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With over 50 live performances under her belt, The Storm is a Spoken Word Artist/Performance Poet who has built a solid reputation based on her honest and thought-provoking poetry. With over eight years of performing in Ontario, this native Torontonian seeks to create awareness and thought to the critical issues found in both her published prose and within her dynamic live performances.
It's been over a decade since that audition and many others have saw, loved and admired The Storm's gift. With over 50 live performances under her belt, she emerged from the Hip-Hop era as a mature and talented spoken word artist/ performance poet who has built a solid reputation based on her honest and thought-provoking poetry.
There is a difference between artists who adopt an alternate personality from their own for the stage out of fear, thinking that their audiences might not like who they really are, and those who let their true personas shine through, unafraid and confident in what they can offer to the world. The Storm falls under the latter, describing her poetry as a form of social activism and she uses her body and her voice to accentuate her messages. Onstage her body contorts, writhes in pain and pleasure, feeling every emotion that she speaks, shrieks or purrs in sensual pleasure. Whether she performs Infectious Love, a sensual ode to a lover whose aura is intoxicating, or You Blind Baby, which addresses issues of intra-racism within black-owned businesses, her passion for both love and justice is clearly evident. The Storm's poems have also been featured in several Canadian publications.
She says that for every poem she performs, she emits a part of herself that can convey the story in the best way it should be delivered to the audiences, revealing intimate portions of her soul, which is seldom seen among contemporary poets. “The Storm is the true essence of my soul, the real Nordine that is not exposed everyday,” she says. By acknowledging her soul, going deep down inside of herself to find both her inner strengths and hidden vulnerabilities, her audience sees not only a dynamic performer, but perhaps a part of themselves that they know is within them yet are too afraid to show others. The persona of The Storm serves as a conduit for unbridled passion, integrity and strength.
Besides her passion to perform, she wants to enlighten and educate her audiences on relevant social issues. She knows that in this day and age, people are so inundated with information from the media that we tend to avoid societal issues others besides ourselves. By talking about these issues in her poetry, she has realized over the seven years of performing across Canada, that her audience leaves her appearances not only gratified for witnessing a moving and thought-provoking show, but with a sense that they have entered a world that previously they knew little about. They want to know more about what she has said, leaving the performance more enlightened about the issues The Storm has talked about and perhaps, love a little more deeply – loving others and themselves a bit more.
Like many teenagers growing up during the peak of Hip-Hop 's popularity in the 90's, Nordine (a.k.a The Storm) wanted to get into the Rap game. The teenager auditioned for a group and immediately impressed the organizer, shocking him with the sudden burst of emotion and fearlessness in her rhymes. The way that every word that she emitted was accentuated with such a powerful force, shook him to his core. Soon he gave her the name, ‘The Storm,' signifying the huge contrast between her vibrant performance and her offstage calm and timid demeanor.
It's been over a decade since that audition and many others have saw, loved and admired The Storm's gift. With over 50 live performances under her belt, she emerged from the Hip-Hop era as a mature and talented spoken word artist/ performance poet who has built a solid reputation based on her honest and thought-provoking poetry.
There is a difference between artists who adopt an alternate personality from their own for the stage out of fear, thinking that their audiences might not like who they really are, and those who let their true personas shine through, unafraid and confident in what they can offer to the world. The Storm falls under the latter, describing her poetry as a form of social activism and she uses her body and her voice to accentuate her messages. Onstage her body contorts, writhes in pain and pleasure, feeling every emotion that she speaks, shrieks or purrs in sensual pleasure. Whether she performs Infectious Love, a sensual ode to a lover whose aura is intoxicating, or You Blind Baby, which addresses issues of intra-racism within black-owned businesses, her passion for both love and justice is clearly evident. The Storm's poems have also been featured in several Canadian publications.
She says that for every poem she performs, she emits a part of herself that can convey the story in the best way it should be delivered to the audiences, revealing intimate portions of her soul, which is seldom seen among contemporary poets. “The Storm is the true essence of my soul, the real Nordine that is not exposed everyday,” she says. By acknowledging her soul, going deep down inside of herself to find both her inner strengths and hidden vulnerabilities, her audience sees not only a dynamic performer, but perhaps a part of themselves that they know is within them yet are too afraid to show others. The persona of The Storm serves as a conduit for unbridled passion, integrity and strength.
Besides her passion to perform, she wants to enlighten and educate her audiences on relevant social issues. She knows that in this day and age, people are so inundated with information from the media that we tend to avoid societal issues others besides ourselves. By talking about these issues in her poetry, she has realized over the seven years of performing across Canada, that her audience leaves her appearances not only gratified for witnessing a moving and thought-provoking show, but with a sense that they have entered a world that previously they knew little about. They want to know more about what she has said, leaving the performance more enlightened about the issues The Storm has talked about and perhaps, love a little more deeply – loving others and themselves a bit more.
