Program

The Beginning: The Many Homers & the Cunto Long before books and theaters, there were storytellers. In ancient Greece, the many ‘Homers’ traveled from town to town, keeping audiences spellbound with stories of gods, heroes, battles, love, and human destiny. Their art was not simply about the words they spoke, but about how they spoke […]

The Jester, the Fool & the Storyteller From the medieval langue d’oc traditions to the wandering jesters of Europe, storytelling became deeply connected to entertainment, satire, politics, and social commentary. Who were the jesters? Where did they come from? What role did they play in society? And what were they really communicating underneath the jokes […]

Encounter 3 – The Holy Jester: Dario Fo Few modern performers transformed storytelling as radically as Dario Fo. Fo drew inspiration from centuries of popular performance and oral history told in his town by people working around the Po river. This session explores Fo’s masters and inspirational figures, the architecture of his storytelling, his extraordinary relationship […]

Are You a Storyteller? Now it’s your turn. What story have you been carrying with you? In this final hands-on session, participants will create and tell a short story with the guidance of Laura Caparrotti. Using the tools explored throughout the series—voice, rhythm, breath, gesture, structure, imagination, and audience connection—the participants will transform a personal […]