Dynesti AKA Coach Dyna has been performing live for more than two decades. She has been professionally trained as an entertainer and personally developed by her community. Her approach to live performance is creative, logical, and supernaturally loaded with useful information and challenges.
Whether she’s on stage inspiring business professionals, or leading a hip-hop mosh pit at a college party, her crowds are always blown away.
What The People Are Sayin'
Testimonials
Dynesti has been a great mentor, she has poured so much into us as growing artist and shared so many stories to help our growth.
Dynesti is AMAZING! learned a lot of leadership skills from her that I will implement on workshops that I do.
Dynesti was a really great leader! Her confidence and charisma really helped break the ice very early on. She also has a greet sense of humour.
Dynesti is an amazing woman with so much perspective on life and the industry. Her value to this program is absolutely extraordinary.
Dynesti has made me feel safe, included and affirmed throughout the program. I felt like [her] delivery was unique and I'm really glad to have been apart of it.
She has a way of making things more comfortable and less awkward between a group of people.
About The Program
What is
"Tough Act to Follow?"
Tough Act To Follow is a live performance mastery program for music artists and spoken-word poets aged 18-29 who have limited access to professional live performance training. This intensive 9-week program is held annually and will focus on what Dynesti calls the “three elements of live performance.”
3 Elements Of Live Performance
Self Care
Knowing you, and taking care of you before you present yourself to others.
Personal Presence
Off-stage confidence through character building.
Stage Presence
Transforming aspects of yourself into an authentic world class performance.
Who Can Apply?
Spoken-word Poets
Ages: 18-29
This annual program is based in Toronto ON, and will end with a live concert
that will prove each participant to be a tough act to follow.
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be ready and willing to commit to 9 weeks of live performance coaching
- Must be willing and able to travel downtown Thursday evenings to SKETCH Working Arts for classes
- All participants must participate in the final concert on March 25th, 2023
- Program participants must be experiencing some form of financial hardship or systemic barriers preventing them from accessing one-on-one live performance coaching
Book Coach Dyna
Use this form to book Coach Dyna for workshops or one-on-one coaching sessions.