French Storyteller to Perform at AIS

AIS is pleased to host Mrs. Myriame El Yamani, French-speaking storyteller, on Thursday, March 13 in the auditorium. Students from 4K to grade 2 and their parents are invited to attend her show from 3:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., and students from grade 3 to 12 and their parents are invited to attend the 4:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. show. We look forward to seeing you at this event.

Myriame El Yamani knows better than anyone that in order for storytelling to remain lively and fresh it has to travel. The repertoire of a storyteller is a knapsack that he has with him throughout his travels and which he fills bit by bit with his little discoveries. Born in Morocco, Myriame El Yamani grew up in France, set off for America and made the lingo of Acadia in New Brunswick her own. Her story entitled, The Flying Clothes Line (published by Bouton d’or d’Acadie, 2002) is a repository of this wealth: A clothes line travels from the West to the East and serves as an explanation for the colors of the houses along the coastline of the Acadian peninsula.

The storyteller currently possesses a cross-cultural repertoire of African, European and American tales, and she affirms that when you hear these tales you retain the memory of all the ancestral speeches: “My craft doesn’t take itself for something outside of the society in which I live. It’s my duty to convey my knowledge of the world to others. Storytellers are those who pass things on. But it’s all really a thing of pleasure, a pleasure of the senses,” the messenger makes clear.