old, featuring American History, Literature, Theater & Music, fused with a flair for poetic storytelling. Her dramatic one woman productions and interpretations of Paul Laurence Dunbar poetry, as well as original prose, shines off the page, and onto the stage in interactive, educational assemblies, theater productions, festivals, corporate and social events since 1990.
~ Affiliations ~
Artreach, Inc.
Mississippi Storyweavers
National Storytelling Network.
Patchwork, A Storytelling Guild
Rutgers University Childrens Literacy
The National Association Of Black Storytellers
The Coatesville Cultural Society, Founding Member
West Chester Community Performers, Program Director
Keepers Of The Culture, Inc. PR Chair, Philadelphia's Afrocentric Storytelling Group
*!* Latest Adventures *!*
With Poet, Author, Activist and Professor Nikki Giovanni, and Val Gray Ward, rappin' We Real Cool by Gwendolyn Brooks and MLK, JR. I Have A Dream speech. Also, Paul Laurence Dunbar's, We Wear The Mask, on "Hip Hop Speaks To Children" audio book on Sourcebooks, Inc.
See the video of Nikki introducing the project:Hip Hop Speaks to Children & Roanoke VA News article.
Ad libin' a groove with Ruby Red (bass guitar)in a Sister Wings Performance at the Harambee Radio.com 2007 Anniversary Party at Harambee Online TV
Oni's short story was selected for the Benjamin Franklin Autobiography Project. Her story was one of 20 autobiographical accounts posted at bus stops throughout Philadelphia. Oni wrote on her childhood experience growing up in Philadelphia and going to the Uptown Theater to see the Rock n' Roll Motown Revue Shows back in the late 60's. To read the story go to The Autobiography Project and clik on the story under "L".
Sister Wings, Spoken Wordsongs, Bass & Beats - Spoken word like ya neva heard! Original prose over bass lines & beats in the key of soul, urban, hip hop, jazz & reggae.
Doin' Dunbar As 'Lias' Mother - 21 tracks featuring the southern dialect poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar. "The voice of Dunbar!"...Nikki Giovanni.
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