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Storytellers from the four corners of the globe will converge on Montréal for the 10th edition of the Québec Intercultural Storytelling Festival, which takes place October 16 to 25, 2009. Founded in 1993 and directed by storyteller Marc Laberge, the Festival puts on hundred of events, in English and in French, celebrating the richness and diversity of the storytelling tradition. |
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David Ambrose Wales, UK
A storyteller from Wales, David Ambrose is also the director of the famous Beyond the Border Storytelling Festival at St. Donats Castle in Wales.
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Anita Best Newfoundland
Anita Best is a Newfoundland storyteller whose stories often come disguised as ballads. She also tells fairy tales from Pius Power, whose family came to Newfoundland from Ireland six generations ago. She is an award-winning collector of Newfoundland folklore.
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Mike Burns Ireland-Québec
Born into a family of seanachies (storytellers), Mike, who lives in Montréal, is a trilingual teller who charms us with his stories in English, French and Gaelic. He hosts a storytelling evening at Hurley’s Pub the last Sunday of every month.
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Charly Chiarelli Sicily-Canada
Once upon a time, there were verandas filled with life and stories... Over the yearsr, Charly Chiarelli visited many of these neighborhood verandas: now he’s a professional storyteller and he tells poignant, humorous stories about his Italian immigrant family.
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Jerry Gray Ontario
A well-known folksinger and member of The Travellers, Jerry has appeared at command performances for Queen Elizabeth and the Emperor of Japan. He has worked with Pete Seeger, Gordon Lightfoot, Theodore Bikel, and the Mamas and the Papas, touring extensively throughout Canada and abroad.
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Dale Jarvis Newfoundland
Dale Jarvis, a storyteller and author who lives in St. John’s, Newfoundland. Dale tells stories of the faerie folk, tales from the collections of the Brothers Grimm, ghost stories, legends and traditional tales from Newfoundland, Ireland, the United Kingdom and beyond.
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Mats Rehnman Sweden
A Swedish storyteller, writer and artist who performs worldwide with intense and colourful programs, Mats is chairman of the Swedish storytelling association and Artistic Director at The Fabula Festival in Stockholm.
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Stéphanie Bénéteau Québec
Stéphanie Bénéteau has been telling stories professionally since 1994. A bilingual teller with roots in several cultures, she has a strong interest in stories about girls and women. She is presently working on a CD, Growing Tall: Stories for Spunky Girls.
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Rosalyn Cohen Québec
Rosalyn Cohen is a storyteller, workshop leader and storytelling event organizer. She has told stories on radio, in schools and in concert in Canada, China, Ireland and Israel.
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Rita Cox Canada
This award-winning master storyteller has performed across North America, in Europe, China, Brazil and the Caribbean, on stage, radio and television. She tells stories from Africa, the Caribbean and around the world for adults and children.
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Jan Gregory England-Québec
Jan Gregory loves theatre and stories and knows that “time goes by on slippered feet” when a good story is told. She teaches drama and is a professional storyteller.
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John David Hickey Québec
David is an engaging teller making good use of his acting experience to add a theatrical spin to his stories. His strong stage presence will keep you on edge as he weaves his tales of mystery, adventure, and laughter. Traditional folktales, fairy tales, underdog stories, Jack stories, tall tales from all cultures and continents.
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Tom Lips Ontario
Born and raised in Ottawa, Tom Lips is a gifted singer and songwriter as well as a creative and dynamic teller of traditional and original stories. He has written hundreds of songs in an eclectic mix of styles, rooted primarily in the folk genre.
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Denise Markhame Ontario-Québec
With more than twenty-five years in the performing arts, Denise Markhame lights up the stage with laughter, sensitivity, and warmth. This bilingual Montrealer, of Franco-Ontarian heritage, draws from her dramatic arts education to breath life into a repertoire rich with nature based myths & legends and cooky, comical folktales.
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Christine Mayr Austria-Québec
At the age of five, Austrian-born Christine Mayr found the hidden entrance to fairyland and has been telling stories ever since. Now a grandmother, she spins her yarn, weaving it around you, inviting you to enter her tales. Those are tales of wisdom and wonder: the wisdom of laughter, the sheer wonder of being alive…
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The Montréal Storytellers' Guild Québec
The Montreal Storytellers Guild was founded by a group of storytellers who had become convinced that Montrealers would enjoy hearing stories... For twenty-four years now, on any given Guild swap, one may hear folk and fairy tales, myth, legends, personal stories, and adaptations of literary stories.
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Cheryl Neill Canada
Cheryl Neill is a storyteller, spoken word artist and musician. Often cheeky, always feminist, her pieces have been heard on the CBC’s Outfront and Definitely Not The Opera. She taught storytelling at Concordia for 10 years and performs with ArboRRouge Storytellers.
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Margaret Nicolai Alaska, USA
Margaret Nicolai has been telling stories for many years - to little people, bigger people, their mothers and grandmothers. Her repertoire ranges from "simple" folktales to epics such as the Illiad and The Mahabaratha. What she loves most about storytelling is the joy that it brings to teller and listeners.
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Jack Nissenson Québec
Jack Nissenson was born in Montréal in 1933 and began singing ballads during the early 1950’s. Soon after moving to Toronto in 1975 he discovered storytelling and he has been singing and telling to anyone who would listen ever since.
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Judith Poirier Québec
Judith Poirier’s tales offer delight and wisdom with a little twist of singularity. Her répertoire is built around folktales from her French-Canadian heritage, her family tales, as well as tales of wonder and wisdom from around the world. Judith is also the godmother to the Cercle des conteurs de Montréal.
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Louise Profeit-Leblanc Yukon
Louise Profeit-Leblanc is a professional storyteller from the Nacho N’yak Dun First Nation in Yukon territory. In the past she has worked for many Yukon elders, recording their histories and stories. She helped to establish the Yukon Storytelling Festival, and is co-founder of the Society of Yukon Artists of Native Ancestry
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Roman Pylat Québec
Roman Pylat is a primary school teacher and a seasoned storyteller from Montreal. An active member of the Montreal Storytellers Guild, he has been storytelling for over ten years now. He likes to share the ageless enchantment of storytelling through ancient tales and lyrical stories from around the world.
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Dylan Spevack-Willcock Québec
Dylan Spevack-Willcok has been lying ever since he can remember, but he only has been calling it storytelling for the last six years. He is co-author of the book/CD You Don't Know Jack. Dylan has told stories in Canada, the US and the UK. His goal is to tell a story on every continent, including Antarctica. He lives in Montréal.
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Ben Zimet Eastern Europe
Welcome to the oral tradition of the Eastern Europe Jews, as told by storyteller Ben Zimet. Stories from Yiddishland, the country without borders that Kafka loved so much, a country where men’s hearts beat louder than anywhere else, reaching from the Black Sea to Lithuania, off the beaten track...
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