Len Cabral
{{short description|American storyteller|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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| birth_place = North Providence, Rhode Island
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Len Cabral is an American storyteller{{cite news |last1=Gaines |first1=Judith |title=He spins tales that entertain and teach |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/440118023/?terms=%22Len%2BCabral%22%2BClinton |accessdate=23 December 2018 |work=The Boston Globe |date=17 January 1993 |location=Boston, Massachusetts |pages=37, 39}}{{cite book |editor1-last=Holt |editor1-first=David |editor2-last=Mooney |editor2-first=Bill |title=More Ready-to-tell Tales from Around the World |date=2000 |publisher=august house |isbn=9780874835830 |page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780874835830/page/111 111] |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780874835830 |url-access=registration |quote=Len Cabral. |accessdate=23 December 2018}} who was awarded the Circle of Excellence in 2001 by the National Storytelling Network after being recognized by his peers as a master storyteller.{{cite web |title=Circle of Excellence Award Recipients |url=https://storynet.org/about-nsn/awards/nsn-oracle-awards/circle-of-excellence-award-recipients/ |website=National Storytelling Network |accessdate=23 December 2018}}
Biography
Cabral, whose grandparents came from Cape Verde,{{cite news |last1=Alvares |first1=Maria |title=Long lost art of storytelling finds new life |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/175678369/?terms=%22Len%2BCabral%22%2BClinton |accessdate=23 December 2018 |work=Hartford Courant |date=27 January 1993 |location=Hartford, Connecticut |page=37}} was born in North Providence, Rhode Island, on 24 April 1948. In the early 1970s, he worked in a day care center, where he realised the power of storytelling to entertain children and to teach them how to listen and communicate. In 1976, he began traveling to tell stories to school children, adults and senior citizens,{{cite news |last1=Silverman |first1=Fran |title=Here's a man who brings words to life |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/175904920/?terms=%22Len%2BCabral%22%2BClinton |accessdate=23 December 2018 |work=Hartford Courant |date=26 January 1994 |location=Hartford, Connecticut |page=48}} firstly within New England, and then across the US. He tells traditional folk tales from Cape Verde, Native America, the Caribbean, and other places around the world,{{cite news |last1=Taylor |first1=Denise |title=Cabral gives shape to summer yarns |url=http://archive.boston.com/news/local/articles/2005/06/23/cabral_gives_shape_to_summer_yarns/?page=full |accessdate=24 December 2018 |work=Boston.com, The Boston Globe |date=23 June 2005}} as well yarns from his own life. Among his stories are tales of Anansi, Tubino and Nho Lobo, Coyote and Old Man Winter and other 'how and why' tales.
He is well known for his enthusiastic hand gestures and character voices.{{cite news |last1=Perez |first1=David |title=It's all about what happens - Storytelling Festival offered insight into writing and performing |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/208438478 |accessdate=23 December 2018 |work=Tempo Magazine, The Taos News |date=1 November 2007 |location=Taos, New Mexico |pages=39–40}} He performs at storytelling festivals across the country and internationally,{{cite news |title=Long and short tales at Sneem storytelling fest |url=https://www.pressreader.com/ireland/the-kerryman-south-kerry-edition/20171115/281492161606452 |accessdate=23 December 2018 |work=The Kerryman |date=15 November 2017}} and is a regular performer at the National Storytelling Festival.
Selected works
- 1996 - Stories for the Wee Folk (audiocassette / CD){{cite journal |last1=McClear |first1=Mary-Eileen |title=Len Cabral Audio |journal=The Second Story Review |date=June 1998 |volume=3 |issue=2 |url=https://www.storytellers-conteurs.ca/en/reviews/Len-Cabral-Audio.html |accessdate=24 December 2018}}
- 1996 - It's How You Say It (audiocassette / CD)
- 1997 - Len Cabral's Storytelling Book{{cite journal |last1=McClear |first1=Mary-Eileen |title=Len Cabral's Storytelling Book |journal=The Second Story Review |date=September 1997 |volume=2 |issue=3 |url=https://www.storytellers-conteurs.ca/en/reviews/Len-Cabrals-Storytelling-Book.html |accessdate=24 December 2018}}
Awards
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.lencabral.com/ Official website]
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Category:American storytellers
Category:Artists from Rhode Island
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