Christa Bell

now booking COOCHIEMAGIK 2008-09

contact: booking@christabellonline.com



CoochieMagik brings a woman's gospel to the altar of the stage. Through hip-hop inspired spoken word scripture, ritual and comedic monologue, Bell's one-woman insurgency addresses the socio-spiritual journey of women, the

conceptual ownership of their bodies and sexuality as well as their intelligence and capacity for healing through self-love.



CoochieMagik is an act of resistance toward the corporately-sanctioned attack on women in mainstream mass media. Bell engages the spaces between spell, song and chant to resurrect, affirm and celebrate a divine feminine consciousness.



A national slam champion, acclaimed spoken word artist, educator and healer, Christa Bell’s raw, unapologetic approach addresses the often insidious cultural impact of misogyny, self-hate and the loss of spirituality on the lives of women and works to challenge and transform mainstream perceptions as well.

CoochieMagik, a spiritual and political journey is a revival that intersects hip-hop theater, poetry and ritual.



Christa Bell is also available for workshops and discussions.



FEATURED WORKSHOP:



SHEism: A Woman Worship Workshop is an interactive experience in spiritual activism designed to guide participants in the crafting of a spiritual code that is based on their own bodies and experiences.



SHEIism rejects the patriarchal idea of "vicarious salvation" especially as it occurs through the body and experiences of man (as it does, for example, in Christianity), and instead embraces the truth that every woman is personally connected to the Divine. SHEism asserts that when a woman truly loves, worships and cares for herself she is expressing that devine connection. The SHEism workshop guides participants in excavating their core beliefs about God and spirituality in relationship to woman and her body. Christa Bell uses an empowerment model for transformation to guide participants through this exploration to validate personal wisdom and direct it towards the creation of scripture, ritual, holy days, blessings, curses, pilgrimages, hymns and healings based on her own experiences. Workshop participants will leave with a clear and empowering theology of themselves and the skills with which to continue growing their self-created and profoundly meaningful, sacred, personal religions.



A syllabus for this course will be available in February of 2008