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SMCC Storytelling Institute Presents Three-Part Series About Riddles, Love, Wisdom & Foolishness
Enjoy tales involving clever riddles and enchanted love -- or discover your “inner fool” -- with the upcoming series, “A World of Wonder: Folktales for Grownups,” at South Mountain Community College, beginning Jan. 30.
Storytelling Institute faculty members LynnAnn Wojciechowicz, Liz Warren, and Ricardo Provencio will perform folktales from around the world. Additional dates are March 5, and April 2.
The free, Wednesday night performances begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Studio Theatre of SMCC, 7050 S. 24th St., just north of Baseline Rd. Performances begin with a short introduction to the featured folktale type. These stories will be followed by a discussion of primary characteristics and themes. Latecomers will not be seated.
On Jan. 30, the storytellers will tell “Riddle Tales.” “Riddle tales make us think; they ask us to notice details and the way words are used, to visualize and to be creative,” according to LynnAnn Wojciechowicz, director of the SMCC Storytelling Institute. “They ask the audience to try to come up with answers to questions, solutions to problems, and in some cases, to be clever judges.”
On March 5, enjoy “Tales of Loves Won and Lost.” “Oftentimes in folktales, a maiden of lowly status wins the hand of a royal prince, and just as often, ‘they live happily ever after,’ ” Wojciechowicz explained. “In some tales, the love interest seems incidental; in others, it is at the core of the tale. Some brides and grooms appear in animal form, others must disentangle magical taboos. Relive – or experience anew – your own dreams of an enchanted partnership.”
On April 2, hear Wise & Foolish Tales. The Storytelling Institute director noted that stories about fools are popular around the world. “In some cases the central figures are victims of their own foolishness and the cleverness of their adversaries. Other times the fool is a scapegoat, a figure onto whom ordinary people can project their own inadequacies; and once in a while, the fool becomes the hero, giving listeners a vicarious sense of empowerment. Join us for an evening of relaxing into your inner fool!”
To learn more about this series and about the SMCC Storytelling Institute, go to:
http://www.southmountaincc.edu/PerformingArts/Storytelling.
For information about this or other SMCC performances, call the SMCC Performing Arts Hotline: 602.243.8353.