Classes

Schedule

Please note: all times are in BST (UTC+1). See below for fuller class descriptions.

Friday 18 September

18:45 -  Welcome

19:00 - "Skaldic Poetry", with Adelheid Krämer von Rottemburg

20:00 onwards - Bardic Circle

Saturday 19 September

11:00 - "Tails and Tricksters: Introduction", with Alessandra di Riario

12:00 - "Step by step, turning a story into a performance", with Dytryk Lehrer

13:00 - "A Mi'kmaw Muse: the Music of Membertou", with Nicolò Moscati de Medina

14:00 - "Tails and Tricksters: The Tales Game" (interactive)

15:00 - Afternoon tea (recipes coming soon...)

16:00 - "Tails and Tricksters: The Tales Game (Dress Rehearsal)" (interactive)

17:00 - "Performing Shakespearean Soliloquies", with special guest Thomas the Bard

18:00 onwards - Bardic Circle

Classes being offered this year:

Skaldic Poetry, with Adelheid Krämer von Rottemburg

Poetry from the early mediaeval Viking age: not specifically covering already existing poetry, but focusing on the method of creating unique poetry of your own utilising this particular poetic method.

Tails and Tricksters, with Alessandra di Riario

A look at traditional animal tales from different places in period; at the role of the animal trickster and the role animal-imitating-human played in story, artwork and culture in period.

Step by step, turning a story into a performance, with Dytryk Lehrer

A led discussion on how to break a story into its component parts in order to build a performance. 

A Mi'kmaw Muse: the Music of Membertou, with Nicolò Moscati de Medina

In this class, students will learn about the history of Indigenous North American storytelling and music in (and prior to) the 17th century. Special focus will be given to the surviving music of Mi'kmaw Grand Chief Henri Membertou (c.1507 - 1611), and attendees will be taught the Mi'kmaq Honour Song. The instructor is of mixed Mi'kmaq descent, and is informed by his own lived experiences as an Indigenous storyteller, historian, and musician.

The Tales Game

We will take animal characters from the  European corpus of tales and creating our own stories. We roll a dice for character ,setting what moral we want to tell ( or chivalric virtue we want to illustrate) and what human characters we include  and make up a tale. Feel free to try the tales out in the Bardic later in the evening...

"Performing Shakespearean Soliloquies", with special guest Thomas the Bard

Full description coming soon...