A professional storyteller, known throughout the country for her wit, passion and integrity of her work will direct professional storytellers to illumine the lives of the Elders in North Louisiana while intertwining the history of the architecture through the creation of “story circles” to be presented at Libraries and other cultural venues across North Louisiana.
Age-old tales are given new life through the fresh interpretations of Jeannine Pasini Beekman. Known for the wit, passion and integrity of her work, listeners of all ages are enthralled and delighted by her vivid characterizations and masterful use of language. As a nationally acclaimed storyteller, each story in her encyclopedic cross-cultural repertoire becomes a polished gem through her artful use of voice, gesture and movement.
Her appearances include the National Storytelling Festival, the Washington Storytellers Theatre and Storytelling Arts of Indiana. The Houston Chronicle called her storytelling performance with the Houston Symphony “brilliant…scintillating through the emotions.” She has traveled to the People’s Republic of China as a member of the first American storytelling delegation to visit that land and, in the winter of 2007, she attended the first Festival of Traditional Storytelling in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan. An eighth generation resident of Louisiana, she currently serves as a Louisiana Humanities Scholar.
Read an excerpt from VOICES OF WITNESS, her storytelling tribute to the elders of TRIUMPH OVER TRAGEDY.
