phone: home:
905-428-2331
cell:
647-284-9135
email: dmorgan@upfromtheroots.ca
Dwayne Morgan is a spoken word artist who first stepped on the stage in 1994. Since then, Dwayne has self published four books, and two audio recordings. At age 27, Dwayne currently performs throughout Toronto, while touring through the U.S., England, and Germany annually. Dwayne is on the roster of the Royal Conservatory of Music's Learning through the Arts Program, and often makes presentations to high school students about the importance of writing, sharing their views, and the English language. Dwayne's work is influenced by hip hop culture, and manages to touch a place deep inside of us.
Grade Levels: 7 - 12 with a preference for high school
Fees: Standard
Classroom Approach:
Teachers have a couple of
options.
In the class, Dwayne can run a series of creative writing workshops,
which aim to equip the students with tools that they can utilize at any
time in their writing. Some of the tasks would require that the
students work individually, while others will require group work
As a spoken word artist, Dwayne can also do lecture style performance
and discussions, where topics such as the importance of language, self
publishing, the connection between hip hop culture and literature are
explored.