Contemporary Musical Arts & Liberal Arts Presents: Bread and Puppet Workshop

"Cantastoria" is a street theater form championed by Bread and Puppet that involves the narration of pictures using song, movement, text and puppetry. The word "canta-storia" comes from Italian (“sung story”), though the form has its roots in India circa 600 AD and has flourished in various guises all over Europe and Asia (from Japan (etoki & kamishibai) to Germany (bankelsang)) for the last 1,500 years. Bread and Puppet finds Cantastoria to be an effective tool for activist street performance and loves to share it widely and encourage people to experiment with its possibilities.

In this two hour workshop Bread and Puppet's company will perform a B&P Cantastoria for the group, teach a few Bread and Puppet Cantastorias to the group, and then put these experiences to work making new Cantastorias in small groups. The workshop will end with performances of the newly created Cantastorias.

Time commitment: 2 hour workshop.

Participants are encouraged to bring some soundmaking object: car keys, trumpet, paper bag, egg beater, etc.