Stéphanie Bénéteau

Readings

Stéphanie will tell stories from around the world, with lots of clapping, singing and audience participation for the younger audiences. The presentation is highly interactive and animated, with riddles, humour and an emphasis on strong heroines as well as heroes. Stéphanie has been telling in schools for 10 years, and is an educator as well. French, English and bilingual presentations are available.

Workshops

The students are introduced to the art of storytelling through a highly participatory workshop in which they will learn a story and perform it with their classmates. Small group exercises develop voice, gestures and confidence in front of an audience. The students peform their story and can, if they wish, travel to other classrooms to present their work.

Biography

Stephanie Bénéteau is a fluently bilingual professional storyteller. She performs in schools, libraries and concert venues in the Montreal area and around Quebec as part of the Quebec government's Artists in Schools program. She has been invited to tell at many festivals, including the Montreal Intercultural Storytelling Festival, the Ottawa Storytelling Festival, the Toronto Storytelling Festival and many others. She toured Ontario as a storyteller during Canadian Children's Book Week in 2002. Stephanie has developed a unique storytelling workshop that she presents in schools in both English and French. She has also told stories on CBC radio, been a guest lecturer at McGill and Concordia Universities and presented at many conferences.

Stephanie is a lively and dynamic teller with a large repertoire for young audiences, though she enjoys telling to all ages. She has two young daughters who critique all her new stories and a mixed-up cultural heritage that includes French Canadian, American and Italian.