Ilene Evans

Wake it Up! Shake it up! Jump up and live!

Everything lives... Everything sings... We are part of the song…

 

Ilene is an energetic, vibrant,  original performing artist. She uses movement, poetry, story, song, rhythm and rhyme in telling her tales. Ilene specializes in multicultural tales inspired by a rich Affrilachian life and all its folklore. Ilene’s stories are full of  music and  drama. She creates programs that span a vast range of arts disciplines including music, dance, drama, and storytelling.  Ilene gives workshops in the theater arts focused on integrating the disciplines. Her historical portrayals include women who have made a difference in the world and inspired others. Such characters include Harriet Tubman and Memphis Tennessee Garrison and soon to come, Coralie Franklin Cook.

 For Booking Information Nationally Contact : info@vfte.org  or phone 304-463-4561

 For International Bookings Contact: tony@icacdafrica.org

Mailing Address P.O. Box 444, Thomas, WV 26292

 

Ilene is a Dynamic Powerful  One– Woman Tour de Force...

Tidmarsch Arts Foundation

Dear Ms. Evans,

Thanks for coming to our school. You were so convincing, I believed you were Harriet Tubman and you taught us in a fun way. I wish teachers taught like that. You could become a teacher if you wanted. You would be a great one.

Sincerely, Damon Triplett

Seventh Grade English Class Barrakville Middle School

March 2008

West Virginia Storytelling Festival

General Moses,

aka Harriet Tubman

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