Storytelling and singing runosongs
11 FEBRUARY 2022
Every thing has a story
The language of storytelling is not only words. In folk singing the melody and the rhythm play important roles. But also, the place, the body and things.
How can they be used to enhance reaching out with the story?You will also learn to sing regilaul; the Estonian traditional singing of long story songs.
The format for our online sharing and learning events was to devide them into three parts.
Part 1: the professional storytellers (singers, tellers, actors, musicians and more) from the three countries met in a smaller group during two hours to discuss around a topic that we had decided together. It could be about using props in storytelling, how to use symbolism, how to activate the audience, and so much more.
Open session
Part two - in the evening:
an open session where we combined lectures, storytelling and mini-concerts.
Janika Oras from The Estonian National Archives gave an academic lecture about the origins and structures of Estonian runosongs and about the regional differences and different styles and purposes of runosongs. She also lectured about epic runosongs and explained the actual stories in the runosongs, that are almost like fairy tales, but are just presented in the singing form. We also tried to sing together online which was an interesting experience.
Storytelling corner at Estonian Traditional Music Center. An example of one possibility how to translate stories. Piret Päär told a story and Kairi Leivo translated it to the international audience.
Sänni Noormets, Janne Suits, Kairi Leivo, Kelly Veinberg,
Elina Kasesalu and Greta Liisa Grünberg gave a short concert of runosinging.
Janne Suits and Sänni Noormets talked about the hiiu kannel tradition (bowed harp) and its revival in Estonia and gave a concert with Estonian tunes.
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