| By Curt and Jamila Hayman (Chief Editors),
on Friday May, 09 2008 12:38:25 pm MST
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Mayda del Valle has taken the national spoken word scene by storm. In a few short years she has gone from being a virtual unknown to becoming one of the most accomplished and respected voices on the scene, proving her skill as both a writer and performer. With her signature “spitfire” delivery, Mayda recounts deeply personal narratives steeped with the cadence and beats of Hip Hop. A proud native of Chicago’s south side, Mayda began performing her own writing while in high school and relocated to New York City after graduating from Williams College with a B.A. in Art.
One of Mayda’s first stops was the legendary Nuyorican Poet’s Café. In spite of never having performed poetry competitively Mayda won the 2001 Nuyorican Grand Slam Championship and went on to the National Poetry Slam in Seattle that August. There she won the Individual National Poetry Slam Championship, becoming the first poet from the Nuyorican, the youngest poet ever, and the first Latino person to win the title. Her quick rise to success was no accident. Fresh off her success in the poetry slam scene, Mayda was chosen to perform for the first season of the HBO series Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry, and has since been featured on 6 episodes.
She was an original cast member and writer of the critically acclaimed Tony award winning production of Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam on Broadway, and was also part of the national tour of Def Poetry.
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Mayda del Valle has taken the national spoken word scene by storm. In a few short years she has gone from being a virtual unknown to becoming...
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