成人快手

Please note that the musician and poet formally named Kate Tempest changed their name to Kae Tempest in 2020, announcing they are non-binary and using they/them pronouns. This video was made prior to 2020.

Video summary

Anthony Horowitz introduces the work of Kae Tempest to consider the musical quality of poetry, and the three dimensional soundscape that is created through poetry in performance.

Music journalist Lucy O鈥橞rien shows how Kae Tempest鈥檚 performance poetry makes links with contemporary musical genres such as grime and rap, and is therefore able to speak across generations.

Excerpts from Tempest鈥檚 poem 'Icarus' are used to demonstrate the poet鈥檚 storytelling qualities and explore the way that Tempest has updated the ancient Greek myth for contemporary life.

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Teacher Notes

Students might begin by reading the Icarus story and comparing it with the text of Kae Tempest鈥檚 poem Icarus to see what new ideas she has brought to the narrative.

They could then use other Greek myths as the inspiration for writing some contemporary performance poetry.

This clip will be relevant for teaching English Language at KS3 and KS4 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and National 4 and 5 in Scotland.

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