Update #7: Some of the Banners Which Will Be Shown In The Exhibition
SCHNITZELBANK
by Bernice Silver and Great Small Works
New York City
Bernice Silver was a member of the 1930's WPA-funded Federal Theater Project. In 1997, Great Small Works helped her recreate this cantastoria from her memory. Stephen Kaplin painted the pictures.
Bernice's introduction to the performance of this piece included a story:
"They sent me out one night to a Polish ship on the West Side all by myself. I came to the seaman--a great big brawny guy--and none of them speak English. And I start getting up in front of all of them with my German English--I use a German schoolmarm thing, as you will see. I tried to get them to sing. And I couldn't. But at least I did my duty."
LA HISTORIA DEL SUNUCO
by El Teatro Indigena de la Sierra Tarahumara
Chihuahua, Mexico
El Teatro Indigena de la Sierra Tarahumara is a small puppet theatre company located in the southernmost extension of the rocky mountains inhabited by the Raramuri Indians. The company is comprised of young indigenous men and women who did not finish school and are transitioning into adulthood. El Teatro travels from community to community, giving one week workshops in different regions of the mountains, providing an opportunity for young people from surrounding areas to gather and participate in the event.
El Teatro is organized by Teresa Camou Guerrero and core members of the current company; together they decide which local issues to address in their work, which often involves the incorporation of local legends and the creation of new songs written and performed by the company. The scripts are collectively written. El Teatro has utilized cantastoria in their performances since their founding. In 2003 the Center of Support for Indigenous Missions invited el Teatro to make a show during their national conference in Mexico City, on the theme of the importance of native corn in our communities. “La Historia Del Sunuco” deals with the contamination of native corn in the Northern indigenous regions of Mexico by the introduction of genetically modified seed. El Teatro Indígena de la Sierra Tarahumara, have performed this cantastoria in Mexico City, Chihuahua, Tijuana and all around the Sierra Tarahumara for many years. The word Sunuco comes from the Raramuri language that means native corn.
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Dave Buchen is a performer, writer and printer. He has been a member of Chicago's Theater Oobleck for over twenty years. His cantastorias include a song cycle based on Pliny the Elder's Natural History, Charles Baudelaire's poems about wine and The Ballad of Labor and Capital, A Love Story. He lives in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Clare Dolan is a puppeteer, painter, and cantastoria afficianado currently based in Glover, Vermont. A veteran of the Bread and Puppet Theater and founder of the Museum of Everyday Life, she performs and gives workshops around the world in cantastoria, toy theater, stilt dancing, puppet building and parade-making.
