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 24th, Sat 25th, Sun 26th.

 

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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.

 

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           Fri 24th Feb

                               

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5pm-11pm (Fri 24th 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 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.

 

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           Sat 25th Feb

 

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9am-1:30pm, and 3:30pm-11pm (Sat 25th Feb).

 

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9am-1:30pm (Sat 25th 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-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.

 

 

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4:30pm-11pm (Sat 25th 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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4:30pm-6:30pm (Sat 25th Feb).

Storytelling

Hybrid session at the British Council, Chennai. 

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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).

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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.

 

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           Sun 26th Feb

 

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9am-1:30pm, and 3:30pm-11pm (Sun 26th Feb).

 

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9am-1:30pm (Sun 26th 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.

---

The times in other locations could be determined here.

 

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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.

 

 

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3:30pm-11pm (Sun 26th 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.

---

The times in other locations could be determined here.

 

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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

 

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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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