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Celtic Footprints
Fee: $1300
Recommended: Elementary level
Available: February - June 2010
Supplemental Materials/Activities:
Study guide available
Question and answer period follows performance
Story Hour and workshop programs available both
pre- and post- show
Storyteller Bairbre McCarthy and choreographer Ellen Sinopoli take students on a fantastical journey weaving stories, song and movement to follow the footprints of the Celts from Central Europe to Scotland, Wales & Ireland and then across the Atlantic to Appalachia. See and hear the myth of the Seal People, the Legend of the Swans, the Adventures of Jack (beyond the beanstalk) and the tales of the Appalachian wise women.
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Ireland’s Sunday Tribune describes Bairbre McCarthy as a master storyteller who can weave a great story. As a seanchaí, (storyteller) she continues the oral tradition of the Celts. A native of County Clare and graduate of University College Galway, Bairbre is an author of children’s books and Irish legends. The Irish Prime Minister brought her latest book, “The Keeper of the Crock of Gold” to the White House on St. Patrick’s Day as a gift for President Obama’s daughters. Bairbre’s books on Irish Mythology are published by Mercier Press, Cork, Ireland. Bairbre also teaches Irish language and storytelling. She is NYS certified to teach English, French and gifted student programs. |
For more information, contact:
Kim Engel, Education Coordinator
(518) 442-5738
kengel@albany.edu
