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Chennai Storytelling Festival 2013
-- Teaching-and-Learning
about Storytelling presented
by Chennai Storytelling
Association,
and Festival Mission This Festival
is primarily dedicated to Teaching-and-Learning about Storytelling. Our mission is to facilitate
Storytelling-related training in many fields, to help Chennai further
contribute to the global Storytelling Revival. Festival Dates and Venue Feb
1-3 (Friday-Sunday) 2013. Goethe
Institute, Rutland Gate 5th Street, Nungambakkam, Chennai. Free Admission (contribution for optional tea
and lunch). Please
register for individual sessions, or for the entire three days (Certificate
given by WSI), by e-mailing to info@storytellinginstitute.org , or by calling
98403 94282. Feb
4-7 (Monday-Thursday). Field-Trip:
"Storytelling Workshop in the Countryside", Thanjavur. Details
below. ___ The
Festival Director is Eric Miller (originally from New York City, now
settled in Chennai), www.storytellingandvideoconferencing.com
. The
Festival Coordinators and Advisory Board Members are: 1)
Sandhya Ruban (Soft-skills Training). 2) Asha
Sampath (Education). 3) Uma
Balu (Translation, Tourism). 4)
Magdalene Jeyarathnam (Counselling). 5) Sudha
Umashankar (Journalist, Writer of Children's Stories). 6) Mohana
Priya S (Management Consulting). ___ The
Festival's Six Teaching-and-Learning Sessions are Day 1 -- 1) "Keynote session: Storytelling in the
World Today". 2) "Storytelling and Business". Day 2 -- 3) "Storytelling and Child
Development"
(on Emotional, Social, Linguistic, and Physical levels). 4) "Storytelling and Tourism". Day 3 -- 5) "Storytelling and
Therapy/Healing/Counselling/Coaching". 6) "Storytelling and Education" (teaching Ecology and Languages). ___ Festival Schedule DAY
1__Friday 1 Feb -- 10am-1pm "Keynote
session: Storytelling in the World Today". Numerous speakers, including ***
Kamini Ramachandran (based in Singapore): Artistic
Director, Singapore International Storytelling
Festival. Founding
Member and Vice President, Storytelling Association (Singapore). Co-Founder/Director,
Moonshadow Stories. 2-5pm "Storytelling
and Business". *** Eric
Miller, www.storytellingandvideoconferencing.com/97.html
. ***
Sandhya Ruban. ***
Mohana Priya S. 5:30-7pm Storytelling
Performances. On the
need to be considerate of others and to nurture civic society. Kamini
Ramachandran, www.moonshadowstories.com/about/kamini
, and
others. ___ DAY
2__Saturday 2 Feb -- 10am-1pm "Storytelling
and Child Development". A) Storytelling
and Dance/Movement/Gesture: *** 10-10:45am__Mrinalini
Sekar. *** 10:45-11:30am__Anita
Ratnam. B) Storytelling
and Social Emotional Learning: *** 11:30am-12:15pm__Sowmya
Srinivasan and Aparna Athreya, Kid and Parent Foundation, (based in
Bangalore). C) Storytelling
and Phonics (for Literacy): *** 12:15-1pm__Sheetal
Rayathatha. 2-4pm "Storytelling
and Tourism".
*** Storytrails. *** Eco-login. *** Acoustic Traditional. Then we
would go to the Marina Beach area-- 4:30-6:30pm "Storytelling
by the Sea": Storytelling,
Drama ("The Sea Story"), and Songs, with members of Chennai's
sea-fishing communities (in Tamil, with English translation). ___ DAY
3__Sunday 3 Feb -- 10am-1pm "Storytelling
and Therapy/Healing/Counselling/Coaching". ***
Magdalene Jeyarathnam and the East-West Center for
Counselling team. 2-5pm "Storytelling
and Education" (teaching Ecology, and Languages). A) Storytelling and Teaching
Ecology -- *** 2-2:45pm__Geeta
Ramanujam, Kathalaya (based in Bangalore). *** 2:45-3:30pm__Usha
Venkatraman, Puppet Wonders (based in
Mumbai). B) Storytelling
and Teaching Languages -- 5:30-7pm Storytelling
Performances, and Closing Words. __________________________________________________ The
Festival would utilise a unique format: Each
session would be composed of numerous Cycles: A Cycle
would consist of 1)
Up-to-10-minutes of talk by the Cycle Leader(s). 2) Up-to-10-minutes
of small-group activity (in groups of 2, 3, or 4), with
participants ___a)
deliberating about a question with each other, ___b)
telling stories to each other, or ___c)
role-playing a scene together. 3)
Up-to-10-minutes of whole-group discussion. A number
of Cycle Leaders might join us via videoconference (Skype and other). __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ Immediately
following CSF2013, please join us for: "A
Storytelling Workshop in the Countryside" (Feb 4-7) The
Festival in Chennai would be followed by a visit to the Thanjavur area for a
Storytelling Workshop in the traditional Storytelling style known as Kathaiyum
Paattum (Story and Song). Our hosts
would be scholars related to the Folklore Dept of Tamil University, and a
number of the (especially women) Storytellers they have been working with
over the years. Translation would be available (Tamil-English, etc). Our
Storytelling teachers would tell us "Raja-Rani Kathai"
("King-Queen Stories"), and "Paati Kathai"
("Grandmother Stories"), about strong and clever women, especially
Kannagi of Silappathikaram (the Epic of the Anklet). We would
learn how to tell these local stories, and any stories, in the Story and Song style (in Tamil and
English). Stories
number 8-29, on pages 23-65 in www.storytellinginstitute.org/99.doc
, were told by women in the Thanjavur Storytelling community we would be
visiting. Story and Song is a great treasure of Tamil
Storytelling. It involves speaking a story, and occasionally breaking
into song: sometimes the narrator sings about the story; and sometimes
characters sing their thoughts. Story and Song is so
"grass-roots" that it is often not noticed by people who are not
themselves engaging in the activity. It is a classic
"under-the-radar" activity (not high enough to be noticed), because
it is a primarily a domestic, non-professional art and craft, often a part of
child-rearing. Equivalents
of Story
and Song are practiced throughout much of the African-Indian-Pacific
region of the world. Itinerary: Mon 4 Feb -- In Evening, board bus in Nungambakkam, Chennai. Tues 5 Feb -- In Morning, arrive in Thanjavur. Settle into hotel. Meet local Storytellers. Guided Tour of local landscapes -- Agriculture (Marutam)
and Pasture (Mullai) lands. Story and Song Storytelling Workshop begins. Wed 6 Feb -- Vacate hotel. Workshop continues. In Late Afternoon: Story and Song Storytelling
Performance for Family, Friends, and School Children. In Evening, board bus. Thurs 7 Feb -- In Morning, arrive in Nungambakkam, Chennai. The cost
per person for this Field-Trip is Rs 5,500.
This would pay for: 1) food, 2)
transportation, 3) a hotel room in Thanjavur for one night (double
occupancy), and 4) the Storytelling teachers in Thanjavur. Contact: Dr Eric
Miller, Director, World Storytelling
Institute 98403
94282 info@storytellinginstitute.org
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