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ROSANNA RAYMOND: Decorating the Voice [April 2006]
Storytelling working with Maori/Samoan influences.
Adrodd straeon yn gweithio gyda dylanwadau Maori/Samoa.
 
Decorating the Voice
Movement and body adornment has always been a tool to decorate storytelling in the pacific, nothing was used unless it enhanced the meaning of the story or song or poem. This workshops seeks to help people explore how different ‘voices’ can help the storytelling process.
“I will share the story of the how the tatau (tattoo) came to the islands and then explain the meanings of this symbolic language and how it is used today, with this knowledge I will get the participants to draw a ‘tatau’ with a story embedded in it and then to explore ways of reinforcing their story through decorating it with movement and symbols.”
Rosanna Raymond, performance poet, artist, costume designer, and writer. New Zealand–born and of Samoan and Pākehā descent, Raymond currently lives, writes, and performs in London. Her poetry springs, in part, from her experiences in the diaspora, but it ranges across the various landscapes of her life and derives much of its force and images from the oral histories taught to her in her youth.
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