Last night I went to the British Museum for their Members evening, there were special activities and performances laid on the for the evening. One of which I found most inspiring.
Sally Pomme Clayton, Storyteller, she brings to life tales that have travelled through Central Asia for centuries told traditionally by the traders on the Silk Road – stories of nomadic life, magic horses, speaking birds, wish trees, and saints. The story she told was originally told by the famous Central Asian ‘father of stories’ – Dede Korkut. She peppered her performance with wonderful authentic sounds of the silk route using artefacts that had been given to her as gifts on her travels whilst researching these tales. Clayton has written a number of books for adults and children from this research.
It was a wonderful experience watching and listening to her performance, and displayed brilliantly another way of dimensionalising research, in a powerful, engaging and creative way. The age-old practice of traditional storytelling, but from this performance it was obvious that Sally had a very special talent for this.
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