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." In the
schedule, Yellow
indicates a Storytelling event. 2) Fri
10th, Sat 11th, Sun 12th. 3) Fri
17th, Sat 18th, Sun 19th. 4) Fri 24th, Sat 25th, Sun 26th. ______________________________ ______________________________ ______________________________ Schedule of Weekend #4 4) Fri 24th, Sat 25th, Sun 26th. Fri 24th -- 5pm-11pm. Sat 25th -- 9am-1:30pm, and 4:30pm-11pm. Sun 26th -- 9am-1:30pm, and 3:30pm-11pm. ______________________________ Fri 24th Feb *** 5pm-11pm (Fri 24th Feb). *** The times on this webpage are in India time. --- The times of these sessions in Canada and USA Eastern time are here. --- The times in other locations could be determined here.
*** 5pm-6:30pm (Fri 24th Feb). Workshop Debjani Bhaduri
(Chennai). "The
Forest as a Metaphor in Traditional Stories,
Especially in Indian Mythology". Info is here. 6:30pm-8pm (Fri 24th Feb). Workshop Bruce Kirchoff (North
Carolina). "Improvised
Group-storytelling". Info is here. 8pm-9:30pm (Fri 24th Feb). Workshop Judy England-McCarthy (New
Jersey). "Freeing
Your Instrument So Your Story Can
Soar". Info is here. 9:30pm-11pm (Fri 24th Feb). Workshop Jennifer Ramsay (Spain). "Story Medicine: Working Creatively with Fairy Tales and Story Arte". Info is here. ______________________________ Sat 25th Feb *** 9am-1:30pm, and 3:30pm-11pm (Sat
25th Feb). *** 9am-1:30pm (Sat 25th Feb). *** The times on this webpage are in India time. --- The times of these sessions in Canada and USA Eastern time are here. --- The times in other locations could be determined here.
*** 9am-10:30am (Sat 25th Feb). Workshop Tu
Raa (Tuaratini) (New
Zealand). "Storytelling of an Indigenous People
of the Moana (Pacific) Ocean Area – Introducing MANA (Spiritual Power) and PE’E (Chant)".". Info is here. 10:30am-Noon (Sat 25th Feb). Workshop Meera Venkatesan (Bangalore). Parvathy Eswaran (Bangalore). "Using
Stories for Social-emotional Learning: Unlocking
Social-emotional Learning with Stories". Info is here. Noon-1:30pm (Sat 25th Feb). Workshop Sristi Sengupta
(Kolkata). "Stories
and Self through Tibetan Literature, Especially
Appreciating the Contributions of Guru
Rinpoche". Info is here. *** 4:30pm-11pm (Sat 25th Feb). *** The times on this webpage are in India time. --- The times of these sessions in Canada and USA Eastern time are here. --- The times in other locations could be determined here.
*** 4:30pm-6:30pm (Sat 25th Feb). Storytelling Hybrid
session at the British Council, Chennai. --- 1) Sally Pomme Clayton (UK --
via Zoom). 2) Sudha Umashanker (Chennai). 3) Ambujavalli N.
(Chennai). 4) Debjani Bhaduri (Chennai). 5) Tim Sheppard (UK -- via Zoom). 6) Geethanjali Javed
(Chennai). 7) Angela Halvorsen Bogo
(Norway -- via Zoom). --- Info is here. 6:30pm-8pm (Sat 25th Feb). Workshop Paula Martin (Argentina). "In Body
and Story: Life as a Poem: Biodanza and
Storytelling." Info is here. 8pm-9:30pm (Sat 25th Feb). Storytelling Jackson Gillman (Massachusetts). "Close Encounters of the Natural
Kind". (An open-mic story-swap session.) Info
is here. 9:30pm-11pm (Sat 25th Feb). Workshop Jackson Gillman (Massachusetts), and Galen Brandt (New Jersey). "Embodying the Heart of Story and Song: Inside Our Process". Info is here. ______________________________ Sun 26th Feb *** 9am-1:30pm, and 3:30pm-11pm (Sun
26th Feb). *** 9am-1:30pm (Sun 26th Feb). *** The times on this webpage are in India time. --- The times of these sessions in Canada and USA Eastern time are here. --- The times in other locations could be determined here.
*** 9am-10:30am (Sun 26th Feb). Workshop Sudha Umashanker
(Chennai). "How
to Find Stories in Your Backyard and Prepare Them for Telling". Info is here. 10:30am-Noon (Sun 26th Feb). Workshop Renu Narayan (Chennai). "Creating
Stories for Teaching". Info is here. Noon-1:30pm (Sun 26th Feb). Workshop Samatha Sharma
(Chennai). "Bringing Alive Indian Mythology". Info is here. *** 3:30pm-11pm (Sun 26th Feb). *** The times on this webpage are in India time. --- The times of these sessions in Canada and USA Eastern time are here. --- The times in other locations could be determined here.
*** 3:30pm-5pm (Sun 26th Feb). Workshop Usha Venkatraman
(Mumbai). "Churning – Within and Around: Working with Stories about Courageous Women Who Challenged Tradition". Info is here. 5pm-6:30pm (Sun 26th Feb). Workshop Chitra Chandrashekhar
(Chennai). "The
Story of Saṃ-Sārā: Participatory Fiction to Revisit
Social Imaginaries". Info is here. 6:30pm-8pm (Sun 26th Feb). Workshop Gayatri
Kashyap (Chennai), Rachna
Chowla (Mumbai), and Apoorva
Dheekaw (New Delhi). "Discovering One's Spirit Animal in Indian Folklore and Sacred Literature". Info is here
(Gayatri), here
(Rachna), and here
(Apoorva). 8pm-9:30pm (Sun 26th Feb). Workshop Barry
Stewart Mann (Georgia, USA). "Decisions! Decisions!
Using Role-playing to Explore Decision-making in
Folktales". Info
is here. 9:30pm-11pm (Sun 26th Feb). Closing
Session ______________________________ The times on this webpage are in India time. --- The times of these sessions in USA and Canada Eastern time are here. --- The times in other locations could be determined here. <End of Fri 24th, Sat 25th, Sun 26th Feb 2023.> a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a |
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