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 list below, Yellow indicates
a Storytelling event.
Workshop Leaders and Storytellers (101)
1) Aaron Conklin (Missouri).
Workshop:
"Storytelling
as a Conduit for Growing through Grief".
Starting
at
9am (India time), Sun 5th Feb.
9:30pm (Missouri time), Sat 4th Feb.
10:30pm (Canada and USA Eastern time), Sat 4th Feb.
---
An old Celtic proverb states,
"Death is the middle of a long life."
The great Sufi poet and mystic Rumi said,
"Die before you die."
When composing the Holy Longing,
novelist and poet Johann
Wolfgang von Goethe concludes,
"...so long as you haven't
experienced this: to die and so to grow,
you are only a troubled
guest on the dark earth."
To truly experience the mysterious and nourishing depths of
life's offerings, the human psyche has
to confront death, as both
the finality of one’s physical existence
and as the ending of
experiences, relationships,
opportunities, and stages in one’s life.
Many of the hardships and difficulties
that can befall a person in
their lifetime can each feel like a form
of dying, as they often signify
a permanent change to deeply held
perspectives in the psyche.
In all its myriad forms, death brings
change and grief, and the
human psyche must learn to process it,
preferably in physically,
mentally, and spiritually healthy
manners. Storytelling can be one
such manner.
Several cultures worldwide tell stories to remind us that death
and grieving are merely a sequential
part of a continual cycle of
initiation. Using a version of "The Cat Who Lived a
Million Lives"
by Yoko Sano, this workshop explores the
grief that accompanies
those smaller "deaths" that we
have to grow through in the seasons
of life so our newest and better selves
can continually emerge. It is
the intention of this workshop, and the
belief of its presenter, that
when experienced in a group setting that
safely encourages
participants to share personal
interpretations, reactions, and
connections, this story can become a
conduit for transforming loss
and heartache into supportive
scaffolding for healthy human
development. We will experience the story in two parts,
with a
moment for reflection and sharing in the
middle and at the end.
Afterward, participants will be invited
to design and illustrate
personal "death" masks.
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ajconklin1983 (at) gmail.com
2) Allison Quaid (Germany).
Workshop:
"Create a Healing Fairytale".
Starting
at
3:30pm
(India time), Sun 12th Feb.
11am
(Germany time), Sun 12th Feb.
5am
(Canada and USA Eastern time), Sun 12th Feb.
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Creating your own healing
fairy tale
is a
magical experience. It can put
you
in touch with your fairy godmother
whose
wise words can soothe old pain
and
turn them into insight, compassion,
and
empowering beliefs. Creating a tale
is
easier than you might imagine. In this
workshop,
you'll receive a guide for writing
a
healing tale and you'll start writing your
own.
No experience is needed.
---
Examples
https://www.healingfairytales.com
aquaid (at) gmail.com
3) Ambujavalli N. (Chennai).
1
Workshop:
"Animating a Story with Gestures, Sounds,
and Humour".
Starting
at
5pm
(India time), Fri 17th Feb.
6:30am (Canada and USA Eastern time),
Fri 17th Feb.
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The flyer is here.
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A movie has a crew working on different
things
such as screenplay, acting, music, and
dance
A storyteller is like a one-man/woman
army
who has to play all the above roles to
grab and
retain the attention of audience
members.
Elements that can make storytelling more
engaging and entertaining are sounds,
gestures
and humour. This workshop aims at providing
a glimpse of how and where these
elements
can be added to a storytelling to make
it a more
lively experience for the teller and the
audience
members.
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2
Workshop
with other members of Springboard
Tales:
"Various Methods of Storytelling, and
Activities Listeners Could Do After
Storytellings".
Starting
at
5pm (India time), Sun 19th Feb.
6:30am (Canada and USA Eastern time), Sun 19th Feb.
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This workshop presents demonstrations of
storytelling
methods such as, 1) Tandem, 2)
Theatrical, 3) Through
poetry, and 4) Weaving personal
narratives with folktales.
However, the storytelling experience need not stop with
just the telling of stories. What we do after a story is shared
can also be very important. Thus, participants in this
workshop would be coached in activities
the listeners
could be invited to do after they hear
and see storytellings.
Through these activities, listeners
could churn and stir
within themselves the feelings and
thoughts brought on
by storytellings.
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3
Storytelling:
Starting
at
5:10pm (India time), Sat 25th Feb.
6:40am
(Canada and USA Eastern time), Sat 25th Feb.
---
Hybrid
session -- Online (Zoom) and in-person
at
British Council, Chennai.
Story titles
are here.
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https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Chennai.html#Ambuja
Facebook page
ambujavalli (at)
gmail.com
4) Amna Burki (Manitoba, Canada).
Workshop:
"Storytelling
for Celebrating Cultural Diversity".
