REMINDER!! I PERFORM THIS SATURDAY!!!

 

MUSIC + POETRY + SIGN LANGUAGE

May 18th, 2013 /// 8PM 

 

watch me and Loren D. perform @

Westgate Lofts (((ON THE ROOF)))

410 N. Jefferson

St. Louis, MO 63103

$20 (Cover) ///  $15 Online

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Sabina England

Loren D. 

St. Louis Fringe Festival

DESDE BOLIVIA... en Español (From Bolivia, in Spanish)

Aquí es un articulo sobre me, escrito por un amigo en Bolivia, América del Sur. Estoy muy feliz porque tengo mucho respeto por los y las Bolivian@s. También, tengo mucho interés en las muchas culturas de Bolivia y la historia del país. Deseo que yo tendré un oportunidad a viajar a Bolivia y realizar un cortometraje creativo con los y las sordos, y los y las indígenos. No sé cuando, pero ... un día. ((((OJALA))))

Gracias, Yungaro Santalla quien es un actor y bailarín en La Paz (su sitio web: Indigena Originario Urbano). Esto es la página (de Facebook), por favor dale "gusta."

Muchos abrazos y besos a Yungaro!

Gracias y Saludos.

* Lo siento si mi español es malo o pobre. Todavía, estoy aprendiendo.

NEW SHOW /// SPOKEN WORD /// SLAM POETRY

i’m here,
but i’m not here.
i exist,
but i don’t exist.
alone in the world
i stare out at people
i can’t join in
because i can’t understand.

---an excerpt from my new poem, DEAF BROWN GURL, which I will perform at the Haberdashery Revue

NEW SHOW COMING!

  MAY 18TH, 2013

Westgate Lofts

410 N. Jefferson St,

Downtown St. Louis, MO 

8PM

$15/$20

(Buy Tickets) 

I will perform A.S.L Poetry and perform with Loren D., a fabulous poet from Chicago! We will raise money to help benefit the St. Lou Fringe Festival in its 2nd year of bringing NEW, EDGY, VIBRANT ARTS to St Louis City!

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connect with me online

I've realized that I really don't post my creative writings on the net anymore because I've been more interested in performing live on the stage, and editing / shooting / uploading short films to the Net. 

However, I am considering bringing back Urdustan on the market, but I will add 2 or 3 more new stories to the collection and I will change the front cover! And I'm thinking of publishing my novella, The Taqwa Girl, as a zine book. If anyone else out there wants to read it and publish it on my behalf, let me know.

Anyway... I wanted to let you guys know where else you can find me on the Net. 

Website
Twitter
Tumblr
Facebook
Youtube
Scribd

You can also contact me: Sabina (at) SabinaEngland (dot) com 

As always, I will publish / share my Free-Verse Poetry with you on The American Dream is Dead. And whatever else I come up with.

And I'm really grateful to everyone who still reads/ follows my blog since 2009 even while I am still growing and learning as an artist/writer--your support means the world to me!

INTO THE WOODS LOVE IS DEATH (Re-Uploaded)

INTO THE WOODS LOVE IS DEATH /// short experimental 1:37 min long HD short film edited / shot / performed by moi, mu$ic by Project Marv „, A MIX OF ASL POETRY ‘N’ FLOWERS. RE-UPLOADED TODAY. //// watch in 1080 HD

I dwell in the beauty of the world, but my heart still hurts. Love is like going into the woods… one can wander amongst the beauty, and then get lost in the darkness.

Originally released on July 2012, re-edited and uploaded on April 2013.

I’ve colorized the film with more intense, popping colors, I also adjusted the audio levels for both music and ambient sounds. I added the title at the ending to make it blend in w/ the ASL poetry.

Shot & Edited by Sabina England,
Music by Project Marv.

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Of Winter's Beauty (short film)

I shot this film before I left for India. Be sure to watch "Of Winter's Beauty" in HD.

Winter is a time of beauty and solitude...and the woods covered with snow, is a place for lonely souls. 



Shot / Edited / Performed by Sabina England.
Shot with Canon Vixia HF M40 (HD), edited in Sony Vegas Pro 11.

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Reminder: big show tomorrow!

I will perform a character based on a puppet doll from Rajasthan... my performance will be a mixture of mime 'n' dance, accompanied with music by Lux Ascension. Musical instruments include: hammered dulcimer, Turkish bouzouki, Djeme (West African drum), and Native American flute.

I am the only deaf performer who will appear at the “Generation” show.

Tickets cost $15 at the door, $10 in advance (if you buy online)

RAW Artists: "Generation"
March 27, 2013 8pm

The Coliseum
2619 Washington Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63103

new show coming next week!

We have a big show coming up next week! Our show is inspired by the fusion of music and storytelling from Asian cultures, most especially Mother India.

(photo: Sabina England, in costume for the forthcoming show) 

Tickets cost $15 at the door, $10 in advance (if you buy online)

RAW Artists: "Generation"
March 27, 2013
8pm

The Coliseum
2619 Washington Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63103

update on my documentary from India

I have returned from a very short trip to Patna, Bihar, India (where my family is from). While there, I had been busy with a family wedding and also shooting film footage for my upcoming mini-documentary. 

I wanted to let you guys know that I've decided to make a mini-documentary, which is a mix of a personal memoir and documentary. It's yet untitled, but it's basically about my identity as a Deaf Indian, and about meeting other Deaf Indians, both in Patna, India and in the U.S.A. 

I want to explore the aspects of audism, racism, xenophobia, deaf pride, Indian pride, and the mixing of two cultures / two worlds in our everyday lives. 

So, I've shot a lot of footage in India, and I still have some more work to do here in USA.

I'm very excited to be working on this mini-doc, and I hope you guys will look forward to this when it comes out in a few months!

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Allah Earth (Short Film)

Here is my new short film called Allah Earth, which I shot, performed and filmed in Costa Rica. Please watch in 1080 HD and closed captioning is available for Deaf folks who don't know ASL.

An ASL poem devoted to Allah, inspired by Earth during my time in Costa Rica. I was in awe of Earth's beauty while I was in Costa Rica, and it made me feel so close to Allah and I wanted to share it with you. I am a Muslim, and I am Deaf. I like to express my poetry / mi alma through American Sign Language. So, I wrote and performed "Allah Earth" in ASL, which I then translated into written English text. I took much of my inspiration from Sufi poets and Urdu poets, like Rumi and Faiz Ahmed Faiz.

Shot, edited, and performed by Sabina England.
Voice Over by Samuel Gonzalez.
Music composed & performed by Bryson Gerard.

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