Storytelling II:
Further Along the Journey - Broadening your Repertoire

Dates: Saturday April 19 & Sunday April 20, 2008
Times: Saturday 10 - noon & 1:30 - 4:30 pm; Sunday 2 - 4 pm
Venue: TBA
Fee: $135 (GST incl)

This essential course offers the tools to find new stories and build your repertoire. Guided by Mariella, you’ll start exploring the oral tradition in Canada focusing on First Nations resources. Then you’ll discuss the art of storytelling in the wider context, drawing on the pool of story collections from around the world. Mariella will show you how to find and identify stories, researching them by motif and tale type.
You’ll discuss how to keep a record of your stories, and how to plan a storytelling program. Book lists provided.

Instructor: Mariella Bertelli is a storyteller and librarian with an extensive background in puppetry and theatre. She has recently worked on a retelling of the 16th century Italian classic Orlando Furioso and on her own stories inspired by material in the Toronto Archives.

To register for one of our courses, please send a cheque for the course fee, made out to The Storytellers School of Toronto, to our office at 720 Bathurst St., Ste. 500A, Toronto, ON M5S 2R4.  Please include your full address, phone number and email address, and specify the course you wish to take.  We will acknowledge receipt of your cheque by phone or email.  Hard-copy receipts will be given out on the first day of your course.

For more information about this course or any of the courses offered by the Storytellers School of Toronto send an e-mail to courses@storytellingtoronto.org