Co-led by David
Heathfield.
Starting
at
9:30pm
(India time), Sat 4th Feb.
10am
(Manitoba, Canada time), Sat 4th Feb.
11am (Canada and USA Eastern time), Sat 4th Feb.
---
Through
oral storytelling we can build bridges between
cultures
within our communities. Tellers and
listeners
have
the opportunity to learn about and celebrate cultural
diversity
when they are told and tell wisdom tales from
heritages
which are often overlooked among the dominant
majority. In this workshop we'll explore the benefits
to
everyone
of choosing to tell stories which reveal to us
what
we have in common.
---
amnaburki16 (at) gmail.com
5) Amrita Chauhan (Jaipur).
Workshop:
"Creative Ways to Build Stories".
Starting
at
6:30pm (India time), Sun 12th Feb.
8am (Canada and USA Eastern time),
Sun 12th Feb.
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Have you ever gotten stuck while
composing a story?
In this workshop, we will look at
numerous structures
and guidelines for composing
stories. The workshop
will feature a bold new approach to
accessing the
imaginative side of the mind. This approach is
designed to trigger one's
creativity and let one
add magic, as well as logic, to a
story. We will
be exploring our experiences,
thoughts, and emotions.
The workshop's hands-on activities
are designed to
promote thinking, and enable one to
express freely
and come up with new ideas
individually, and in groups.
We will also experiment with what can occur when
one tells a story one has
created. As we all know,
storytelling involves expression,
engagement, body
language, nuances, voice modulation,
and more.
---
https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Jaipur.html#Amrita
amritasomani (at) yahoo.com
6) Anagha Prasad (Bangalore).
Storytelling:
The Katha Krafters present "Interwoven India".
Stories about the unique weaves and patterns
from the looms of India.
Starting
at
9:30pm (India time), Sun 5th Feb.
11am (Canada and USA Eastern time), Sun 5th Feb.
---
A Flyer is here.
---
Participating Members:
1) Anagha Prasad.
3) Meera
Venkatesan.
4) Parvathy
Eswaran.
---
anaghaprasad (at) gmail.com
Facebook, KathaKrafters
7) Angela Halvorsen Bogo (Norway).
Storytelling:
Starting
at
6:10pm (India time), Sat 25th Feb.
1:40pm (Norway time), Sat 25th Feb.
7:40am
(Canada and USA Eastern time), Fri 25th Feb.
---
Hybrid
session -- Online (Zoom) and in-person
at
British Council, Chennai.
Story titles
are here.
---
https://www.transformationalplay.net/about
angela.bogo (at) gmail.com
8)
Anitha Ranjit (Kochi).
Storytelling:
Facilitating
the Malayalam Storytelling Session,
Starting at
3pm (India time), Sun 19th Feb.
4:30am (Canada and USA Eastern time), Sun 12th Feb.
Please contact Ms Anitha for the Zoom Link.
---
anisumi65 (at) gmail.com
9) Annapoorani Barani (Chennai).
1
Storytelling
Starting
at
5:10pm (India time), Sat 11th Feb.
6:40am (Canada and USA Eastern time), Sat 11th Feb.
---
Hybrid
session -- Online (Zoom) and in-person
at
Goethe Institute, Chennai.
Story titles
are here.
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2
Workshop:
"Maximising One's Storytelling Space:
Ways to Make
Best Use of One's Offline
or Online
Space to Deliver a Good
Performance".
Starting
at
Noon (India time), Sun 12th Feb.
1:30am (Canada and USA Eastern
time), Sun 12th Feb.
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The workshop concerns maximising
the storytelling
space: ways to make best use of the
space one has
for a storytelling -- whether
off-line (with listeners
physically-present) or on-line
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https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Chennai.html#Annapoorani
annu199 (at) gmail.com
10) Anuradha Rohra (Mumbai).
Workshop:
"Exploring
Stories through Dramatic Activities".
Starting
at
9am (India time), Sun 12th Feb.
10:30pm (Canada and USA Eastern
time), Sat 11th Feb.
---
Effective storytelling connects to the
meaning
of anything you perform, giving your
audience
something to really relate to.
In this workshop you will learn
about various
tools and techniques, and games from the
field of
drama, to make classroom learning
engaging,
experiential, educative, and
entertaining. Let us
replace rote-learning and other
traditional methods
of teaching that young people today do
not enjoy
with effective and fun-oriented teaching
methodology.
---
anuradha.rohra (at) gmail.com
11) Aparna Athreya (Bangalore).
Workshop:
"Storytelling for Sustainability".
Starting
at
5pm (India time), Sun 12th Feb.
6:30am (Canada and USA Eastern
time), Sun 12th Feb.
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It has been said, "We have learned
to fly in the air
like birds and swim in the sea like
fish. What remains
is for us to learn to live on the earth
like humans."
