RETOLD by LAURA SIMMS. ยฉLaura Simms 2012 Based on a Pygmy story from South Africa Please ask permission before telling this story. Contact: Long long ago the most beautiful bird in the world lived in a thick forest.ย ย Everyone knew that the beautiful bird brought the rain.ย When she spread her wings, rain fell.ย ย […]
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Teaching Us Wonder: Turkey embarks on cultural mission to preserve its folktales โThe oral folktales of the Anatolian plateau are a remarkable blend of storytelling motifs and traditionsโฆโ Now, an academic project is collecting and indexing stories for future generations. https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/jan/08/turkey-embarks-on-cultural-mission-to-preserve-its-fairytales?fbclid=IwAR0WU9zDRwRnLnitOUpFUBx-qs8O_MNfN-ZV9jZ5OdNJGhXn7RPZgXQw2f8
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The workshop โEvolution of Our Craft: The Processes of Mastery in an Age of Technologyโ will offer participants a โBig Pictureโ analysis of the contemporary craft of storytelling and itsโ role in constructing our communities, enriching our educational infrastructures and harnessing the power technology โin serviceโ to our craft. Baba the Storyteller is an author,
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Told by Patricia Coffie Listen to story Family stories are the stories I tell and this one had been in the making for a long time.ย Two Rivers Story Spinners in Des Moines, Iowa arranged a retreat to be led by Jim May in an Iowa farmhouse.ย Jim and the other participants worked with me
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told by Jo Walter Listen to story His True Name came from a NonViolent Communication workshop via Marcia Christen. Her version tells of the boy’s “song”, but somehow I remembered it as his “name”. It makes me think of the sacredness of naming, and how in some cultures a name is given to you at
told by Yvonne Healy Click to Listen healy Family was a blue envelope crinkly thin as onion skin. My mother sliced it with a butter knife careful to preserve the criss-crossed messages of love held inside.ย My uncle was the sweet, rank aroma of a brown box stuffed with shamrock plants grown moldy on the
by Mountain Man Bob Click to Listen MountainBob In 1996 I wanted and needed a tall tale story. My vivid imagination went to work and thatโs how I came up with the idea to grow a big watermelon. This story has been a big hit wherever I tell it.ย But one of the best benefits
“We are women. Hear us tell.” Jessica Robinson of Better Said Than Done shares the inspiration behind the Women’s Storytelling Festival.
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by Nancy Mellon. A sturdy Israeli lawyer and devoted father, Hanan experiences the great joy of storytelling almost every day with his young children. He insists that he would have missed this pleasure were it were not for his wife, Tsipori, who has been practicing storytelling as a healing art for several years in the
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Our voices tell stories, our bodies tell stories, so why not explore it all? This workshop explores the creativity between words and action, from page to stage, the creation of stories for performance storytelling. Whether a seasoned performer or just getting started, Eth-Noh-Tec will introduce the storytellers into a playful performance tool chest with creative
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