Conversations With Storytellers
Conversations with storytellers. Wisdom, folk and fairy tales from our elders. A meeting with professional storytellers.
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What is "Conversations with Storytellers"?
After we lost a number of storytellers who practiced professionally the art of traditional storytelling.... traditional storytelling is the telling of folk and fairy tales, myths and legends, and it's not all kid's stuff, that's for sure... I knew not only had metaphorical libraries burned down, but these people whose lives impacted so many were not really known about. What drew to storytelling in the first place? Why do they tell tradition tales? What is important about those tales? So, I set about finding the elders (and a few young people who are really switched on) in our community to interview them. Each story is different. Some people share culture or history of the places they grew up, or the hardships they endured. Some people go deep in the how and why. Have a listen. You might gain something from these conversations!
Some of these recordings were done in-person, others are over the phone or internet.
Episodes
Saturday Feb 16, 2019
Saturday Feb 16, 2019
Many people, when they first meet Elizabeth Ellis are at least a little in awe. She is a powerful and compassionate woman, with a soft voice. She kindly agreed to sit down with me at the 2016 National Storytelling Network Conference. The interview, the conversation began in the hall as we were heading to a quite room, before I got my gear set up. We sat down, Elizabeth got some water and we began to talk. The interview went well over two hours. I edited it down to keep it 'on topic.' We storytellers can meander along a winding path of conversation and take many side roads!
Elizabeth talks history, compassion, authenticity and story. She reminisces about driving 200 miles to see another storyteller - it was just what you did; how she worked with other storytellers, and the importance of story. Because of the length of the conversation, it is broken into two episodes. The first (this) episode is about 55 minutes and part two is around an hour!
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Elizabeth's website: http://www.elizabethellis.com/index.shtml
Saturday Feb 16, 2019
Saturday Feb 16, 2019
After the passing of some great storytellers, I decided I wanted to interview some of the elders in the community of traditional storytelling. I wanted to capture their thoughts, their ideas, and maybe ideals in their own voices.
Episode One - Laura SimmsLaura grew up in New York and lives there now. Learn how she was drawn to telling traditional folk and fairy tales, her work with UNICEF, how her life filled this bubbly and vivacious woman with compassion. Find out how she has worked with musicians, her work with child soldiers and hear one of Laura's stories.
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