Danny Strack
Danny Strack is a performance poet and juggler, residing in Austin, TX. He was the Slam Master of Austin Poetry Slam, during the weekly show at the Spider House Ballroom on Tuesday nights. He has been a regular performer at the Austin Poetry Slam, as well as other Central Texas venues including The Hideout Theatre, Kickbutt Coffee, Expressions, Ruta Maya and Neo Soul since 2003. He is a four-time member of the Austin Poetry Slam Team: 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010, and a multiple time coach. In 2008, the team advanced to Finals and placed 3rd overall at the National Poetry Slam in Madison, WI. He was next on the Austin Neo Soul Nationals team, which placed first in the Group Poem Finals at the 2012 National Poetry Slam in Charlotte, NC. Danny has also been a feature poet on EXSE, a showcase of Austin's best poets for Channel Austin and the Austin International Poetry Festival. In 2013, Danny collaborated with Texas State Musician, Craig Hella Johnson, of Austin's Conspirare to produce "Fusion", a workshop show that attempted to fuse spoken word poetry with choral song.
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Danny Strack | |
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| Born | January 3, 1979 Austin, Texas |
| Occupation | Slam Poet, Writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Literary movement | Slam Poetry |
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| www.dannystrack.com | |
Danny Strack is a performance poet and juggler, residing in Austin, TX.[1] He was the Slam Master of Austin Poetry Slam,[2] during the weekly show at the Spider House Ballroom[3] on Tuesday nights.[4] He has been a regular performer at the Austin Poetry Slam, as well as other Central Texas venues including The Hideout Theatre, Kickbutt Coffee, Expressions, Ruta Maya and Neo Soul since 2003.[5] He is a four-time member of the Austin Poetry Slam Team: 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010, and a multiple time coach.[6] In 2008,[7] the team advanced to Finals and placed 3rd overall at the National Poetry Slam in Madison, WI. He was next on the Austin Neo Soul Nationals team,[8] which placed first in the Group Poem Finals at the 2012 National Poetry Slam in Charlotte, NC.[9]
Danny has also been a feature poet on EXSE,[10] a showcase of Austin's best poets for Channel Austin and the Austin International Poetry Festival.[11] In 2013, Danny collaborated with Texas State Musician, Craig Hella Johnson, of Austin's Conspirare to produce "Fusion",[12] a workshop show that attempted to fuse spoken word poetry with choral song.[13]
Publications
[edit]Career highlights
[edit]- 2012 National Poetry Slam Group Champion (w/ Austin Neo-Soul).
- 2010 Austin Poetry Slam Champion.[14]
- Member of the Austin Poetry Slam team: 2007, 2008,[15] 2009, 2010
- 2007: Southwest Shootout Individual Champion[16] in Albuquerque, New Mexico
- 2008: 3rd Place Overall Team at the 2008 National Poetry Slam
- 2010: Frontera Fest[17] Best of Week Wild Card for "Growth"[18]
- 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010: Frontera Fest Best of Fest for "Haiku Death Match"
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Get to know our spotlight feature, Danny Strack!". 19 February 2014.
- ^ "Austin Poetry Slammers Compete to Make National Team". 6 April 2013.
- ^ Taylor, Lyndsey (June 25, 2014). "Austin Poetry Slam". Archived from the original on 2015-01-20. Retrieved 2015-01-20.
- ^ "Inside The Austin Poetry Slam (VIDEO)". December 22, 2014. Archived from the original on 2015-01-20. Retrieved 2015-01-20.
- ^ "Competitor Profile: Danny Strack".
- ^ "Kevin Burke, the Founder of the Spoken Word Publishing House Timber Mouse Talks to SWR | the Spoken Word Review". Archived from the original on 2015-01-20. Retrieved 2015-01-20.
- ^ "NPS2008: Charlotte takes top prize at poetry slam finals | Dane101". Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2010-04-15.
- ^ "Witness Austin's two best slam poetry teams before they head off to Slam Nationals". Culturemap Austin. 30 July 2012.
- ^ "Central Texas slam poets bring home multiple National Poetry Slam championships". 14 August 2012.
- ^ "EXSE Spoken Word (Exsespokenword) on Myspace".
- ^ "Home". aipf.org.
- ^ "Slam poetry meets choir at Fusion, Conspirare's improvisational collaboration at the North Door". 26 April 2013.
- ^ "NewMusicBox » Different Spaces: Erewhon and Fusion". www.newmusicbox.org. Archived from the original on 2013-08-18.
- ^ "Get your rhyme on". Archived from the original on 2015-01-20. Retrieved 2015-01-20.
- ^ Barnes, Michael (April 11, 2008). "Fat and sassy: Tribeza, Brilliant". Archived from the original on 2010-03-06. Retrieved 2010-05-05.
- ^ "Southwest Shootout - Regional Poetry Slam Finals - City of Albuquerque". Archived from the original on 2009-06-08. Retrieved 2010-04-16.
- ^ "Hyde Park Theatre".
- ^ "Austin News, Events, Restaurants, Music - the Austin Chronicle".