Author
April Gary
My work explores the crossroads between poetry, ancient history, spirituality, world cultures & images, music, and dance.
With influences as diverse as southern Pentecostal tambourine spiritism and magical global deities, to Neolithic history and afro-futuristic paradigms, new insights are synthesized from both mundane and transcendent meaning.
Asking “why” has propelled my ongoing journey to inner-standing, understanding, and reflection of the various interpretations of realities that I have ran to, through and from.
Word, stories, movement and images of beauty, and gore, uncover human realities of the past, present and the future, in need of release, contemplation and restructure.
~April Gary
April Gary is a poet, spoken word artist, actor, playwright, screenwriter, choreographer, filmmaker, public speaker, producer and artist. She is the author of four poetry chapbooks: Love and Butterflies, The Dialect of Amazons, Tapestry - A Modern Tale of Ancient Times and Thorns on Roses.
The poem Tapestry, is also a musical stage play that has been performed in Los Angeles and Chicago. Tapestry tells the story of humankind from the beginning of time to the present through the eyes of an ancient Woman who lives 10 different lifetimes around the world – Britain, Rome, Africa, South America, Egypt, and such, with an array of dance performances and musical scores. Tapestry weaves a poetic tale that captures the imagination and awakens the collective human memory. What started as a spoken word piece, morphed into an exciting full blown multi-media stage musical that sparks the imagination and touches the soul!
April has held various lectures on Women’s history and self- empowerment, domestic violence and self-care, ancient indigenous history, and spirituality.
Her corporate skills include IT Project Management, Business Analysis, web page development, technical writing, Scrum Master. She attended California State University Long Beach, El Centro College and Eastfield College.
www.aprilgaryproductions.com
“Life is short, and it’s up to you to make it sweet”
- Sadie Delany
