KHM 62 - La reina de las abejas - Narradora: Bego Alabazan

El cuento original: en alemán, en inglés, en castellano

BEGOÑA ALABAZAN
NARRADORA ORAL:
(BEGOÑA GÓMEZ ABRISKETA)

Nací en 1966 y, como buena niña (que no “niña buena”), me gustaba jugar con las historias con las que me encontraba haciendo marionetas, dibujos, murales, contándolas o teatralizándolas.
Mucho más adelante, en 1996, tuve la oportunidad de formar parte en la creación del grupo de Narración Oral “A la Luz de las Velas”. No sospechaba entonces hasta qué punto iban a calar los cuentos en mi.
Y gracias a este encuentro (o reencuentro), me “di a la bebida” de cuentos, cantos y leyendas para satisfacer esa sed de historias que tenía desde niña. Fue después que conocí el gran disfrute de hacerlas mías y comunicarlas.

KHM 92 - Die Königin aus der Rosenstadt - Storyteller: Birgit Lehner

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Birgit Lehner tells her version of the Grimms' tale "The King of the Golden Mountain" (KHM 92), partially interweaving it with the folktale "The Queen of the Town of Roses" that has been collected in the 1930ies in germanspeaking villages of Northern Hungary. In this variant the enchanted queen has not been changed into a snake. She is a beautiful woman and obviously very strong herself: Before she asks the hero to release her she tests his strength by hitting him three times - which is a quite funny scene. The end of the variant, though, is more conciliable than in the Grimms' tale: In order to stay with her first husband, the queen asks her guests at her second marriage whether an original key or a copy would fit better, and everybody votes for the original key.

Find the Grimms' tale in English (and German, Spanish, Italian, Danish, Netherlands):
http://www.grimmstories.com/en/grimm_fairy-tales/the_king_of_the_golden_mountain

This video (Editing: Ingrid Edtmeier) was recorded in january 2012 in the Brunnenpassage, Vienna, for the "Project Grimm 2012". In this project European storytellers share stories from the famous collection of fairytales celebrating the 200th anniversary of the first edition of the collection by the brothers Grimm.

Follow the "Project Grimm 2012" here: http://projectgrimm.blogspot.com
http://www.facebook.com/projectgrimm

Birgit Lehner is a professional Austrian actress and storyteller. She lives in Vienna and tells in German, English and French.
Website: http://www.geschichten-erzaehlerin.at
facebook-profile: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000361981583

KHM 94 - Die kluge Kohlenbrennerstochter - Storyteller: Birgit Lehner (Excerpt)

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"Die kluge Kohlenbrennerstochter" (The Charburner's Clever Daughter) is a variant of the Grimms' Tale "The Peasant's Clever Daughter" (KHM 94). It has been collected in the 1930ies in germanspeaking villages in Northern Hungary: As in the original Grimms' tale, the king expulses his wife, the charburner's daughter, because she has interfered with his business, and allows her to take with her only what is dearest in her eyes. She chooses her husband. In this variant the queen carries the sleeping king on her own back home to her father's house.

Birgit Lehner tells her version in Austrian dialect. The performance took place in august 2010 in Upper Austria during a festival celebrating that - thanks to the initiative of Austrian storyteller Helmut Wittmann -- storytelling had been put on the Austrian UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Find the Grimms' tale in English (And German, Italian, Danish, Netherlands): http://www.grimmstories.com/en/grimm_fairy-tales/the_peasants_wise_daughter

This excerpt of a full-length 10-minutes video (© http://bildungs.tv) was produced for the "Project Grimm 2012": In this project European storytellers share stories from the famous collection of fairytales celebrating the 200th anniversary of the first edition of the collection by the Brothers Grimm.

Follow the "Project Grimm 2012" here:
https://www.facebook.com/projectgrimm

Birgit Lehner is a professional Austrian actress and storyteller. She lives in Vienna and tells in German, French and English.
Website: http://www.geschichten-erzaehlerin.at
facebook-profile: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000361981583

KHM 27 - Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten - Storyteller: Roland Gelfert

Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten from Konstantin Tsakalidis on Vimeo.

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KHM 103 - Der süße Brei - Storyteller: Roland Gelfert

Brei2 from Konstantin Tsakalidis on Vimeo.

Read the original story: in German, in English, in Spanish