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Tantra-zawadi best describes her work as "the love that I make through my art to the vision of the unseen reality." Soulful and sublime, her poetry explores love in all its forms; from the rush of the first kiss to the bittersweet. Born in Brooklyn, New York, as a performance poet and published author, Tantra also uses her voice to support the rights of women through creative expression.
Tantra has performed to standing-room audiences at venues as far away as South Africa, London, Germany and Canada. She has performed original works in the off-Broadway productions of Girl -- A Choreospective, A Night of Three God/desses: Soldier Blues and Powerful Women, Face This, Stolen Dreams (A Stage Play), An Evolution in Reinvention, the Numeral Three, Leaving My Apartment and Other Urban Adventures and projects with the vonduvoisdancecollective. Tantra is a 2010 Pushcart Prize Nominee and a recipient of the Kings County District Attorney's Office Women's History Month Award.
Published Author: Tantra's latest release, "Gathered at Her Sky" from Poets Wear Prada Publishing, is available at Amazon and LULU.com (June 2010).
Tantra, a mentor for Girl-Child Network Worldwide (GCN), will donate partial proceeds from Gathered at Her Sky to GCN. She is also the author of "alifepoeminprogress" by Chuma Spirit Books, and her poetry was featured in Essence and SpokenVizions Magazines.
On Screen: Known for being on the cutting edge as an artist and for speaking out about issues such as HIV and AIDS awareness, Tantra's poem and video "Scarlet Waters," was featured on the Product(RED) video wall created by U2's Bono and Bobby Shriver, to raise awareness for HIV/AIDS in Africa. Her short documentaries are "Girl - The Film" and "A Silent Genocide ~ A Brief Insight into HIV/AIDS" edited by Oliver Covrett. A Silent Genocide was selected as part of the 2010 Cine Mostra AIDS Brasil in Sao Paulo. Tantra also participated in a public service announcement for BETAH Associates produced by Marc Herbert Productions aimed at promoting HIV/AIDS awareness. Tantra's videos and films may be viewed on-line @ www.youtube.com/tantrazawadi.
Music and Poetry: Tantra-zawadi is a member of Collective Spirits - discography: The "Love Planet" EP, 2 Shades of Deep (Dolls Combers and Deep Xcape - Live, Love, Life), Afro Land Volume I (Uno Mas Recordings - Guru Dance and Crazy About You Love), Sound Out of Africa (UMBO Recordings), The "Liberation Sessions: Soul of the City CD" by Mwalim, "Summerbreeze EP" by Dolls Combers (Loving You), "Poetic Stimulus" by Atlanta Red, "EARTHOLOGY" by Floyd Boykin, Jr., "Rizen" by Cendrine Marrouat, "Love Seeker" (Groove Assassin - GKF Records), Gene King's "Out of the Blue" (Shines Records), Urban Avant Garde - Live at the Nuyorican Poet's Cafe (Canhead Records), Soul Agenda's "Don't Let Go," Nastee Nev's "Secrets of Life" and "Giant Steps -- Back From Miami."
Follow Tantra-zawadi Online:
www.tantra-zawadi.com
http://www.pw.org/content/tantra_zawadi
www.facebook.com/tantra.zawadi
Hometown
Brooklyn
Country
United States
Occupation
Poet, author, filmmaker
Interests
Poetry, music, art, film
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