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Apr 21
Posted by Brother Wolf in Beginning Storytelling Tips, Coaching Storytelling, Episode List, Griot, Storytelling in Schools | No Comments
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This picture is called a Wordie – it is picture of what words people are using when making comment on the blog.
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Tags: Midwest Storytelling, Ohio Storytellers, Schools Programs, Storytelling Techniques, Studying Storytelling
Apr 19
Posted by Brother Wolf in Brother Wolf, Local Events, Magical Child, Press Release | No Comments
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The first six hours of Brother Wolf’s seven hours of the storytelling epic, “Fairy tales Forever,”will be performed at Pass it On Kid’s over the next six Wednesdays starting on the 21st of April at 3:15 PM. Each performance is one hour long.
Fairy tales Forever is a continuous oral narrative modeled after 1001 Arabian nights where one story ties together a range of traditional fairy tales. In this case the stories are inspired by the modern European Fairy tales, the Brothers Grimm and many other well traveled stories. Brother Wolf (Eric Wolf) has been working on this series of stories for the past fifteen years. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Art of Mentoring, Midwest Storytelling, North Eastern Storytelling
Mar 31
Posted by Brother Wolf in Brother Wolf, Episode List, International Storytelling, Professional Development | 1 Comment
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Each of the people asking questions on this show have there own work and I can hardly expect anyone to get all the way through this episode with out having to listen two or three times…
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Jan 10
Posted by Brother Wolf in African American, Beginning Storytelling Tips, Episode List, Magical Child, Storytelling in Libraries, Storytelling in Schools | 1 Comment
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Nothando Zulu writes..
Participation, Participation, Participation…
I began telling stories as a member of an acting ensemble in 1976, presenting storytelling as a major part of our repertoire. We worked primarily in park and recreation centers and schools. As members moved away or went into other fields, we evolved into – and I co-founded – the Black Storytellers Alliance (BSA) in direct response to the demand for storytelling to deliver the inspirational and cultural lessons embodied in our stories.
Early on I encouraged members of the audience to share the storytelling space by becoming a part of the story and one of the characters in the story. On many occasions, I was unable to use all the audience members who wanted to participate! It was wonderful to have so many trying to Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Midwest Storytelling, Minnesota Storytellers, Storytelling for Children, Storytelling Techniques, Teaching Children
Oct 26
Posted by Brother Wolf in Environmental Storytelling, Episode List, Healing Storytelling, Personal Oral Narrative, Storytelling in Community | 7 Comments
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Brief Bio
Michael Cotter is the first national storyteller to perform personal stories on the main stage at Jonesborough, TN. He is a semi-retired farmer and winner of the 2009 oracle award for excellence in storytelling.
Tags: Art of Mentoring, Environmental Education, Iowa Storytellers, Midwest Storytelling
Apr 10
Posted by Brother Wolf in Episode List, Healing Storytelling, Storytelling in Community | 2 Comments
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Elaine Wynne was a Storyteller first. Stories flowed freely around the kitchen table and from an Anishinabe/Irish man who lived on the farm where she grew up. She told stories to her young children and then in the early 70’s finished a degree in Storytelling and Image Development for Non-Profits. She began to perform as a storyteller and then in 1982 got a degree in the Psychology of Human Development (Storytelling and Healing as a main focus) and became a Licensed Psychologist.
She worked six years at Mpls. Children’s Medical Center and developed a story called “The Rainbow Dream”, used by children and adult cancer groups for many y ears. Later, her work using storytelling to teach self management to 2-5 year olds with asthma (with Daniel Kohen, M.D.) was published in the American Society for Clinical Hypnosis, and in numerous medical and psychological journals in Europe. Research on using stories and games as teaching methods showed significant reduction in emergency clinic and hospital visits over a two year period.
Elaine has performed and taught storytelling (and storytelling as a healing art) in Norway, Sweden, England, Ecuador, Japan, and Singapore, as well as in numerous places around Minnesota and the US. Last year, she presented a performance workshop at the 12th annual Pediatric Emergency Management of Humanitarian Disasters in Cleveland. She won Grand Prize with her husband (Storyteller Larry Johnson) at the Tokyo Video Festival for a storied exchange between children in St. Paul and London. She and Larry conduct and teach about Cousin Camp which they developed with their 13 grandchildren.
You can read more about her in this cool article in the Daily Planet
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Feb 26
Posted by Brother Wolf in Coaching Storytelling, Creating Success, Episode List, Healing Storytelling, Personal Oral Narrative, Professional Development | 1 Comment
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Loren Niemi writes…
I’ve been a storyteller for 30 plus years and yet in so many ways I feel like a beginner learning how to do now, what I learned how to do then. It is “LOL” a very “Zen and now” approach to storytelling: beginner’s mind.
At this point in time, I understand clearly and fondly what a gift I received when I came to storytelling. The gift of generous mentors – specifically, Ken Feit and Rueven Gold – who took a “Zen and now” approach offering friendship, access, who posed and (sometimes) answered questions, encouraged and gave permission for me to find and develop my own voice rather than adopt theirs. They welcomed me wherever they were telling and often made space for me to tell a story at those gatherings.
They were prolific in suggesting, cajoling, handing me books and lists of books to read that would ground me in the storytelling traditions. It is one of the laments I have about a significant portion of those coming into storytelling now, that they do not Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Art of Mentoring, Griot, Midwest Storytelling, Minnesota Storytellers
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