Poems of Origin | Performing Memory and Identity with Mayda Del Valle '00

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Channel: Williams College · 2015 · Education

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Bicentennial Award recipient, poet, performer, and original cast member of the Tony Award winning Def Poetry Jam on Broadway.
Using, song, storytelling and poetry, class of ’00 alum, Mayda del Valle, will share a selection of old and new work exploring themes of ancestral memory, and the construction of identity. A Q&A will follow.

MAINSTAGE, ’62 CENTER FOR THEATRE AND DANCE

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