{"id":7534,"date":"2023-09-14T17:27:41","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T16:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/applesandsnakes.org\/?p=7534"},"modified":"2023-09-14T17:27:43","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T16:27:43","slug":"tatenda-matsvai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/applesandsnakes.org\/2023\/09\/14\/tatenda-matsvai\/","title":{"rendered":"Tatenda Matsvai"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8cf370e7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Describe yourself in 3 words\u2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Playful, Enthusiastic, Sporadic<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8cf370e7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What inspires you?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I am inspired by life the beauty the weight, the flow of it all through music movement<br>breath, it moves me, makes me feel present, real unreal at times and like magic, My family,<br>my mother the story teller, my father the spokesperson, my sister and her kids, they remind<br>me creativity is as easy as playing. I\u2019m inspired by the transformative nature of interaction,<br>between self and other, body and space, community and individual. I\u2019m inspired by anything<br>that moves me.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8cf370e7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tell us about your worst ever gig?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>At some well-known London performance space, I got on stage and hated everything I was<br>struck by a serious case of imposter syndrome. I completely lost site of an opportunity<br>where I could show people who I am, imperfect and playful and whimsical. And I was so<br>fixated on presenting a version of myself that I thought people expected and I felt like flat<br>Stanely after the gig was done. I am practising, honouring what I like, over what I think I<br>need to do to be liked\/respected\/seen to be good as a poet, cuz it\u2019ll never make me happy<br>long term.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8cf370e7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What\u2019s your number one poetry pet peeve?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Being Unintentional<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8cf370e7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Whose words do you love at the moment?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Ira glass \u2013 This American Life Podcast<br>Gboyega Odubanjo<br>Ntozake shange \u2013 sassafrass, cypress &amp; indigo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8cf370e7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What piece of advice would you give to your younger self?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Nobody cares if it is not perfect. Please just make the thing man.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8cf370e7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Do you have a favourite place to write?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>My Living room on the couch usually between 5-7pm or 1-4am<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-7534_ea89db-29 .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-7534_ea89db-29 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-7534_ea89db-29\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kt-sc7534_c829e4-8b .kt-sc-imgcol, .kt-sc7534_c829e4-8b .kt-sc-textcol{min-height:450px;}.kt-sc7534_c829e4-8b .kt-sc-textcol{padding-top:24px;padding-right:24px;padding-bottom:24px;padding-left:24px;margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kt-sc7534_c829e4-8b .kt-sc-imgcol, .kt-sc7534_c829e4-8b .kt-sc-textcol{min-height:450px;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"aligncenter kt-sc7534_c829e4-8b wp-block-kadence-splitcontent\"><div class=\"kt-split-content-wrap kt-sc-media-side-left\" style=\"grid-template-columns:50% auto\"><div class=\"kt-sc-imgcol kt-sc-imgcol-bg-auto kt-sc-img-side-left\"><figure class=\"kt-split-content-media-image wp-image-container-7581\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/applesandsnakes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Tatenda-headshot-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" class=\"kt-split-content-img wp-image-7581\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"kt-sc-textcol kt-sc-text-valign-center kt-sc-text-halign-center\"><div class=\"kt-sc-innter-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading7534_d962a0-e2, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading7534_d962a0-e2[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading7534_d962a0-e2\"]{text-align:left;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading7534_d962a0-e2 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading7534_d962a0-e2[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading7534_d962a0-e2\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading7534_d962a0-e2 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading7534_d962a0-e2[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading7534_d962a0-e2\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h2 class=\"kt-adv-heading7534_d962a0-e2 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading7534_d962a0-e2\">About Tatenda Matsvai<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Tatenda Naomi Matsvai (aka 2tender) is&nbsp; a facilitator and devised performance maker, working with spoken word poetry in theatrical and non-theatrical performance contexts. Tatenda&#8217;s work is mainly bio mythical, infusing their lived experience with myth, to challenge colonial cosmologies. Their performances are joyful, participatory, and multidimensional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">They are currently rehearsing their co-written show Hot Orange touring with Halfmoon Theatre in autumn 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Tatenda\u2019s work has won the Vault Origins award, been Offie nominated, and performed as part of Theatre Peckham, The Roundhouse Camden, The Cockpit for Voila Europe! festival and Between. Pomi\u0119dzy literary Festival (Poland).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MyNamesTatenda\">@MyNamesTatenda<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tatendax\/\">@tatendax<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Describe yourself in 3 words\u2026 Playful, Enthusiastic, Sporadic What inspires you? 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