"Studio" is an exciting new series of zoom meetings in which you are invited to learn new skills and develop old ones. We encourage beginners and those with experience to join us in exploring new ways to express your ideas. AI is grateful to Arts Council England for their support of the Studio Series.
Storyteller Vergine Gulbenkian recites passages from the Daredevils of Sassoun, focussing on the deeds of some of the heroic women who startle and amaze those around them. We will hear about Mher, Khandout Khatoun, Dzovinar and others as Vergine tells their stories and then talks about the legends and how she has worked on telling these episodes. Join us for an adventurous evening!
2 Sessions: 22 June | 29 June
Zoom Meeting details:
Meeting ID 857 7078 7923
Invite Link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85770787923
Vergine Gulbenkian
Vergine Gulbenkian was drawn to performance storytelling as a direct and essential form of communication in 1991, after studying drama.
Her interest led her to research the rich Armenian oral tradition- co-producing a documentary video ashugh (epic singer) tradition in Armenia.
The shows she creates are based on traditional tales and epics and she performs them in venues that have included the South Bank centre, the Battersea Arts Centre, the British Museum, the Barbican Pit and the Soho Theatre.
She has received commissions from Festival at the Edge and Beyond the Border Storytelling festivals.
Vergine was ‘Storyteller in Residence’ for a project called Storytelling across cultures, bringing traditional tales to schools and community centres in Oxfordshire. She works with Museums, performs regularly at international storytelling festivals and works in schools, sharing the joy of telling and listening to stories with pupils and teachers.
We will welcome new participants at the second session if you missed the first one. Email tato@armenianinstitute.org.uk if you have any questions about the sessions.