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Two world-class kinetic storytellers who shared a mentor
in Tony Montanaro have joined hands to further the legacy
he left to spoken word artists. Milbre Burch and Antonio Rocha
will present a workshop in honing the storytelling artist's
instruments of voice, body, heart, memory, and imagination.
This six-day intensive course is for beginning and intermediate
storytellers, and includes training in mime, improvisation,
characterization and "creative writing on the tongue,"
small and large group critique sessions, and developing the
stage craft needed to enhance the oral narrative. The workshop
will culminate with a student performance on Saturday night.
Studying with Antonio Rocha and Milbre Burch in the hills
of South Paris, Maine, is an opportunity not to be missed.
Come dive deep into your own artistry. Your stories will never
be the same!
 Milbre
Burch has been called "one of the most important voices
in the American storyteling revival." She is renowned
for her repertoire of world folktales, her interpretations
of Jane Yolen stories, her use of first person narrative and
dramatic monologue, and her crafting of personal stories interwoven
with tales from legend and lore.
She tours her one-woman shows as Theatre of the Spoken Word
and has release twelve solo spoken word recordings on the
Kind Crone label. A Circle of Excellence Award winner, she
was featured at the National Storytelling Festival for the
seventh time in October, 2005.
 Antonio
Rocha , a native of Brazil living in Maine, began his career
in the performing arts eighteen years ago. In 1988 he received
a Partners of the Americas grant that brought him to the United
States to study and deepen his performance skills with Master
Tony Montanaro.
He has also studied with master Marcel Marceau and earned
a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Theater from the University of
Southern Maine in 1992.
Antonio has toured from the Far East to the Far West, performing
in such events as the Singapore Festival of the Arts, the
Aruba International Dance Festival, the World Dunya Festival
in Holland, The Tale of Graz Festival in Austria, the National
Storytelling Festival in Jonesbourogh, Tennessee and many
other festival across the USA and Canada.
Visit Antonio Rocha's website at
home.maine.rr.com/rocha/
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