Eric Bogosian, Roger Guenveur Smith, John Leguizamo, Sarah Jones, Anna Deavere Smith, Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Hoch, Gil Scott-Heron, Beau Sia, Ursula Rucker, and Saul Williams.
Sounds Like
A combination of high energy verbal velocity and jazz-like vocal variations, mixed with humor, pain, passion and truth in the form of Drama, Spoken Word, Hip Hop, and Afrocentricity.
"Dauchan is funny, polished, political, reflective,
and surprising: everything a poet should be in the 21
st century."
--Taylor Mali: 4-timeNational Poetry Slam Team Champion
"Darian Dauchan's ability to commit to the writing and performance
of poetry is classic in its social timing and manipulates the audience's
hunger for more self less and aware artists."
-- Mahogany L. Browne, Owner of PoetCD.com, Publisher & Slammistress of The Nuyorican Poets Cafe
"Darian Dauchan begins with probably the most
important onstage skill - the ability to be absolutely
and utterly believed at all times. To this he adds a
brash and well thought-out political understanding
that rivets the listener, that holds us (whether or
not we agree with his viewpoints) in thrall. Further,
his sense of humor is engaging enough as to make him
affable, draw in his listeners and infect them with
art. He is well worth the price of admission."
--Roger Bonair-Agard :Two-Time National Slam Champion
and co-founder of The louderARTS Project
"Darian Dauchan is an absolute marvel on the stage:
smart, powerful and fearless. Dauchan is one of those
rare poets who can have you doubled-over in laughter
one moment, and awestruck to silence the next. I'm
always excited to see what he does next. "
--Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz:Founder of the three-time
National Poetry Slam Championship venue, NYC-Urbana,
and author of the book, "Words In Your
Face: A Guided Tour through Twenty Years of the New
York City Poetry Slam" (Soft Skull Press)
Darian Dauchan is an accomplished solo performer and actor who has appeared on both Broadway(Twentieth Century starring Alec Baldwin and Anne Heche) and Off Broadway theatre(Jean Cocteu Rep., Classical Theatre of Harlem). TV creds include the original Law and Order and Nickelodeon's Bet the House as Darian "The Sound FX" Guy. His first self-scripted solo piece Fallen Patriots, which chronicles the life of 3 African American Soldiers during 3 of America's biggest wars, WWII, Civil War, and the Vietnam War, received limited engagements at the Access Theatre, New York International Fringe Festival (produced by Real Theatre Works), and the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. He has appeared on the show On The Real with Chuck D on Air America Radio, promoting Fallen Patriots for the college circuit, spearheaded by Quo Vadimus Arts(www.qvarts.org), a non-profit organization, in which he was made the 2006 Artist in Residence. Fallen Patriots is also now currently on the roster for Young Audiences New York. His second solo effort entitled Entertainers Eulogy, about African American's in the entertainment industry, has had workshops and readings with the Roundabout Theatre Company, Classical Theatre of Harlem, Lark Play Development Center, and will be apart of The Playhouse on the Square’s Solo Works Series in July of 2009 in Memphis, TN. His most recent solo piece Media Madness, a political satire, had its world premiere at the Kitchen Theatre's Counter Culture Series in Ithaca, NY. Also most recently, his first screenplay Kalfou(A Crossroads Tale) co-written with his sister Desha Dauchan was selected into the Film Independent’s 2008 Screenwriters Lab, home to the popular Spirit Awards, and the L.A. Film Festival. In the past 3 years Darian has also embraced the art of Spoken Word and within his first three months had won slams at all three major poetry venues in New York City including the legendary Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Bowery Poetry Club and Bar 13. In addition he has competed as a semifinalist in all three venues, was a member of the 2006 Nuyorican Poetry Slam Team, was crowned the 2007 Grand Slam Champion for the Bowery Poetry Club's Urbana Slam Team, and was a 2008 Nuyorican Grand Slam Finalist. He has toured across the country at poetry venues, including the famous Green Mill in Chicago, and has also performed at colleges that include the prestigious Yale University and New York University. His popular Obama poem has received over 40,000 views on YouTube and counting. His first spoken word album entitled Darian Dauchan(Live): The Big Apple Recordings is now available at PoetCD.com. He's currently spearheading the Spoken Word Almanac Project 2008, a poetry collective committed to writing poems on current world events, and was also recently commissioned to develop a spoken word show for Lincoln Center's Meet the Artist Series. He’s also a Mentor for Urban Word NYC, a grassroots non-profit organization that provides free, safe, uncensored and ongoing writing and performance opportunities for NYC teens. To join Darian's mailing list of upcoming shows and events email: darianperforms@gmail.com
Hey Darian, I am going to see "Bomb-itty" for the fourth time tommorow. You guys had an excellent run. I cannot wait for the last show, GO ALL OUT. Beautiful job, (Dromio-o-o-i-o). You some amazing music as well, your style is genius.
hey you dont kno me but i think ya play bomb-itty of errors was da bomb me n my cuzin jus kept cumin back to c u guys..... it was good keep up the good work
