Saturday, August 17th – 3:00pm – 4:00pm

Odyssey Stage

Walk with Odin, Thor, Loki, Freya and Idun, as these quarrelsome gods and goddesses travel the rock-strewn pathways of the nine worlds. Shapeshift with giants, dwarves and eagles, look into the branches of Yggdrasill, the World Tree, to hear astonishing stories held together by only “the sound of a cat’s footfall” and a little bit of laughter.   Live for a time in the confounding world of ancient Norse mythology, a world still vividly present in the contemporary imagination.

 

 

Jennifer Cayley (Co-Producer)

Jennifer Cayley is a co-founder of MASC and has been a performance storyteller for over 30 years. The foundation of her work lives mostly within traditional folk, fairy tales, and some of the world’s great epics.

Some of Jennifer’s performance highlights include touring with Jan Andrews; appearing at festivals across Canada and in Hawaii; performing some of the great epics of the world at Rasputin’s Café; and making regular appearances at the Ottawa Storytellers’ Signature Series. A key part of Jennifer’s career is working with young people in a community setting. She has also worked on the Ontario Arts Council’s Artists in Education roster, with Prologue to the Performing Arts, and the TD Canada Trust Canadian Children’s Book Week Tour.

 

Johanna Kuyvenhoven

Johanna (Jo) Kuyvenhoven is a founding member of Storytellers of Canada who enjoys telling dark and light-hearted folktales. Jo is also the author of In the Presence of Each Other: A Pedagogy of Storytelling, as well as a global educational and literacy advocate and specialist, working to ensure every child’s right to have stories in school.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marie Victoria Robertson

Marie Victoria Robertson is a member of Ottawa StoryTellers since 2018. She is a theatre performer who is deeply immersed in storytelling. She was voted Audience Favourite at Pittsburgh’s TELL Folktale Fight with her boisterous performance style of telling myths and legends that makes audiences chuckle and gasp.

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

Anne Schmitz

Anne Schmitz joined the Ottawa StoryTellers in 2011 and becomes creative in her storytelling by using parts of her life experiences or family history. Anne also likes creating word pictures of some of the oldest tales she tells to spark her love of storytelling with her audiences.