Storytelling Academy

Minerva's Spindle

Location: Minerva's Spindle Instructor:Gabrielle d'Auvergne Description: Students will participate in a cumulative 9-day class which encompasses the basics of becoming a storyteller.

Why Poets Should Use the English Style

Tent 1

Location: A&S Tent 1 Instructor:Magistra Fiana of Clare Description: Learn why the poetry of English elegies and epics is superior for composition in our common tongue, and learn its elements and techniques.

Telling Stories as Your Persona

Location: A&S Tent 9 Instructor:Master Cariadoc Description: How to tell stories in a way that creates the illusion of a period story being told to a period audience, along with a discussion of sources.

Songs of the Women *Trouveres*

Location: A&S Tent 9 Instructor:THL Cobflaith ingen Sitriucca Description: Discussion of the works of women poet-composers, or *trouvères*, in northern France in the 12th-13th centuries, with ideas for performance/rewriting.

Raunch and Romance – CCt

Courtesan College - B03

Location: Courtesan College - B03 Instructor:Baronessa Ginevra Fiammetta di Silvestri Description: Take turns reading period & Scadian romantic & erotic poetry. We will provide some options to pick from, or feel free to bring...