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- About Me:
- Jenni Cargill-Strong has been telling stories professionally since 1993. While touring for ten years she told stories from Perth to Hobart to Auckland at folk festivals, corporate and community events and in over 1300 schools. She has taught for the Sydney Opera House Bennelong Program, has performed and taught at Woodford Folk Festival since 1993, The Byron Bay Writers Festival 2004 and The Whole Woman Festival 2007.
In 2006, Jenni founded The Story Tree Company.
Her training includes a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and Sociology from the University of Queensland, and a diploma from the Drama Action Centre in Sydney. There she studied clowning, improvisation, dance, singing, mask, mummers, percussion and workshop facilitation, having specialised in storytelling. Her trainers used a very hands-on approach and Jenni teaches in a similar way, but has adapted the exercises for those without a background in drama.
Her CD “Wonder Tales of Earth and Sea” claimed a special award from the National Library of Australia in 1999 and in 2008 her second CD for children "The Mermaid's Shoes" won a special award from the Storytelling World Awards in the US.
She has performed for ABC national radio as well as ABC TV’s ‘7.30 Report’.
- Website:
- http://www.storytree.com.au
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What an enviable career you have. I was interested to see your workshop, Myth, metaphor and chewing the intellectual fat.
I rewrote the ancient Ukrainian tale of Cinderella with Beauty and the Beast (whose origins I don't know). In the Ukrainian version, Cinderella actually takes Persephone's underworld journey.
I love that you are helping others to take this kind of journey into myth and story. I hope to hear you tell one day.
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