Sustainability is that which will ensure we preserve,
protect and promote life on our planet.
There is no greater way to move people than through
the power of stories. If you are an educator, a parent, or
just a believer in sustainable living,
you are invited to be
a part of this workshop, in which we
will share, learn, and
discover ways we can use stories to care
for the greatest
gift of all – Mother Earth. Remember, there is no Planet B!
---
http://www.facebook.com/kiddywiki
https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Bangalore.html#Aparna
aparnaathreya (at) gmail.com
12) Apoorva Dheekaw (New
Delhi).
Workshop
co-led by Gayatri
Kashyap
(Chennai),
and
Rachna
Chowla (Mumbai):
"Discovering
One's Spirit Animal in Indian
Folklore and Sacred Literature".
Starting
at
6:30pm
(India time), Sun 26th Feb.
8am (Canada and USA Eastern time), Sun
26th Feb.
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This workshop invites each participant
to enter their inner
forest through visualisation, doodling,
movement, and
storytelling. Here is a chance to listen to the calling of
the
spirit animal and wilderness inside each
of us; to tap into
our inner wilderness via connecting with
the wild beings out
there.
This is a way to unmask the human and to experience
the truly alive beings we are. In the process, we would be
engaging with three animal-related
stories – one each from
the Panchatantra, Hindu mythology, and
Naga folklore.
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apoorva.dheekaw (at) gmail.com
13) Audra Sisak (Washington
State).
Workshop:
"Storytelling and Autism".
Starting
at
9:30pm
(India time), Fri 10th Feb.
11am
(Canada and USA Eastern time), Fri 10th Feb.
8am
(Canada and USA Pacific time), Fri 10th Feb.
---
Featuring demonstrations of
storytelling techniques by
Banumathy H.
(Chennai), and Shivani
Dhillion (Chandigarh).
Workshop outline:
1) What is autism?
2) Telling TO people who have the
condition.
3) Telling BY people who have the
condition.
Notes from Audra.
Notes from Eric.
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https://seattlestorytellers.org
https://seattlestorytellers.org/ssg/about.html
audrasisak (at) gmail.com
14) Banumathy H. (Chennai).
1
Workshop:
"Teaching Language through Storytelling,
Including Finger-play Storytelling, and
Making and Using Paper Puppets".
Starting
at
3:30pm (India time), Sun 5th Feb.
5am (Canada and USA Eastern time),
Sun 5th Feb.
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This first part of this workshop
will focus on teaching
language through finger-plays for
young children.
The second part will focus on
making and using paper
puppets to tell stories and teach
language.
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2
Workshop:
"Storytelling and Autism".
Starting
at
9:30pm
(India time), Sat 10th Feb.
11am
(Canada and USA Eastern time), Fri 10th Feb.
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Ms Banu would be demonstrating
storytelling techniques
for telling to people who have the
condition.
Workshop outline:
1) What is autism?
2) Telling TO people who have the
condition.
3) Telling BY people who have the
condition.
Notes from Audra.
Notes from Eric.
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3
Workshop
with other members of Springboard
Tales:
"Various Methods of Storytelling, and
Activities Listeners Could Do After
Storytellings".
Starting
at
5pm (India time), Sun 19th Feb.
6:30am (Canada and USA Eastern time), Sun 19th Feb.
---
This workshop presents demonstrations of
storytelling
methods such as, 1) Tandem, 2)
Theatrical, 3) Through
poetry, and 4) Weaving personal
narratives with folktales.
However, the storytelling experience need not stop with
just the telling of stories. What we do after a story is shared
can also be very important. Thus, participants in this
workshop would be coached in activities
the listeners
could be invited to do after they hear
and see storytellings.
Through these activities, listeners
could churn and stir
within themselves the feelings and
thoughts brought on
by storytellings.
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https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Chennai.html#Banumathy
https://www.facebook.com/FablesnTales
banumathy81 (at) gmail.com
15) Barry Stewart Mann (Georgia, USA).
Workshop:
"Decisions! Decisions! Using Role-playing
to Explore Decision-making in Folktales".
Starting
at
8pm
(India time), Sun 26th Feb.
9:30am (Canada and USA Eastern time), Sun 26th Feb.
---
Everything we say and do involve decisions –
should I stay or should I go? Speak up or remain
silent?
Confront or accept and accommodate?
Help or move on? With characters constantly
making decisions that are often exaggerated
or fanciful, folktales can hold up a wonderful
mirror to our own struggles with decisions. In
this workshop, we will explore several folktales,
identifying characters’ decisions and taking
them at face value, and model a mode of
inquiry that uses role-playing to explore the
decision-making process.
---
Barry
Stewart Mann, MFA, is a storyteller, actor,
and
teaching artist based in Atlanta, USA.
