in Mariposa & Yosemite National Park
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, March 13, 14, & 15, 2015
This year’s Annual Mariposa Storytelling Festival will feature many talented artists. The Sierra Sun Times will feature each storyteller leading up to the festival. Check back regularly for more information about each of this year’s featured guests.
Around the World in Six Ways
Ever dreamed of experiencing the many cultures and traditions found around the world? If so, the second weekend of March is your chance to fulfill that dream! Come spend time at Mariposa County Arts Council’s 28th Storytelling Festival, March 13-15, where six outstanding storytelling performances will share tales of adventure, wit, and wisdom from place near and far.
One of these six acclaimed performers, Antonio Rocha, uses mime and sound to engage his audiences as he circles the globe with his unique and fast-paced style. Rocha evokes the jungles of Brazil and Africa and fosters an appreciation for the rainforest’s inhabitants and ecosystem as his snake, jaguar, and turtle characters come alive.
Antonia is a native of Brazil and began his career in the performing arts in 1985. In 1988 he received a ‘Partners of the Americas’ grant to come to the United States to perform and deepen his mime skills while working with Master Tony Montanaro. Since then he has earned a Summa Cum Laude Theater BA from the University of Southern Maine and studied with Marcel Marceau. He has performed all over the world, including ten countries on five continents, most recently in Paris and India. Antonio has been featured in Mariposa’s 2005 and 2010 and this year he will be also performing Storytelling Outreach Programs at schools in Reedley, Selma, Cathey’s Valley, and Fresno.
MARIPOSA COUNTY RESIDENTS! We will be offering a special 15% discount order for people living in Mariposa County. Buy your tickets now! This offer is only good until February 27th.
To purchase tickets to the 28th Mariposa Storytelling Festival, March 13 – 15, call the Mariposa County Arts Council at (209) 966-3155, or visit us at: www.mariposaartscouncil.org.
Friday and Saturday’s Storytelling performances take place at Mariposa County High School, Sunday’s events take place in the Park Service’s East Auditorium, in Yosemite National Park.
The Mariposa Arts Council, sponsor of the Mariposa Storytelling Festival, is funded in part by Mariposa County, the California Arts Council, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
The MARIPOSA COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL, INC. is an incorporated not-for- profit organization, created to promote and support all forms of the cultural arts, for all ages, throughout Mariposa County.
For more information about Antonio Rocha visit his website at: www.storyinmotion.com
