Chennai Storytelling Festival 2023

Fri 3rd to Sun 26th Feb 2023

 

Festival theme: Storytelling and

Growing, Maturing, Gaining Freedom from

Oppression, Teaching and Learning, Playing,

Creating, Transforming, and/or Healing

in Individuals and Groups --

and the Healing of the Environment."

 

Festival Homepage

 

 

In the schedule, Yellow indicates a Storytelling event.

 

 

1) Fri 3rd, Sat 4th, Sun 5th. 

2) Fri 10th, Sat 11th, Sun 12th.

3) Fri 17th, Sat 18th, Sun 19th.

4) Fri 25th, Sat 26th, Sun 27th.

 

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Schedule of Weekend #3

 

3) Fri 17th, Sat 18th, Sun 19th     

 

Fri 17th -- 5pm-11:30pm.

Sat 18th -- 9am-2pm, and 3:30pm-11:30pm.

Sun 19th -- 11am-1pm, and 3:30pm-11:30pm.

 

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           Fri 17th Feb

                               

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5pm-11:30pm (Fri 17th Feb).

 

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The times on this webpage are in India time.

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The times of these sessions in

Canada and USA Eastern time are here.

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The times in other locations could be determined here.

 

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5pm-6:30pm (Fri 17th Feb).

Workshop 

Ambujavalli N. (Chennai).

"Animating a Story with Gestures, Sounds,

and Humour".

Info is here.

 

 

6:30pm-8pm (Fri 17th Feb).

Workshop 

Jennifer Munro (Connecticut).

"Creating Stories that Matter".

Info is here.

 

 

8pm-9:30pm (Fri 17th Feb).

Workshop 

Gail Herman (Massachusetts).

"Organic Storytelling".

Info is here.

 

 

9:30pm-11pm (Fri 17th Feb).

Workshop 

MAST (Madras Association of Storytellers).

"Ways of Dramatising Storytelling".

Info is here.

 

 

11pm-11:30pm (Fri 17th Feb).

Come and say hello.

 

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           Sat 18th Feb

 

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9am-2pm, and 3:30pm-11:30pm (Sat 18th Feb)

 

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The times on this webpage are in India time.

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The times of these sessions in

Canada and USA Eastern time are here.

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The times in other locations could be determined here.

 

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9am-2pm (Sat 18th Feb)

 

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9am-10:30am (Sat 18th Feb).

Workshop 

Jeff Gere (Hawaii).

"Rock the Zoom! -- Storytelling Aerobics".

Info is here.

 

 

10:30am-Noon (Sat 18th Feb).

Workshop 

Imran Ali Namazi (Chennai).

"Storytelling and Imaginative Communities".

Info is here.

 

 

Noon-1:30pm (Sat 18th Feb).

Storytelling 

Meenakshi Devaraj (Chennai).

"Stories from Tamil Nadu's Sangam Age".

Info is here.

 

 

1:30pm-2pm (Fri 17th Feb).

Come and say hello.

 

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3:30pm-11pm (Sat 18th Feb)

 

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The times on this webpage are in India time.

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The times of these sessions in

Canada and USA Eastern time are here.

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The times in other locations could be determined here.

 

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3:30pm-5pm (Sat 18th Feb).

Workshop 

Surekha Dey (Wayanad, Kerala).

"Ways Storytelling can Impact Brain

Development in the First Three Years of Life

in Relation to Cognitive, Social-Emotional,

and Language Development".

Info is here.

The flyer is here.

 

 

5pm-6:30pm (Sat 18th Feb).

Workshop 

Radhieka (Chennai).

"Storytelling for Healing Hearts".

Info is here.

 

 

6:30pm-8pm (Sat 18th Feb).

Storytelling

No, We Will Not Shut Up!

A women's performance group

(Robin Bady and Team).

Info is here.

 

 

8pm-9:30pm (Sat 18th Feb).

Workshop 

Robin Bady (New York).

"Finding the Hidden Stories You Need to Tell".

Info is here.

 

 

9:30pm-11pm (Sat 18th Feb).

Workshop 

Regina Ress (New Mexico).

"Bringing the Tales We Carry in our

Memories into the Stories We Tell Today".

Info is here.

 

 

11pm-11:30pm (Fri 17th Feb).

Come and say hello.

 

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           Sun 19th Feb

 

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11am-1pm, and 3:30pm-11:30pm (Sun 19th Feb)

 

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The times on this webpage are in India time.

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The times of these sessions in

Canada and USA Eastern time are here.

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The times in other locations could be determined here.

 

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11am-1pm (Sun 19th Feb)

 

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11am-1pm (Sun 19th Feb).

Storytelling

Hybrid session at the Anna Centennial Library, Chennai. 

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Storytellers:

1) Srividya Veeraraghavan (Chennai).

2) Wangari Grace (Kenya -- via Zoom).

3) Thenmozhi S. (Chennai).

4) Vithya Dhanaraj (Chennai).

5) Renu Narayan (Chennai).

6) Nilguen Yalay (New Zealand -- via Zoom).

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Info is here.

 

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3:30pm-11:30pm (Sun 19th Feb)

 

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3:30pm-5pm (Sun 19th Feb).

Workshop 

Sonia Bareja (Portugal), and Simran Nagwani (Mumbai).

"Are you Mindful or Mindfull? Let's Decode

the Arts of Storytelling and Mindfulness

(Version 3.0)"

Info is here (Sonia), and here (Simran).

 

 

5pm-6:30pm (Sun 19th Feb).

Workshop 

Springboard Tales (Chennai).

"Various Methods of Storytelling, and Activities

Listeners Could Do After Storytellings".

Info is here.

 

 

6:30pm-8pm (Sun 19th Feb).

Workshop 

Denise McCormack (New Jersey).

"Reflecting on Folktales as Tools for Telling,

Transformation, and Learning".

Info is here.

 

 

8pm-9:30pm (Sun 19th Feb).

Workshop 

Heather Forest (New York).

"Music in Storytelling".

Info is here.

 

 

9:30pm-11pm (Sun 19th Feb).

Workshop 

Minnesota Folktale Gardening Club,

including Cris Anderson (Minnesota)

"The Healing Temples of Folktales".

Info is here.

 

 

11pm-11:30pm (Fri 17th Feb).

Come and say hello.

 

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The times on this webpage are in India time.

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The times of these sessions in

USA and Canada Eastern time are here.

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The times in other locations could be determined here.

 

 

 

 

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