Barry
tells
stories of all sorts in schools, libraries, camps,
and
festivals. He also works with students
and
teachers
using drama and storytelling to teach
core
curriculum subjects. Barry was a
featured
teller
at the second Festival Internacional de
Cuentacuentos
in Santo Domingo, DR; is on the
planning
committee for the National Storytelling
Network's
Connected Conference (coming in July
2022),
and tells internationally with DreamOn
Productions,
based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
He is
delighted to be involved in the Chennai
Storytelling
Festival for the fourth year running.
---
barrystewartmann (at) hotmail.com
16) Britta
Wilmsmeier (Germany).
Storytelling
Starting
at
4:50pm (India time), Sat 11th Feb.
12:20pm (Germany time), Sat 11th Feb.
6:20am (Canada and USA Eastern time), Sat 11th Feb.
---
Hybrid
session -- Online (Zoom) and in-person
at Goethe Institute, Chennai.
Story
titles are here.
---
https://tellers-without-borders.net/de/willkommen
Facebook, Tellers
Without Borders
brittawilmsmeier
(at) hotmail.com
17) Bruce Kirchoff (North Carolina).
Workshop:
"Improvised
Group-storytelling".
Starting
at
6:30pm
(India time), Fri 24th Feb.
8am (Canada and USA
Eastern time), Fri 24th Feb.
---
We tell improvised group stories to
overcome the
fragmentation and incoherence of modern
life.
We tell them to enter into community and
restore
our integrity. We listen and respond with intent,
not to prove our prowess as
storytellers, but to
find community through group mind. The story
passes from one person to the next. Each person
contributes the next small part of the
story, a piece
that continues the narrative. The narrative element
supports the group and provides a
framework
through which we connect around a common
theme. This workshop introduces group
improvisa-
tional storytelling and explores group
mind through
hands-on activities and side coaching.
We will begin
with a simple review of classic story
structure and
then dive into telling group stories
either in breakout
groups, or the main group. Please come
prepared
to listen, and to be changed.
---
https://tellitlikeitisimprov.com
https://www.facebook.com/BKKirchoffStories
kirchoffbruce (at) gmail.com
18) Cheryl Hamilton
(Massachusetts).
Workshop:
"Intercultural Storytelling for Social Change".
Starting
at
8pm (India time), Sat 11th Feb.
9:30am (Canada and USA Eastern time),
Sat 11th Feb.
---
Neighborhoods, schools, and institutions
worldwide
are becoming increasingly diverse. In this workshop,
which would be led by a specialist in
global migration
and storytelling, we would explore how
storytelling can
contribute to creating vibrant,
equitable, and inclusive
communities. Participants would unpack
meaningful
stories about identity, connection, and
belonging. Next,
we would seek to expand our library of
stories – from
personal experiences on the same themes
through fun,
thoughtful interactive exercises, and
story exchanges.
---
cheryl (at) stellarstory.com
19) Chitra
Chandrashekhar (Chennai).
Workshop:
"The Story of Saṃ-Sārā: Participatory Fiction
to Revisit Social Imaginaries".
Starting
at
5pm
(India time), Sun 26th Feb.
6:30am
(Canada and USA Eastern time), Sun 26th Feb.
---
Every
fictional story is a world of characters
living
within imagined social constructs replete
with
multiple conflicts, much like the real world.
The
story of Saṃ-Sārā is a performative graphic
novella
and an allegory of 'Space', designed to
invite
participation from listeners who wish to
reverse
their roles as tellers/co-authors with
greater
agency to intervene with the narrative's
social
imaginary. In the process of
co-authoring,
the listeners get to revisit imaginaries
contributing
to
their own lived realities. Participatory
fiction
could
prompt us to intervene in our real world
narratives
also. If this might occur, what new
awareness
might emerge in individuals and
collectives?
The story of Saṃ-Sārā was first co-created
for
The Story of Space Festival (2017, Goa, India),
as
a residency, workshop cum live painting
performance,
titled 'Adrift' (a story with a life of
its
own). It has since travelled and morphed
each
time,
whether a conference room or a classroom,
a
community cafe, a school lobby, a family room or
even
a zoom room, activating these spaces with
socially
and environmentally relevant themes and
conversations.
---
mographies (at) gmail.com
20) Cris Anderson and other members of the
Minnesota
Folktale Gardening Club (Minnesota).
Workshop:
"Ritual
Engagement with Folktales".
---
The flyer is here.
---
Starting
at
9:30pm
(India time), Sun 19th Feb.
10am
(Minnesota time), Sun 19th Feb.
11am (Canada and USA
Eastern time), Sun 19th Feb.
---
This workshop is an introduction to
possibilities of engaging in
participatory enactment of folktales for
the emotional healing
of the masculine.
