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has been telling and creating stories and poems
ever since she was a child. In a wee hut at the
bottom of the garden, she and her pals would make
up stories and plays, and dressed in their mother’s
frocks, they would perform them for the neighbours
for three pence. She has been storytelling in the community
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As
a poet and storyteller she has worked with people
of all ages, abilities and cultural back- grounds
in a wide range of settings, including schools,
hospitals, day centres, homeless shelters, prisons
and psychiatric units. As well as telling a wide
range of creation myths and folk tales, tales from
Native America and Africa, she creates her own stories
to celebrate particular occasions and locations.
Much of Margot’s work has been site specific
in galleries, museums and theatres, as well as in
forests, gardens, quarries and ruined abbeys. She
sources local stories and reanimates them to deepen
people’s sense of their roots. She has a deep
love of nature and a keen sense of our interconnectedness.
Being of Scots/Irish origins, Margot’s work
is steeped in the oral tradition and she combines
music, song, dance, poetry and story. Margot has
a background in Community Arts and trained in dance
and drama, art therapy and ceremonial tradition.
She has taken part in cross-arts collaborations
and has been commissioned by a range of organisations
including Scottish Natural Heritage, the Findhorn
Foundation, Ballet Rambert, the Barbican Centre
and the Tate, to create and perform her work. In
her work Margot balances professional performances
with engaging groups and individuals in their own
creative process.
For more information on Margot Henderson visit:
http://www.scottisharts.org.uk
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