The New Word Artist in Residence Series is presented as part of Dance Theater Workshop’s (DTW) Studio Series Residency and Performance Program. This series provides innovative assistance and performance opportunity to performance poets by providing them with DTW studio space and the opportunity to share their work in progress through a public showing. Urban Word NYC and DTW recognize the burgeoning importance and relevance of multi-faceted performance styles, and are pleased to offer this rare development opportunity to young and rising/mid-career performance poets in NYC.

Urban Word NYC and Dance Theater Workshop have partnered since 2005 to provide a yearly 12-week performance intensive workshop to small groups of Urban Word NYC teen poets. Each workshop has culminated in a full-scale evening length performance at DTW’s main stage. The 2009 New Word Artist in Residence is DARIAN DAUCHAN who served as writing mentor  for the youth performance intensive, which was presented December 15 at DTW.