WPSC 2023 PROGRAM
Program Flup - WPSC 2023
10/11 – Wednesday
All day – Arrival of the slammers in Rio de Janeiro
7pm – Happy Hour at Bar Sem Moderação
10/12 – Thursday
10:00 am to 11:00 am – WPSC welcome meeting at the venue
11:00 to 12:00 – Subtitles Rehearsal (20 key groups A and B)
12pm to 1pm – Subtitles Rehearsal (20 key groups C and D)
12:30 pm – Balloons in the air – Écio Presente! (homage to Écio Salles in memoriam)
2 pm to 3 pm – Institutional Opening
3pm to 3:30 pm – Opening – Muquifu Black Mass with Father Mauro + Homage
Reinados Negros toNossa Senhora de Aparecida.
4pm to 5pm – Saul Williams – Poetic Performance
5pm – 6pm – Official Opening WPSC- World Poetry Slam Championship
6pm- 8pm – WPSC Qualifier 1
10 Poets participate in 2 rounds (2 poems for each poet) 7 advance to the semifinals
Grupo A
Uruguay – Arra Hué
Canada- Eddie Lartey
Costa Rica- Ire
Kenya- Slim Shaka
South Africa- Kwanele Niembe
Mozambique- João Borges
Italy- Filippo Capobianco
Scotland- Hamish Macdonald
Slovakia – Bedña
New Zealand- Takunda Muzondiwa.
8 pm – 10pm – WPSC Qualifier 2
10 Poets participate in 2 rounds (2 poems for each poet) 7 advance to the semifinals
Group B
Brazil- O’Cotta!
Haiti- Djebi Kirikoutis
Mexico- Alejandro Jimenez
Burkina Faso – Plume Céleste
Ivory Coast- Berenice
Nigeria- Deborah Johnson
Slovenia- Nika Gradišek
Belgique- Gaélane
England- Elizabeth McGeown
Australia- Jo Yang
9 pm – 10 pm DJ Jonatan da Provi Show Ekedi Nicinha + Dofono d’Omulu
10:30 pm – Show: Rita Beneditto.
10/13 – Friday
10:00 am to 12:00 pm Network Days WPSO
11:00 to 12:30 –Panel Discussion- Mother Beata, Mother of the World
The mother house Beata and the construction of public policies for the black
population Doya MoreiraCosta, Thula Pires. Mediation: Jefferson Barbosa
2pm – 3pm – Panel Discussion- Mother Beata, Mother of the World
Father AdailtonMoreira, Jefferson Barbosa,Jurema Werneck, LuciaXavier. Mediation:
Maju Coutinho
4pm to 5:30pm – Panel Discussion- Schoolof the street – Saul Williams + Emicida.
Mediation: Eugênio Lima
6:00 pm to 7:30 pm – WPSC – Qualifier 3
10 Poets participate in 2 rounds (2 poems for each poet) 7 advance to the semifinals.
Grupo C
Colombia – Lady la Profeta
Peru- Sweet End
Venezuela- Blanca Haddad
Mauritanie- L’Amazone
Gambie- Bintou Gambia
Guinea- Naftary
Cyprus- Melissa Zanga
Spain- Pablowski
Ireland- Shaunna Lee
Israel- Noam Lavie
20:00 to 21:30 – WPSC – Qualifier 4
10 Poets participate in 2 rounds (2 poems for each poet) 7 advance to the semifinals
Group D
Chile- Mercuria
Argentina- Mechi Botta
República Dominicana – Isis Aquino
Morocco- Flown’t
Niger- Fa2mathsa
Ghana- Twitalite
Rep. Czech- Vašek z Aše –
Lithuania- Juozas
Luxembourg- Nicolas Calmes
Japon- Michyama Rain
21:30 to 23:00 – Open Mic – Bar Sem Moderação
Host: Canuto Roldán and Andrea Gomez . Open to all .
Sign to participate in the event.
23:00 – Show Leci Brandão
10/14 – Saturday
10:00 am to 12:00 pm – Network Days WPSO
2 pm to 3:45 pm – Screening of the film “Slam”, by Marc Levin
3:45 pm to 4:45 pm – Slam, 25 years later. Talk with Saul Williamsand Marc Levin
5 pm to 7 pm – WPSC- Semifinal 1
14 Poets participate in 1 single round 5 pass to the Final
7 pm to 9 pm – WPSC- Semifinal 2
14 Poets participate in 1 single round 5 pass to the Final
9 pm – 10:30 pm – Open Mic
Host: Comikk MG & Adriana Corredor
Opening Poesia Intercontinental: Luz de Cuba y Frank Klötgen .
Open to all. Sign to participate in the event.
10:30 pm to 2:30 am Zoeira Party
10/15 – Sunday
1 pm to 2:30 pm – Panel Discussion- Forever Griots – The Last Poets + MV Bill
3:00 pm to 4:30 pm Panel Discussion- Confluences and Writings,much more than
a rhyme – Conceição Evaristo + Nego Bispo
Mediation: Flavia Oliveira
5:00 pm to 7:00 pm WPSC- Final
10 poets ranked in the Semifinals (5 poets from Semifinal 1 and 5 poets from Semifinal
2) participate in 2 roundsand can use any of the 3 submitted poems
7:30 pm to 10:00 pm – Show – Macacos
9 pm to 10:30 pm Hip-Hop 50 / Disco-Aula – DJ Eugênio Lima
10:30 pm– Show MV Bill