The workshop is based on a 29-year practice of a group of
people who identify as men who are
attempting to feed the folktales,
and to allow the folktales to feed us
for purposes of enjoyment, emotional
healing, gender reconciliation, and
community building. Through
story, interactive participation,
presentation, and discussion, we’ll
consider community capacity to engage
with the enactment of
folktales in order to encourage the
healing of the masculine.
We reference the mythological
negotiation, ancestral legacies,
metabolizing insults, psychological
safety, recovery of self,
remembering, cultivation of heart and
soul, and village heart
and mind.
Please come prepared with whatever modes of expression you
enjoy.
For example, you could have writing and drawing materials
available, and a musical instrument if
you play one. Please wear
comfortable clothes and have room to
move, if wanted. You might
warm up your voice prior to the
workshop.
People of all genders, identities, and orientations are welcome.
---
https://bigwoodstransformationaltheatre.weebly.com
anders (at) bitstream.net
21) David
Heathfield (UK).
Workshop:
"Storytelling
for Celebrating Cultural Diversity".
Co-led by Amna Burki.
Starting
at
9:30pm
(India time), Sat 4th Feb.
10am
(Manitoba, Canada time), Sat 4th Feb.
11am (Canada and USA Eastern time), Sat 4th Feb.
---
Through
oral storytelling we can build bridges between
cultures
within our communities. Tellers and
listeners
have
the opportunity to learn about and celebrate cultural
diversity
when they are told and tell wisdom tales from
heritages
which are often overlooked among the dominant
majority. In this workshop we'll explore the benefits
to
everyone
of choosing to tell stories which reveal to us
what
we have in common.
---
https://davidheathfieldblog.wordpress.com/storytelling
davidheathfield
(at) hotmail.co.uk
22) Debjani Bhaduri (Chennai).
1
Workshop
with other members of Springboard
Tales:
"Various Methods of Storytelling, and
Activities Listeners Could Do After
Storytellings".
Starting
at
5pm (India time), Sun 19th Feb.
6:30am (Canada and USA Eastern time), Sun 19th Feb.
---
This workshop presents demonstrations of
storytelling
methods such as, 1) Tandem, 2)
Theatrical, 3) Through
poetry, and 4) Weaving personal
narratives with folktales.
However, the storytelling experience need not stop with
just the telling of stories. What we do after a story is shared
can also be very important. Thus, participants in this
workshop would be coached in activities
the listeners
could be invited to do after they hear
and see storytellings.
Through these activities, listeners
could churn and stir
within themselves the feelings and
thoughts brought on
by storytellings.
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2
Workshop:
"The Forest as a Metaphor in Traditional
Stories,
Especially in Indian Mythology".
Starting
at
5pm
(India time), Fri 24th Feb.
6:30am (Canada and USA Eastern time),
Fri 24th Feb.
---
Exploring
the metaphor of forest... Probing into
its
various shades and possibilities – in
general and in
Indian mythology in particular. This workshop is
designed to assist participants to gain
insights through
both intellectual and experiential
approaches. So let's
connect our dots and create a web of
learning!
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3
Storytelling:
Starting
at
5:10pm (India time), Sat 25th Feb.
6:40am
(Canada and USA Eastern time), Sat 25th Feb.
---
Hybrid session -- Online (Zoom)
and in-person
at British Council,
Chennai.
Story titles are here.
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https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Chennai.html#Debjani
Facebook page
debjani.bhdr (at) gmail.com
23) Denise McCormack (New Jersey).
Workshop:
"Reflecting on Folktales as Tools for Telling,
Transformation,
and Learning".
Starting
at
6:30pm (India time), Sun 19th Feb.
8am (Canada and USA Eastern time), Sun 19th Feb.
---
Folktales are more than: 1) mere
vehicles for early education
curriculum; 2) fodder for frankenstories
(fractured tales
devoid of the underlying strength of
their older, more resilient
counterparts); and 3) an ugly, albeit
older and wiser, stepsister
to the trendy personal narrative.
The truth is that folktales and other traditional lore provide
the gold standard of guideposts for
people of all ages to grow
on and go on. Folktales offer the means to learn life's
lessons
the easy way, rather than the hard way.
In this workshop, participants will explore the merits of
revisiting familiar lore – and ways to
use this readily-available
mechanism to cope with today's
challenges and to live a life
of happiness.
---
https://patchworkstorytelling.org
info (at) patchworkstorytelling.org
denise (at) denisemccormack.live
24) Dharithri Krishnamurthy (Pune).
Workshop:
"Storytelling in Relation to Parents
and Their Young Teenagers".
Starting
at
Noon (India time), Sun 5th Feb.
1:30am (Canada and USA Eastern
time), Sun 5th Feb.
---
Storytelling is one of the most
powerful tools in communication.
