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- About Me:
- Peter S. Cook is an internationally reputed Deaf performing artist whose works incorporates American Sign Language, pantomime, storytelling, acting, and movement.
He has traveled extensively around the country and aboard with Flying Words Project to promote ASL Literature with Kenny Lerner since 1986. Peter has appeared in Live from Off Center’s “Words on Mouth” (PBS) and “ United States of Poetry” (PBS) produced by Emmy winner Bob Holman. He has taught at Columbia College where he received the 1997 Excellence in Teaching award. In 1998, Peter set up a video production called PC Production and now based in Chicago.
Peter was featured at the National Storytelling festival in Jonesboro, Tenn., The Winter tales in Oklahoma City, Illinois Storytelling Festival, Hoosier Storytelling Festival, the Multi-Cultural Festival in Eugene, Ore, and the Tales of Graz in Graz, Austria, The Deaf Way II and the Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. Peter has worked with Deaf storytellers/poets in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Japan. Peter was invited to the White House to join the National Book Festival in 2003.
Peter lives in Chicago and return to teach at Columbia College. He loves to tell stories to his son.
- Website:
- http://www.deafpetercookonline.com
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I had the pleasure of seeing your performance at the Tejas Storytelling Festival in spring '07. Fantastic telling! Opened my eyes (and ears!) to the various facets we all use to tell our stories. Hopefully, I'll get to enjoy another performance someday.
Ryan
My daughter & I saw you ages ago when you came to Bloomfield, Michigan. It was great to see ASL storytelling as you did it. An eye-opener (signing "wake up!") about what was possible. I must see your website after reading the comments here.
Thanks for all you do...
Buck
I saw you at the National Storytelling Festival some years ago. My youngest son followed you from tent to tent--you were, he said, the coolest storyteller there. He got bored easily with most tellers, but you and Syd Lieberman were big hits with him. I'm glad to see you here.
I am a big fan of your telling. I've had the opportunity to see you at Jonesboro and I was sold. I look foward to getting to know you through this wonderful website.
Take Care,
Pam Holcomb
It is good to see you here. I truly enjoyed getting to know you last summer at school. Hope to see you again in July. At least there will be no linguistics.
Hugs,
MyLinda
Welcome to the Professional Storyteller family. Do you know Trix Bruce? I worked with her at the St. Louis Storytelling Festival a couple of years ago. Your work sounds so inspirational. I look forward to getting to know you. Best wishes and enjoy the site!
Warmly,
Dianne de Las Casas
Founder of Professional Storyteller
Met you last year in Denton - you remember The Rain, I am sure. I wrote a poem and shared it w/ you the next morning. Bought one of your DVDs, which you signed for me - my entire family has enjoyed you/DVD multiple times over the last 11 months.
I was SO impressed with you, your performances, your contact w/ "th' folks," - it was, truly, awesome (I know the word is terribly overused/abused, but, here, it is absolutely THE appropriate word to use)
Anyway, delighted you'll be with us, and looking forward to your sharing with everyone!
Blessings,
Tom
http://www.shopliftwindchimes.com/videos/dpjdeaf.mov
Here's the link... part of it is signed and part is not... I hope you like let me know...
glad you are here
Buck
Welcome to the site!
You may notice that I started a group within "Professional Storyteller" entitled "College Big Cats: Tracking and Capturing Gigs". Then things can be discussed that there was no time to cover during the 2007 National Storytelling Conference.
So are you headed back to ETSU for the summer?
Until we tell again,
Rachel Hedman