We had our first story circle today! In a story circle the artistic team meets with community members to hear their stories and experiences. Story Circles may include casual conversation, questions that trigger stories, cultural mapping, writing exercises, theater games and more.
Today we met for informal conversation with a group of folks in the Dunedin High Rise who play Loteria (Bingo) every week. They call themselves the Forget-Me-Nots. They reminisced about the neighborhood, winters past, fear of heights, laundry, watching airplanes take off (their laundry room is on the 10th floor with lots of windows overlooking the downtown airport), living in the midst of the Cinco de Mayo festival for 2 days a year, the generosity of neighbors and more. We hope to go back to meet with them again in a few weeks to hear more stories.
2 comments:
I love this! Hooray!!!
--Lynn Jeffries
This is so cool Becky!! I'm so excited to hear more! I'm headed to indonesia tomorrow to study shadow puppetry, mask and theater in community in a very different sense - but I'll check back for updates whenever I have internet. I can't wait to hear more - congrats on getting your project off the ground!
-Taiga
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