This interactive workshop uses
storytelling to build communication
between parents and their young
teenage children, and to bridge
any existing gaps. The workshop
facilitator would engage the
participants with stories and
activities to enhance and strengthen
the relationships between parents
and their teenagers.
---
https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Pune.html#Dharithri
dharithri.krishnamurthy (at) gmail.com
25) Elisa Pearmain (Massachusetts).
Workshop:
"Applying an Updated Version of the
Hero/Heroine Journey Model to
the Healing Process and One's Life".
Starting
at
8pm
(India time), Sat 4th Feb.
9:30am
(Canada and USA Eastern time), Sat 4th Feb.
---
Elisa
will share an adapted version of the Hero/
Heroine
Journey model for supporting the healing
process
drawing on an autobiographical story, a
folktale,
and experiences from her therapy work
with
clients. Through hands-on storying exercises,
participants
will have an opportunity to look at a
personal
story through this lens from multiple
perspectives.
For reference, Joseph Campbell's
formulation
of
the Hero Journey is here.
---
elisa
(at) wisdomtales.com
26) Eric Miller (Chennai).
Festival
director.
---
Workshop:
"Create
Your Own Fantasy Healing-story".
Starting
at
6:30pm (India time), Sat 11th Feb.
8am
(Canada and USA Eastern time), Sat 11th Feb.
---
https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Chennai.html#Eric
eric (at) storytellinginstitute.org
27) Gail Herman (Massachusetts).
Workshop:
"Organic
Storytelling".
Starting
at
8pm
(India time), Fri 17th Feb.
9:30am (Canada and USA Eastern time),
Fri 17th Feb.
---
Organic Storytelling is way to invite student audience
members to contribute creative ideas, music made on
percussion instruments, and mime into storytelling
performances. Gail will
demonstrate this Organic
Storytelling process, which she uses to engage
elementary school students in creativity by enabling
them to use their minds' eyes.
The process stems
from accounts of old-time audiences and storytellers
in Africa.
Gail created this
process after following her mentor
Mara Capy around Massachusetts and Vermont. Gail
participated in her mentor’s storytelling with adults and
then created the Organic Storytelling process for use
in elementary schools in the USA and Ghana where
she has taught the process to teachers and students.
---
gail (at) gailherman.net
28) Galen Brandt (New Jersey).
Workshop:
Co-led by Jackson
Gillman (Massachusetts),
"Embodying the Heart
of Story and Song:
Inside Our Process".
Starting
at
8pm (India time), Sat 25th Feb.
9:30am (Canada and USA Eastern
time), Sat 25th Feb.
---
What best serves the heart of a
story? When is a
story enhanced by a musical and/or
movement
interpretation? When does collaboration with
another teller enrich what was a
solo piece?
Sometimes less is more; sometimes
the sum is
greater than the parts.
Frequent collaborators Jackson Gillman and
Galen Brandt will share their
development processes,
both solo and tandem. As they model and consider
choices that best bring their stories
to life, they will
invite your feedback and
suggestions. There will
also be opportunities to develop
and share works-in-
progress. Together, we'll help each other embody
our stories!
---
auntiegalen (at) gmail.com
29) Gayatri Kashyap (Chennai).
Workshop
co-led by Apoorva
Dheekaw (New Delhi)
and
Rachna
Chowla (Mumbai):
"Discovering
One's Spirit Animal in Indian
Folklore and Sacred Literature".
Starting
at
6:30pm
(India time), Sun 26th Feb.
8am (Canada and USA Eastern time), Sun
26th Feb.
---
This workshop invites each participant
to enter their inner
forest through visualisation, doodling,
movement, and
storytelling. Here is a chance to listen to the calling of
the
spirit animal and wilderness inside each
of us; to tap into
our inner wilderness via connecting with
the wild beings out
there.
This is a way to unmask the human and to experience
the truly alive beings we are. In the process, we would be
engaging with three animal-related
stories – one each from
the Panchatantra, Hindu mythology, and
Naga folklore.
---
kashyapgayatri78
(at) gmail.com
30) Geetanjali Shetty Kaul (Mumbai).
1
Workshop:
"Finding Meaning and Purpose through
Storytelling".
Starting
at
10:30am (India time), Sun 5th Feb.
12:01am (Canada and USA Eastern
time), Sat 5th Feb.
---
When you hear a soul-stirring story, you
are reminded
to make meaning out of your
experiences. This 90-minute
workshop will guide participants, to
find, create, construct,
and grow our way towards meaning-making
and purpose
through storytelling.
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2
Healing Story Circle:
With other members of the
Indian
Storytellers Healing Network.
Starting
at
5pm (India time), Sun 5th Feb.
6:30am (Canada and USA Eastern time), Sun 5th Feb.
---
ishnlightinguphearts
(at) gmail.com
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geetanjali1976 (at) gmail.com
31) Geetha Subramanian
(Coimbatore).
