Taos Poetry Circus 2004 cancelled
Monday February 9, 2004
from Anne MacNaughton at the World Poetry Bout Association, Taos, New Mexico:
After 22 years, the management of the famed Taos Poetry Circus announces that the nation’s most popular poetry festival will be taking a one-year hiatus in 2004. The event previously scheduled for June 6-13 is cancelled.
Producers of the event will use the time to reconfigure the concept, programs and goals of the festival. The recent effort to unify the Poetry Circus’ goals with those of Poetry Slam Incorporated succeeded in clarifying the need to bring the Circus into the 21st century performance movement. Although efforts at collaboration with Poetry Slam, Inc. did not result in the working arrangement all had hoped for, organizers remain committed to restoring the Poetry Circus in 2005. For more information, contact Dora McQuaid.
Related resources:
How To Train for the World Heavyweight Poetry Bout Championship... & Lose! (2000), by Bob Holman
“Hiring a Professional,” a backstage report from TPC 2001 in the form of a poem by Anne MacNaughton
World Heavyweight Championship Poetry Bout results, 2002
After 22 years, the management of the famed Taos Poetry Circus announces that the nation’s most popular poetry festival will be taking a one-year hiatus in 2004. The event previously scheduled for June 6-13 is cancelled.
Producers of the event will use the time to reconfigure the concept, programs and goals of the festival. The recent effort to unify the Poetry Circus’ goals with those of Poetry Slam Incorporated succeeded in clarifying the need to bring the Circus into the 21st century performance movement. Although efforts at collaboration with Poetry Slam, Inc. did not result in the working arrangement all had hoped for, organizers remain committed to restoring the Poetry Circus in 2005. For more information, contact Dora McQuaid.
Related resources:
How To Train for the World Heavyweight Poetry Bout Championship... & Lose! (2000), by Bob Holman
“Hiring a Professional,” a backstage report from TPC 2001 in the form of a poem by Anne MacNaughton
World Heavyweight Championship Poetry Bout results, 2002
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