Join Shonaleigh for a Tellers, Tales, Tradition weekend in Amsterdam.
Prince Rahab’s kingdom under the sea is threatened. The power which, from the beginning of time, has held destructive waters in check depends on the inscription of an unutterable name, and the name is
being erased. Rahab and his ueen must make a sacrifice to save the kingdom, but the prince has been imprisoned by a woman who has been done a terrible wrong, and the queen is on a quest to find him.
About the tradition
Shonaleigh is one of Europe’s leading storytellers. Having learned the Drut’syla tradition from the age of four, she carries thousands of oral stories from the Jewish tradition and shares their magic, mystery
and wisdom with audiences around the world.
She is a living tradition holder, “you hear people talking about the storytelling revival, but in Jewish culture it never died. I lived and breathed the tales during my childhood, unaware that this was anything unusual.”
The Drut’syla tradition is rooted in The Netherlands. Shonaleigh wants to bring the tradition home. One of the cycles that Shonaleigh was taught by her grandmother is the Menassah Cycle, of which the Emerald Sea is part. It originates around the year 1600 from the region of Apeldoorn or Oldenzaal, nobody knows the exact place. The cycle contains hundreds of stories that belong to the Jewish heritage in the Netherlands. As they are barely known in The Netherlands, a Tellers, Tales and Tradition weekend is a magnificent chance to get to know this oral tradition that flourished during a vast amount of years in the ‘Low Countries’.
The weekend takes place at: Buiksloterweg 9. Amsterdam (with Saturday night happening at Annette and
Hessels House Wognummerstraat 14, Amsterdam).
Pricing and booking
€ 250 for the whole weekend including lunch on Saturday and Sunday and snacks at the Saturday night telling. Reserve your place by emailing: [email protected]
€ 15 to attend the Saturday night only at Annette and Hessels House Wognummerstraat 14, Amsterdam, starting at 8pm. Reserve your place by emailing: [email protected]
Volunteer spaces possible, where you pay less and help out with running the event and catering. To enquire about this email: [email protected]