Yukon International Storytelling Festival
The Yukon International Storytelling Festival was held every Summer in
History
In 1984 Angela Sidney shared her stories at the Toronto Festival of Storytelling. Fellow storytellers were inspired by her to develop the Yukon International Storytelling Festival which was created in 1988.[3] First decade. The first edition in 1988 proposed storytellers from 4 continents and 23 languages (including 16 native languages). In 1989 the festivals take flight and promotes attendance by schoolchildren and Jerry Alfred was one of the artists. In 1990 the festival grows. In 1991 the festival gains notoriety from a national festival reviewer and changes its name to "Yukon International Storytelling Festival". The Tagish lady who inspired the creation of the festival, Angela Sidney, died. 1992's edition experienced diplomatic problems with its scheduled Russian guests. 1993 saw record attendance and box office sales. 1994 the festival experienced severe financial losses due to a windstorm that nearly destroyed the festival tents and caused the festival to relocate. In 1995 the festival was scaled down in order to recoup past financial losses, and produced a surplus for the first time. In 1996 the festival grew once more and saw its second best attendance. The 10th anniversary edition in 1997 experienced its best attendance yet and interest from the Canada Council finally started happening.
Second decade. The 1998 edition felt a loss of attendance because of competing local events. In 1999 it proposed a new successful "Winter tour" and finally garnered support from the
The festival is currently on an indefinite sabbatical.[4]
Regular local guest storytellers
Jerry Alfred - Michele Emslie - Anne-Louise Genest - Backwoods Benny
See also
- World storytelling day
Footnotes
- ^ a b Petten 2003, p. 34.
- ^ Chrapko 2011.
- ^ "History". storytelling.yk.net. Archived from the original on 5 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-09.
- ^ Storytellers of Canada. "Canadian Festivals". Retrieved 29 August 2012.
References
- Chrapko, Darlene (2011), Storytelling – in all its forms – provides insight into life, vol. 18, Alberta Sweetgrass, retrieved 5 November 2014
- Echevarria, Lynn (2000b), Interview with Louise Profeit-Leblanc and Sawin (Interview), transcriptions
- Echevarria, Lynn (Fall 2008), "A New Skin for an Old Drum: Changing Contexts of Yukon Aboriginal Bahá'í Storytelling", The Northern Review, 29: 39–62, retrieved 5 November 2014
- Petten, Cheryl (2003), Footprints: Angela Sidney, vol. 21, Windspeaker, retrieved 5 November 2014
- Profeit-Leblanc, Louise, "The role of storytelling in Yukon Native Culture", Yukon College (video recording), Whitehorse, NWT
- "Louise Profeit Leblanc", The Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta, 2013, retrieved 5 November 2014