The Katha Krafters present "Interwoven India".
Stories about the unique weaves and patterns
from the looms of India.
Starting
at
9:30pm (India time), Sun 5th Feb.
11am (Canada and USA Eastern time), Sun 5th Feb.
---
A Flyer is here.
---
Participating Members:
1) Anagha
Prasad.
2) Geetha Subramanian.
3) Meera
Venkatesan.
4) Parvathy
Eswaran.
---
shantham52 (at) gmail.com
https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Coimbatore.html#Geetha
Facebook, KathaKrafters
32) Geethanjali Javed (Chennai).
1
Storytelling:
Starting
at
5:50pm (India time), Sat 25th Feb.
7:20am
(Canada and USA Eastern time), Sat 25th Feb.
---
Hybrid
session -- Online (Zoom) and in-person
at
British Council, Chennai.
Story titles
are here.
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2
Workshop
with other members of MAST
(Madras Association of
Storytellers):
"Ways of
Dramatising Storytelling".
Starting
at
9:30pm (India time), Fri 17th Feb.
11am (Canada and USA Eastern time), Fri 17th Feb.
---
1) "Home Tweet Home", Geethanjali Javed.
Using Kamishibai paper-theatre boxes, as
storytellers we can inculcate STEM-based
knowledge to children (STEM = Science,
Technology, Engineering, Math). Geethanjali
Javed will teach about the unique types of
nests birds build through an original story told
the Kamishibai way – and will coach participants
to develop their own STEM-related Kamishibai
storytellings.
--
2) "Data, Fate-ah!", Zarin Maraikayar.
AI and BI have become the order of the day.
(AI = Artificial Intelligence. BI
= Business Intelligence).
To remove all the hype and to make sure children
understand the concept of data in a fun-filled way,
we present a puppet show – and suggest ways you
can do so also!
--
3) "Special Parenting", Renu Mira.
Tips and tricks for parenting special children. To
increase awareness in parents about the needs
of the children for attention and interaction.
--
4) "Tenali Raman", Mohana Krishnan.
Mohana Krishnan presents a story as Tenali
Raman in today's world in 2023 – and explains
ways you can do something similar!
--
5) "Sherherzada", Shifa Mustafa.
Sherherzada has a conversation with the present
world. Participants will be
coached to converse
as their favorite story characters.
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https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Chennai.html#Geethanjali
geethanjalijaved.gj (at) gmail.com
33) Giorgiana Elena Popan (Romania).
Workshop:
"Improvisation
in Storytelling".
Starting
at
Noon (India time), Sat 4th Feb.
8:30am (Romania time), Sat 4th Feb.
1:30am (Canada and USA Eastern
time), Sat 4th Feb.
---
In storytelling we need more than ever
to be there, alive,
in front of the public. As we say
in theatre, it is the magic
of the "here and now"
that captures one's attention.
Improvisation is a technique that
the performer relies on
when being onstage in order to
prove oneself to be better
every time, to make the members of
the public be implicated
in one's story and also to surprise
them every time. The life
and energy of the storytelling is
what makes it still wanted
and seductive in the competition
with the advanced
technologies of movies, websites,
and games nowadays.
---
https://worldstorytellingcafe.com/performers/giorgiana-elena-popan
giorgiana.popan (at) gmail.com
34) Heather Forest (New York).
Workshop:
"Music in
Storytelling".
Starting
at
8pm
(India time), Sun 19th Feb.
9:30am (Canada and USA Eastern time),
Sun 19th Feb.
---
Through playful vocal improvisation, demonstration,
and discussion, workshop participants will explore
the natural rhythms of language, simple song making,
and the creative potential of the voice as a nuanced
instrument for speaking and singing. We will examine
ways to include song and rhythm in story composition,
sharpen character/narrator voicing, and use musical
elements to engage audience participation. This vocal
improvisation workshop does not require any prior
musical training!
---
heather
(at) storyarts.org
35) Howard Lieberman (Minnesota).
Workshop:
"Letting the
Audience In: Sharing Difficult
Personal Narrative Stories that Combine
Pathos and Entertainment".
---
Starting
at
9am (India time), Sat 11th Feb.
9:30pm (Minnesota time), Fri
10th Feb.
10:30pm (Canada and USA Eastern
time), Fri 10th Feb.
---
Too many
personal narrative stories are little more than
therapy with
little entertainment value, while others merely
entertain with
little heart. The best personal narrative
stories leave
the listener both entertained and with greater
empathy for others. This workshop is intended to help
personal-narrative
storytellers find this balance in their
own work.
Note: Pathos is a quality
that evokes pity or sadness.
---
hlieberman (at)
lieberman-nelson.com
36) Imran Ali Namazi (Chennai).
