de Investigadores em leitura - Universidade do Minho

Results I: The personal and professional trajectories of storytellers for children in Madrid
Table 1 provides a descriptive summary of each narrator, showing their professional
background, the current spectrum of their storytelling work and the personal-professional
connections that exist between them.
Table 1: Summary of storyteller’s trajectories
Name 2 Background Current work
Pepe Pérez Degree in primary education teaching.
Worked in after-school support programs and
in experimental pedagogical groups. Trained
in storytelling through workshops.
Mónica Garrido Degree in biology. Training as a sociocultural
animator. Extensive volunteer work in
out-of-school programs. Trained in
storytelling through courses and workshops.
Renuka Unknown academic background. Trained in
storytelling through workshops.
Clara Degree in performing arts. Trained in
storytelling during her studies and in later
Mercedes
Carrión
workshops.
Degrees in drama-performing arts from Lima
and Budapest. Extensive international career
as a performing artist, narrator, magician and
educator in the performing arts. Pioneer in
organizing workshops for storytellers in
Madrid.
Alicia Merino Degree in journalism, worked for several
years in journalism. Trained in storytelling
through workshops and later through a
degree in drama-performing arts.
Violeta Monreal Degree in fine arts. Worked in design for
several years. Became an illustrator of
children’s books and educational materials,
later also an author. Well known author for
her illustration techniques.
Esther Trained and worked as an occupational
therapist. Studied illustration through
workshops and became a published
illustrator and author of children’s literature.
Currently owner, with other partners, of a
Sheila and
Daniel
children’s bookstore.
Worked in a family owned factory in
Argentina that eventually closed. Self-trained
puppeteers. Became full time street and
travelling artists. Moved to Spain some years
later.
José Fontana Trained as a puppeteer through workshops in
Argentina. Used street-puppet performances
as a means of support during several years
of bohemian travel. Trained as a teacher,
worked in rural schools. Became a puppeteer
in a formal company with international tours
and arrived in Europe.
Rafael Ordoñez Unknown academic background. Works as a
state employee in a clerical position. Trained
as a storyteller through workshops. Is also a
published author of children’s literature.
Schools, libraries, parental associations,
municipal cultural events, hospitals, regular
section in a regional TV program. Performs for
all ages (infants, children, adolescents, adults)
but he is trying to avoid night performances in
adult storytelling cafes.
Schools, libraries, commercial centres through
publishing house events. Performs primarily for
school-aged children, she is trying to avoid
adult storytelling cafes.
Part-time volunteer and semi-professional
storyteller. Regular voluntary activity in a
hospital, schools, children’s bookstores,
municipal libraries and adult storytelling cafes.
Performs for all ages.
Schools, municipal libraries, children’s
bookstores, and adult storytelling cafes.
Performs for all ages.
Schools, libraries, cultural centres. She
coordinates a program for children in the library
system of a city in the Madrid metropolitan
area. She currently primarily performs for
children.
Libraries, schools, cultural centres and events.
Works with musicians and in theatre-like
productions. She primarily performs for children
but also for adults.
Storytelling events about her work in schools,
bookstores and libraries. Performs only for
children.
Storytelling events and other workshops in her
bookstore. Only done for children or for adults
interested in children’s literature.
Regular performances in Madrid parks.
Occasional hired events in schools, birthdays,
commercial centres. They only perform for
children.
Regular performances in Madrid Retiro park.
Occasional hired events such as birthdays.
Only performs for children.
Libraries, schools, cultural centres, children’s
bookstores in storytelling events about his work
and about other stories. Stand-up comedy and
storytelling in cafes. Performs for all ages.
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