At the National Storytelling Network, our mission is to advance all forms of storytelling within the community through promotion, advocacy, and education. STORY NOW! Interview Series The theme of our 2019 annual conference was Story Now! Now! From the boardroom to the classroom, and the page to the stage, personal stories and folktales are […]
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DIVING IN THE MOON: HONORING STORY, FACILITATING HEALING Sacred Messenger © Gloria Two-Feathers 2014 Rain and drought have a rhythm. But during the times of drought there is always someone or something that holds the seed for the future generation. I was experiencing my personal drought when I met Buck Ghost Horse. And a lot
By Kevin Cordi When we consider story making, storytelling expands. As Storytellers, we need to explore Story Making as much as Storytelling. Too often we privilege the telling as the most important value. We spend time working on our performances when we need to look more at how we make the stories we make ready for performance. We
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This year due to the excellent quality and diversity of the projects (in the fields of environment, business, medicine, college service and performing arts), the committee and funder determined that each had a particular merit and that four amazing projects should be funded. The Brimstone Award for Applied Storytelling supports a model storytelling project that
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By Kevin Cordi How Storytellers Serve as Actors and what we can learn from each Other (part I) Storytellers are the first actors. Before there were set designs, lighting plots, or directors, storytellers were telling stories. Skillfully positioned words handled by a crafty raconteur steered the audience’s attention. An African Griot might use stories to
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by W. Kirk Avery The names have been changed but not what happened. Many years ago now, a simpler time and life space perhaps, what was real then was just never before written down. With each passing season, fewer and fewer folks who actually lived in the village back then are still around even to
DIVING IN THE MOON HONORING STORY, FACILITATING HEALING ©Srebrenka Peregrin and Erika Katačić Kožić The storytelling scene in Croatia is still in its fledgling state, but thanks to several dedicated storytellers scattered throughout the country, it is slowly starting to spread its wings. The two of us met at a local storytelling event in 2014,
The Strong Women Project ~ Strengthening Our Communities through Storytelling Details »
by Laura Simms. In a tale from the Caucusus, a girl’s demand brings balance into the world. She requests that the Rose of Paradise be brought to her by her father. Her dangerous confrontation is with a Div and his Div sister, monster- like creatures that guard and covet the Rose, stolen and kept in
Where Monsters Cannot Enter Details »
ABC Toon Center www.abctooncenter.com/library.htm The ABC TOON CENTER is a site to see, Hoot, Kat & their friends all live in a tree. They’ve stories to share and games to play, for super-cool fun every night & day! Children’s Literature Web Guide www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html The Children’s Literature Web Guide contains dozens of links to resources for
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It is close to 7:00 P.M, the library closes in two hours. People come in from the cold, some faces are familiar, there is older Flora and her daughter who consistently arrive before anyone else. Strangers find a seat in the back only to hear “the best seats are up front.” The new bright purple
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