Who Will Put the Bell on the Cat? with Marcel Dragonieri

Imagine: What would it be like if you had to go out and forage for food every day? Who would you be in the story? Mason, Cindy Rosemarie, Matagot, or someone else?

Today's story was reimagined by Stephen LaFrenie from the folktale 'Belling the Cat' and performed by Marcel Dragonieri.

About Today's Storyteller: Marcel Dragonieri is a writer, performer and arts educator. He is the co-founder of Zanni Arte, a theatre company dedicated to teaching mask performance/mask making to both actors and non-actors alike. He has performed and designed programming for numerous schools and companies including SummerWorks, Toronto Fringe, The National Theatre School, Metaphysical Theatre, Goderich Little Theatre, TDSB Arts Co-op and Mirvish Productions. You can catch him in the kitchen munching on a bag of potato chips (ketchup is his favourite).

Make a mask... As an arts educator, Marcel teaches mask-making workshops with his dad Teodoro through their theatre company Zanni Arte. You can find their company on social media here. If you would like to make a mask at home check out Zanni Arte's "Make a Face" Challenge PDF with step-by-step instructions and watch their tutorial videos on Youtube. Perhaps you could continue the adventures of Cindy Rosemarie and her family or create mask characters and perform stories for family and friends!

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Les mots sont délicieux! Words are delicious. French/English from today's snack: Une cuisine: a kitchen La fenêtre: the window La table: the table Sous la table: under the table Écoutez: listen Écoutez tout le monde! Listen everyone! Écoutez-moi. Listen to me. Courir: to run La chaise: the chair La porte: the door Où est le fromage? Where is the cheese? Pas de fromage: no cheese Tout ce fromage: all this cheese Un chat: a cat Une souris: a mouse Tout les souris: all the mice Cette petite souris: this little mouse Mère: mother Père: father Mon cadeau: my present Excusez-moi! Excuse me! Une cloche: a bell

Merci beaucoup! Merci à Stephen LaFrenie et Marcel Dragonieri for 'Who Will Put the Bell on the Cat?' / 'Qui va mettre la cloche sur le chat?' Thanks to Bearkin for the illustration of Matagot the cat.

This Audio Snack was performed by Marcel Dragonieri, Professor Pineapple, and Bearkin. Episode mixed by Tim Freeman. Creative and production support by Ginette Mohr. Episode music composed and performed by Tim Freeman and Red Velvet Revolution. 'Ukulele Trip' by Oleksii Kaplunskyi.

See you soon! A bientôt!

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