by storytree | Aug 10, 2014 | Australian stories, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Resources, Storytelling, Uncategorized
After the stupendously enriching International Storytelling Conference, which ended on a Sunday June 8, some of us lucky ducks got to immediately swan off to the ‘The Inaugural Australian Fairy Tale Conference’ (or AFTS Conference) in Sydney on the Monday...
by storytree | Jul 4, 2014 | Australian stories, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Learning to tell stories, Public Performances, Storytelling, Uncategorized
LEFT: Jenni telling ‘The Mulberry Tree’ during the Saturday night concert. RIGHT: Jenni with international tellers: Diane Ferlatte USA, Rona Mentari wearing yellow scarf (Indonesia) with puppet and friend, Evita Hofstetter (NSW) and Victoria Burnett (US)...
by storytree | Dec 3, 2010 | Australian stories, Folk Tales, Resources, Storytelling, Uncategorized, Water stories
Here I am in the recording studio helping Michael, my sound engineer and producer, add the finishing touches to my new CD, “The Story Tree and other nature tales”. It is the culmination of several years of dreaming plus a year of writing, drafting and recording. It...
by storytree | Dec 8, 2009 | Fairy Tales, Feminism, Folk Tales, Stories of the feminine, Storytelling, Uncategorized
‘Brave Vasalissa and Baba Yaga’ is a Russian and Eastern European folktale which has ancient mythic and Goddess roots. The tale was most probably a part of an ancient initiation for young women. The may have been sent into the centre of the dark forest to...
