storytelling, music, poetry, songs, conversations, challenges
folkeeventyr, egne fortællinger og en sang
DuEtTeN starter med at Anna fortæller en historie, vi tror vi alle kender. Dernæst fortæller Svend-Erik om at finde svamp i skoven. Så fortæller Svend-Erik en historie om Staffan og Karl, brødre fra Småland engang i 1890 – tallet. Anna afslutter med en skøn sang.
Det var denne svamp, som på en nat dukkede op i skoven. Episoden inspirerede til sangen “The Fungus Song” med Wet Parsnip, Du kan finde sangen her https://youtu.be/sFEbusA9oHE.
erindringer på dansk
I DuEtTeN føres vi ind i det okkulte. Jens Peter boede i en lejlighed i Odense, hvor det trak på gulvet, uhhhh, og ved slutningen af den historie føler Svend-Erik, at det trækker på gulvet i Edinburgh, der hvor han bor nu. Svend-Erik fortæller inspireret af den historie, hvordan Jannik fik en spansk heksejæger fra middelalderen til pludselig at blive meget levende i Nansensgade. Svend-Erik’s forberedte historie er om Åmanden i Ryle Å nede ved Græshave på Lolland. Jens Peter får derefter Svend-Erik til at knække sammen af grin over et barndomsminde fra Jylland.
a hunter, the crying willow trees, a dance and the full moon
In the DuEt Jan Blake tells a story from Ghana about a hunter trying to get a tortoise to sing. Svend tells back a story from Swaziland. Then Svend-Erik surprises Jan with a piece of art inspired by the fact that Laurie Andersson is a buddhist, and so is Jan. Inspired by the story from Swaziland Jan tells the story of the women coming down from the full moon to take milk from a farmer.
poems and a short story, Hafeez, John of the Cross, death, friends, Angus
In this DuEt Simon Hodges explore some of the mystics. He recites beautifully Hafeez’ “A glass of wine” translated by Robert Blye and then he reads John of the Cross’ “The Dark Night” – you can find this poem here. Svend-Erik is then inspired to tell about The Storytelling Academy and the work we did with “The Death in Bagdad”. The story of the goldfish in the blender makes Simon laugh. Then my prepared story about friendship and voices in a young man’s head. To that Simon responds with The Song of Wandering Angus by W.B. Yeats – find it here. Enjoy the DuEt!
an Icelandic saga and a Nordic Myth
The DuEt starts with Donald then bringing a saga from Iceland about two poets and the King of Norway. That gives Svend-Erik the opportunity to tell the story of how the forest of Scotland vanished many years ago. Svend-Erik then tells a story from the Nordic gods. Donald respond to a story I told about Skæve in a previous DuEt. And in that story we understand, that a hunchback is not always bad to carry around.
a folktale and some legends
Mark Borthwick – is in Blackpool, England in a one year residency collecting stories. I met Mark two years ago when he lived here in Edinburgh and it was a thrill to be told stories by this talented young man up at the Calton Hiill New Burial. Me and Alice had a wonderful time.
In this DuEt you will hear about the two fiddlers and Mark shows his skills on a violin. Svend is inspired by that to tell two stories, and it is just because Svend is the host he allows himself to do that. One about a larch and one about anger. Then Svend tells about his father and milk spilled for about one hundred years ago. It is one of the stories Svend remembers from his childhood and Mark returns with a story about sheep. I didn’t catch the punchline because I don’t know anything about sheep and that is the whole idea with the story, so thank you for that; Mark. I have Googled the names of these sheep and I have seen the difference. Storytelling as a botany lesson – so cool!
to folkeeventyr om Sct. Peter og nogle erindringer fra anden verdenskrig.
Hilde Eskild i DuEt med Svend-Erik Engh. Hilde er en af Norge’s mest erfarne fortællere og hun udfordrer Svend-Erik med en historie, der har rødder i det Norsk/Skotske. Historien handler om Sct. Peter og det får Svend-Erik på banen med en Ewald Tang Kristensen historie. Svend-Erik giver en historie om hans mormor, om at narre tyskerne under anden verdenskrig og den svarer Hilde tilbage med en historie fra besættelsen af Norge om en onkel, der dyrkede tobak og solgte det uden at tyskerne måtte vide det.
an improvisation, a short story and a drawing
This DuEt with Alice Fenbank has several surprises for you. First an improvised story from Alice, then I talk about a book I once read, then one of my own stories, that I have not told Alice before and the end of the conversation is Alice showing a drawing she has been doing while telling and listening. The drawing contain elements from the whole conversation.
en Schulz historie, lidt erindringer og en sav
Jeg mødte Kasper på Kulcaféen i København engang i halvfemserne, hvor han arrangerede fortælleaftner. Han var en vild fætter, altid fuld af uforudsigelige og vidunderligt fabulerende indfald. Senere dukkede han op under bøgetræets krone i København og spillede på sine trommer. Det er der billeder af – Historier under Bøgen. I dag var ingen undtagelse med overraskelsen. Jeg havde ikke ventet en sav. Men det fik jeg. Tak for det, Kasper!
folktales and a memory from travelling in Uganda
One of my first meetings with Daniel Allison was at The Kilburn Garden Party 2018. He was telling stories in a little tent on a hillside. The warmth and the joy in his telling made us all forget about the wind and the rain. I knew I had to go for more of this young man’s telling and here he is.
Four stories for you to enjoy, two prepared and two improvised right there!
folktales, one of Svend’s own stories and some songs from Scotland
I met Neil Sutcliffe in the summer 2017 on the island Lismore, when we both were performing at Taproot Festival. I saw this talented young accordion player and was truly fascinated. When Alice Fernbank and me needed a musician, Neil just stepped up and played in our two hour long storytelling performance. We went on the train together and there we wrote a song. In 2018 we did Walk the Oars at the Edinburgh Fringe. THis year we were supposed to do a new Fringe performance, but as the Edinburgh Fringe is canceled, we have to find another way of showing our work. The DuEt consists of stories and songs.
DuEtS are recorded Zoom split screen meetings between two artists, a guest and a host. The guest starts with a story, a song, a poem, whatever. This inspires the host to do an unprepared thing. Like a conversation with stories and songs and music.
A DuEt Marathon is a group DuEt. The host starts with a prepared thing, a song, poem, a piece of music, a story. Then the other participants inspired by what the former artists brought in to the DuEt tell, sing, perform. These contributions will then be unprepared, improvised as nothing is revealed about the themes in advance.
i can just listen and share and hold the space as you two so beautifully do and share whatever needs to be told and whatever needs to be heard. Thankyou 🌟
Wow so intriguing- rough and true.
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