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About the Storyteller - Dale Jarvis
Dale Gilbert Jarvis is a performer who has been telling stories since 1992. Dale has been one of the few professional storytellers in St. John's, and has performed at a variety of events, conferences, luncheons, benefits, and at local and international festivals in Cape Breton, Montreal, Toronto, Calgary, St. Mary's, Regina and Whitehorse.
He is the founder of the St. John's Storytelling Festival, and president of the St. John's Storytelling Festival, Inc.
Dale has written and performed in a number of other storytelling shows, including "Away: An Evening with the Faerie Folk", "Graveyards & Goosebumps", "Tales in the Temple" and "The St. Valentine's Dreadful Date", and "Pirates at the Pier". He has collaborated with musician Delf Hohmann on two storytelling shows "Under the Juniper Tree: Stories and Songs from the Brothers Grimm" and "The Devil Made Me Do It!".
He also offers workshops for beginning storytellers and on storytelling for historical interpretation, and has taught storytelling to adults, highschool level students, and most recently, is working on an Arts Smarts program with grades 4-6 at Holy Cross Elementary School in St. John's, Newfoundland.
Dale tells stories of the faerie folk, tales from the collections of the Brothers Grimm, ghost stories, legends and traditional tales from Newfoundland, Ireland, the United Kingdom and beyond.
Articles on Dale's storytelling:
- "Great Ending to Storytelling Evening" (2007 Telegram article)
- "Word of Mouth Keeping Tradition Alive" (2006 Telegram article)
- "Storytelling keeps step with changing times" (2005 CBC story)
- "Storytelling keeps step..." Real Media video version (2005 CBC television)
- "Theatre Forms: Once upon a Time" (2003 National Theatre School article)
Dale is also a member of Storytellers of Canada/Conteurs du Canada (SC/CC) which is the national organization of storytelling in Canada. For more info on SC/CC, and to find out how you can become a member, click the SC/CC logo to the left!