2008 will be an exciting year for The Storm. She will embark on new artistic projects, but will continue to compose and perform in the spoken word movement in North America. Like many teenagers growing up during the peak of Hip-Hop 's popularity in the 90's, Nordine (a.k.a The Storm) wanted to get into the Rap game. The teenager auditioned for a group and immediately impressed the organizer, shocking him with the sudden burst of emotion and fearlessness in her rhymes. The way that every word that she emitted was accentuated with such a powerful force, shook him to his core. Soon he gave her the name, ‘The Storm,' signifying the huge contrast between her vibrant performance and her offstage calm and timid demeanor.
It's been over a decade since that audition and many others have saw, loved and admired The Storm's gift. With over 50 live performances under her belt, she emerged from the Hip-Hop era as a mature and talented spoken word artist/ performance poet who has built a solid reputation based on her honest and thought-provoking poetry.
There is a difference between artists who adopt an alternate personality from their own for the stage out of fear, thinking that their audiences might not like who they really are, and those who let their true personas shine through, unafraid and confident in what they can offer to the world. The Storm falls under the latter, describing her poetry as a form of social activism and she uses her body and her voice to accentuate her messages. Onstage her body contorts, writhes in pain and pleasure, feeling every emotion that she speaks, shrieks or purrs in sensual pleasure. Whether she performs Infectious Love, a sensual ode to a lover whose aura is intoxicating, or You Blind Baby, which addresses issues of intra-racism within black-owned businesses, her passion for both love and justice is clearly evident. The Storm's poems have also been featured in several Canadian publications.
She says that for every poem she performs, she emits a part of herself that can convey the story in the best way it should be delivered to the audiences, revealing intimate portions of her soul, which is seldom seen among contemporary poets. “The Storm is the true essence of my soul, the real Nordine that is not exposed everyday,” she says. By acknowledging her soul, going deep down inside of herself to find both her inner strengths and hidden vulnerabilities, her audience sees not only a dynamic performer, but perhaps a part of themselves that they know is within them yet are too afraid to show others. The persona of The Storm serves as a conduit for unbridled passion, integrity and strength.
Besides her passion to perform, she wants to enlighten and educate her audiences on relevant social issues. She knows that in this day and age, people are so inundated with information from the media that we tend to avoid societal issues others besides ourselves. By talking about these issues in her poetry, she has realized over the seven years of performing across Canada, that her audience leaves her appearances not only gratified for witnessing a moving and thought-provoking show, but with a sense that they have entered a world that previously they knew little about. They want to know more about what she has said, leaving the performance more enlightened about the issues The Storm has talked about and perhaps, love a little more deeply – loving others and themselves a bit more.
2008 will be an exciting year for The Storm. She will embark on new artistic projects, but will continue to compose and perform in the spoken word movement in North America.
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Like many teenagers growing up during the peak of Hip-Hop's popularity in the 90's, The Storm wanted to get into the Rap game. The teenager auditioned for a group and immediately impressed the organizer, shocking him with the sudden burst of emotion and fearlessness in her rhymes. The way that every word that she emitted was accentuated with such a powerful force, shook him to his core. Soon he gave her the name, ‘The Storm,' signifying the huge contrast between her vibrant performance and her offstage calm and timid demeanor.
It's been over a decade since that audition and many others have saw, loved and admired The Storm's gift. With over 50 live performances under her belt, she emerged from the Hip-Hop era as a mature and talented spoken word artist/ performance poet who has built a solid reputation based on her honest and thought -provoking poetry.
There is a difference between artists who adopt an alternate personality from their own for the stage out of fear, thinking that their audiences might not like who they really are, and those who let their true personas shine through, unafraid and confident in what they can offer to the world. The Storm falls under the latter, describing her poetry as a form of social activism and she uses her body and her voice to accentuate her messages. Onstage her body contorts, writhes in pain and pleasure, feeling every emotion that she speaks, shrieks or purrs in sensual pleasure. Whether she performs Infectious Love, a sensual ode to a lover whose aura is intoxicating, or You Blind Baby, which addresses issues of intra-racism within black -owned businesses, her passion for both love and justice is clearly evident. The Storm's poems have also been featured in several Canadian publications.
She says that for every poem she performs, she emits a part of herself that can convey the story in the best way it should be delivered to the audiences, revealing intimate portions of her soul, which is seldom seen among contemporary poets. “The Storm is the true essence of my soul, that is not exposed everyday,” she says. By acknowledging her soul, going deep down inside of herself to find both her inner strengths and hidden vulnerabilities, her audience sees not only a dynamic performer, but perhaps a part of themselves that they know is within them yet are too afraid to show others. The persona of The Storm serves as a conduit for unbridled passion, integrity and strength.