National Slam Poetry Championship
Boston, Mass
"Multi-faceted" hardly describes the celebrated talent of Dominique, but it's a word that will have to do. In 1996 the volleyball star, after making the 1996 United States Olympic Volleyball team, suffered an injury during the opening ceremony match of the Olympic games but still took center stage as a featured vocalist for those opening ceremonies.Toting double Masters degrees in English Lit and Education, Dominique has worked as an educator, cultural media director, children's advocate, and non-profit program director (currently for Peace Jam).As a poet and jazz/R&B vocalist, she has shared stages with artists like Joe Bonner, the Flobots, Dead Prez, Saul Williams, Liza Garza, and Staceyann Chin, whose book she helped edit.
Dominique began slamming in February 2011 when longtime friend and nationally recognized poet, Ayinde Russell coaxed her into trying. Within a month she qualified herself for the Slam Nuba team that went on to win the title in August 2011 and then seven months later she claimed the National title again at the Women of the World Poetry Slam Championship held in Denver, Colorado March 2012, and just recently Dominique became Women of the World Runner Up for 2013 after receiving a time penalty (which she is becoming rather famous for doing). She is presently the only person to hold two national titles at the same time and is the only person to win a national title every year for the last three years which is the length of time Dominique has been slamming.
Dominique is performing on the NACA circuit and will publish her first full length volume of poetry in 2013. She will also conduct workshops for the LOHAS forum in Boulder Colorado, perform for a TED Talk in Spring 2013, another in Fall 2013, and will perform in Birmingham Alabama for the fiftieth anniversary of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, and in October will perform alongside Alanis Morisette and work with Eve Ensler of the Vagina Monologues.
Dominique is also curating a woman's exhibit with Faatma Merhmanesh and Celia Herrera for their new artist collective called (r)evolve with a focus on "The Ruined Woman" replete with a brand new warehouse/classroom/exhibition space wherein artists can work in various mediums that insist on their voices being heard and moved from margin to center.
Dominique began slamming in February 2011 when longtime friend and nationally recognized poet, Ayinde Russell coaxed her into trying. Within a month she qualified herself for the Slam Nuba team that went on to win the title in August 2011 and then seven months later she claimed the National title again at the Women of the World Poetry Slam Championship held in Denver, Colorado March 2012, and just recently Dominique became Women of the World Runner Up for 2013 after receiving a time penalty (which she is becoming rather famous for doing). She is presently the only person to hold two national titles at the same time and is the only person to win a national title every year for the last three years which is the length of time Dominique has been slamming.
Dominique is performing on the NACA circuit and will publish her first full length volume of poetry in 2013. She will also conduct workshops for the LOHAS forum in Boulder Colorado, perform for a TED Talk in Spring 2013, another in Fall 2013, and will perform in Birmingham Alabama for the fiftieth anniversary of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, and in October will perform alongside Alanis Morisette and work with Eve Ensler of the Vagina Monologues.
Dominique is also curating a woman's exhibit with Faatma Merhmanesh and Celia Herrera for their new artist collective called (r)evolve with a focus on "The Ruined Woman" replete with a brand new warehouse/classroom/exhibition space wherein artists can work in various mediums that insist on their voices being heard and moved from margin to center.
Dominique wins 2012 Women of the World Poetry Slam!
poem: "Star Gazer"
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