732 students to kick off Louder Than a Bomb 2015

October 01, 2014 732 students, coming from five schools based in Rotterdam (Wolfert van Borselen TTO, Wolfert Lyceum, Wolfert College, Einstein Lyceum and Grafisch Lyceum) will participate in poetry workshops and a screening of the 2010 documentary Louder Than a Bomb, which follows a group of Chicago-area students as they compete in the world’s largest poetry slam. While poetry is the students’ medium and material, it is also the foundation for greater cooperation, engagement and confidence.

The Louder Than a Bomb project offers ongoing workshops, presentations and poetry performances. Instructors work with their classes on reading, understanding, writing and reciting poetry – helping students prepare for a poetry slam finale to take place at the Poetry International Festival.

The film and lessons are presented in Dutch, but bilingual instruction is also possible.
Contact: Mirthe Smeets (smeets@poetry.nl)

Instructors: Miguel Santos, Dean Bowen, Shida Boukhizou, Elten Kiene, Gino van Weenen, Khalid Amakran en Andrea van Herk
Target group: Students from HAVO/VWO 3
, as well as bilingual students
Location: Cinerama theater & in class
Period: October 2015 to June 2016
First meeting: 13 October, 2015; 9 a.m.; Cinerama 
Length of presentation: 60 minutes
Length of workshops: 90 minutes