PROGRAMS TAILORED TO MEET NEEDS OF CLIENTS Barbara’s high-energy workshops/presentations are recommended for staff development, sensitivity training, parent groups, young adults, conferences, family gatherings and festivals. Goals: • Illustrate the universal themes that unite all people. • Connect the oral tradition of storytelling to literacy. • Celebrate diversity “as a strength”. • Demonstrate the power of the spoken word, music and art. Tools: Stories, original paintings, authentic props, music, photographs, improvisation, and creative dramatics.

Building Community through Story Sharing TARGET AUDIENCE: Intergenerational multiethnic immigrant populations in transition and at-risk youth and young adults. Ask about on-going story sharing workshops offered in Queens, sponsored by the Flushing Jewish Community Council.

“Barbara’s stories about her immigrant experience transcend the bounds of one language, one culture.”
- Merella Assmus, Children’s Librarian

“SIGN LANGUAGE and STORYTELLING: A Winning Combination” Recommended for “hearing” audiences, including English Language Learners and people with special needs…

“Barbara’s ability to communicate with people of all ages – hearing or deaf – is truly remarkable.”
- G.W., Geriatric Social Worker

“Once upon a time in America...at the turn of the 20th Century…”
Comparing the immigrant experience: then and now...
(Programs tailored to incorporate specific neighborhood history.)

Step back in time as Barbara takes on the role of a “schoolmarm” and transports audiences back to the day when school was “taught to the tune of a hickory stick.” Using stories, songs and traditional circle games we learn about the lives of everyday folks, how they got through the day without modern medicine, electronic devices and the like…

“My 4th graders and I thank you for taking us on a fantastic journey…You are not only knowledgeable, fun and entertaining but everyone was fully engaged. The students play THE FARMER IN THE DELL every day! You are a terrific storyteller, a wonderful person and we loved every minute spent with you.” M.C., Astoria, NY

“Telling Tales” through the Spoken Word and StoryART A workshop modeled after The Hmong Story Cloth (Pa’ndau) offers students the opportunity to learn how cultural values and traditions are transmitted from one generation to another. As they come to understand and recognize how families, communities, and countries preserve tradition through art, they develop a new range of “visual literacy.” Grades 2 thru High School

“Barbara has redefined bilingual storytelling and given us much to think about…new ways of listening to our colleagues, students, their parents, and our own families.”- Dr. John Spiridakis, St. John’s University

SAMPLER OF OTHER PROGRAM TITLES

• Celebrating Diversity through the Power of Story, Music, Art and Sign Language

“The Ensemble is raving about your workshop. The especially connected to how you think outside of the box with your exercises and how personal your storytelling is.” – K. S., The Story Project, Visible Theatre, Inc.

• The Oral Tradition, Listening/Learning Styles and the Writing Process:
Make the Connection Center Stage with Storyteller Barbara Aliprantis
• Enhancing the Road to Literacy with Sign Language, Music and Art.

“I can’t believe you tell stories to Deaf people in sign language. That’s amazing.” – 3rd Grader

• LIVING HISTORY IMMIGRATION RESIDENCY – 4th Grade through High School

“I’m so happy you told me your story of coming to America. It made me think of my mom and dad and their journey from Korea. I think I’ll ask them about it.” - J. Kim, 9 years old

• A Country of Immigrants…a world of stories.

• Join in and Laugh Tales and Tunes From Around the World

• Sharing Life Stories and Folktales in a Family Circle

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”One of the things I really liked about Barbara's style was how much she used her hands…it really supported her telling. I felt like her hands were lifting up the story, rolling it between her fingers and tossing it to us to roll about and toss back. - M. Towne, New York University Student (April 2007, Provincetown Playhouse)

PARTIAL LIST OF CLIENTS/FESTIVALS

FESTIVALS
• Hudson River Annual Clearwater Revival June 2007; June 1999
• Cayman Islands Cultural Foundation: GIMISTORY 2006 Annual Nov/Dec Ten-day Festival
• Mohegan Colony Storytelling Annual Festival
• Multicultural 7-day Storytelling Festival/School Tour in Eugene, Oregon
• Clark School District, Las Vegas First Storytelling Conference/Festival: Keynote Speaker

ON-GOING PROGRAMS/RESIDENCIES:
• Flushing Jewish Community Council Multicultural Committee
• The Poppenhusen Institute, College Point, NY
• Voelker Orth Museum Victorian, Flushing, New York
• The Cornelia Street Café, Curator 2nd Tuesday of the Month Series: www.corneliastreetcafe.com

OTHER
Music for Many, Inc. (School Assemblies, Immigration Residencies)
New York City Board of Education: Guest Teaching Artist
Artsgenesis Institute for the Multiple Intelligences (Guest Teaching Artist)
N.Y. Public Library Annual Holiday Benefit Performance for Board of Trustees: Featured Teller. 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006
Provincetown Playhouse, New York University
Huntington Arts Council’s Journey Program, Staff Development/Assemblies and School Residencies
Woodmere (L.I.) Middle School (Claudette Tableman, Principal)
Storyteller Staff Annual Recognition Luncheon, University of Missouri
Brooklyn Public Library
Brooklyn Public Library, Deaf Awareness Day Celebration
Queens Library
South Street Seaport Museum (Two-Year Residency)
The Queens Museum of Art
Neuberger Museum, SUNY Purchase
American Museum of Natural History
China Institute, New York City
St. John’s University, Magnet Schools Summer Institute
Queens College Graduate Library Student Association
Greater Port Jefferson Arts Council
Henry Street Settlement
Chinmaya Vrindavan Center, Cranbury, New Jersey
The Greater New York Dental Association Annual Convention
Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of Greater New York
Princeton University Coltson Library (Program for Marie Katzenbach School for the Deaf)
New York Botanical Garden (Bronx, New York)