Folktales From Around the World and Back
Storyteller Muriel Johnson entrances audiences with a plethora of age appropriate multicultural and African Diasporic fables, folktales and songs. All stories have interactive components with movement, singalongs, claps or chants. Each tale is crafted to suit the audience age level and the desired theme. Tales embody themes of friendship, how things came to be, overcoming obstacles, diversity, cultural norms of “others, etc. Stories range from West African Anansi stories embedded with moral lessons to clever native American Trickster tales and everything in between.
Audience Limit: 300
Curriculum Connection: History, Language Arts, Social Emotional Learning, Folktales, African Diaspora
Single Performance: $750
Additional Performances: $600
Travel: $100 per day
Pricing may vary for weekends/out-of-school time
Processing Fee of $45 added to all contracts
Provisions:
- 1 parking space
- 1 bottle of water
- Sound system to accommodate a wireless microphone
- Small table
- A chair
Arrival time before first performance: 50 minutes
Time needed between performances: 10-15 minutes
Strike time: 15 minutes.
Please introduce the performer as an Arts for Learning Massachusetts artist.
