by storytree | Aug 14, 2014 | Australian stories, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Storytelling, Uncategorized
At the recent Inaugural Australian Fairy Tale Conference in Sydney, (AFTS) Jo Henwood, not only told a stupendous Australian version of Thumbelina, she also proposed the brilliant idea of national ‘Fairy Tale Rings’. Below is an excerpt of what she...
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 | Jun 2, 2014 | Learning to tell stories, Public Performances, Storytelling, Uncategorized
There are two exciting storytelling events happening in Australia this June long weekend in Sydney. Lucky me, as I am off to both, where I will catch up with lots of storytelling colleagues from far and wide, and this time some of my local story colleagues will also...
by storytree | Mar 17, 2014 | Public Performances, Storytelling, Uncategorized
Told by Jenni at “March in March, Byron Bay” Watch the video of this performance here. I want to offer some soul food in the form of stories, because it is easy to feel despairing in these challenging times. I am going to tell you three 1 minute fables, which I find...
by storytree | Feb 5, 2013 | Stories of the feminine, Storytelling, Women's rights
The ‘One Billion Rising’ movement was initiated by Eve Ensler, author of the ‘Vagina Monologues’.The scale of the movement is breathtaking and exciting: currently 187 countries have signed up to join in. Authors, politicians, filmmakers and...