Workshop:
"Storytelling and Imaginative Communities".
Starting
at
10:30am
(India time), Sat 18th Feb.
12:01am (Canada and USA Eastern time),
Sat 18th Feb.
---
This
workshop is going to explore examples
of
creating, nurturing, developing and linking
communities. Participants will be invited to
think
about ways individuals and communities --
and
sub-sets of communities -- can change and
grow
together, including regarding communities
that
participants belong to and know about, and
can
imagine.
---
https://yieldmore.org/groups/imaginative-communities
team (at) yieldmore.org
37) Jackson Gillman (Massachusetts).
1
Storytelling:
Hosting an Open-mic Storytelling Session,
"Close Encounters of the
Natural Kind".
Starting
at
8pm (India time), Sat 25th Feb.
9:30am (Canada and USA Eastern time), Sat 25th Feb.
---
"Close Encounters of the
Natural Kind" – hosted by
Jackson Gillman. Attendees would be invited to share
personal experiences about
discovering one's passion
for the environment
Why do we care? Our love of nature is often sparked
by a memorable incident; perhaps a
dramatic encounter,
or a profound pastoral experience.
Offering a forum for anyone to share a peak moment
often has a ripple effect,
reminding us of our intercon-
nectedness and perhaps even
re-informing the teller.
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2
Workshop:
Co-led by Galen
Brandt,
"Embodying the Heart
of Story and Song:
Inside Our Process".
Starting
at
9:30pm (India time), Sat 25th Feb.
11am (Canada and USA Eastern time),
Sat 25th Feb.
---
What best serves the heart of a
story? When is a
story enhanced by a musical and/or
movement
interpretation? When does collaboration with
another teller enrich what was a
solo piece?
Sometimes less is more; sometimes
the sum is
greater than the parts.
Frequent collaborators Jackson Gillman and
Galen Brandt will share their
development processes,
both solo and tandem. As they model and consider
choices that best bring their
stories to life, they will
invite your feedback and
suggestions. There will
also be opportunities to develop
and share works-in-
progress. Together, we'll help each other embody
our stories!
---
https://www.jacksongillman.com
jxsong (at)
comcast.net
38) Jasmina A. Žiljak (Croatia).
1
Storytelling
Starting
at
6:10pm (India time), Sat 11th Feb.
1:40pm (Croatia time), Sat 11th Feb.
7:40am (Canada and USA Eastern time), Sat 11th Feb.
---
Hybrid
session -- Online (Zoom) and in-person
at
Goethe Institute, Chennai.
Story titles
are here.
---
KRIES
Kreativno-edukativni Studio (Facebook)
Profile
(Facebook)
ziljakj (at) gmail.com
39) Jay Leeming (New York).
Workshop:
"Storytelling and Poetry: Rainwater
Words and the Thunder of Myth".
Starting
at
9:30pm (India time), Sun 12th Feb.
11am (Canada and USA Eastern time),
Sun 12th Feb.
---
Storytelling and poetry were once a
single
art, and the powers of eloquence
and vision
cultivated by poets have much to
teach
modern storytellers. In this workshop we
will heighten our awareness of the
visionary
and musical qualities of language,
exploring
metaphor, rhythm, and simple poetic
forms
so as to widen the possibilities
available to
us when telling stories.
---
Jay Leeming is a performance
storyteller
whose poetic way of bringing
traditional
stories alive has captivated
audiences in
theaters, schools, libraries and
National
Parks. He is the creator of the Crane Bag
Podcast, the author of two books of
poetry,
and the recipient of a fellowship
from the
National Endowment for the Arts.
---
Recordings and additional
information
about Jay's work can be found at
leemingjay (at) gmail.com
40) Jeff Gere
(Hawaii).
Workshop:
Starting
at
9am
(India time), Sat 18th Feb.
5:30pm (Hawaii
time), Fri 17th Feb.
10:30pm (Canada and USA Eastern time), Fri
17th Feb.
---
This "movin' & groovin",
fast-paced participatory
workshop will poke and prod, joke
and cheer, coach
and craft a dynamic (inter)active
performance with
you using three tales. Jeff’s "call & response"
version
of ‘Bird with Hurt Wingʻ
(Tongue-cut Sparrow) guides
and introduces this kinesthetic
method. Then two
groups will each explore different
short tales (in
various ways) with time for
coaching, comments &
sharing -- 90 minutes will
FLY! Learn physically in
a physically active, social,
participatory style. FUN!
Here’s a JOYFUL session for all
ages at any level.
Join this old dog teaching new
tricks! Rock the Zoom!
---
jeffgere1031 (at) gmail.com
41) Jennifer Munro
(Connecticut).
Workshop:
"Creating
Stories that Matter".
Starting
at
6:30pm
(India time), Fri 17th Feb.
8am (Canada and USA Eastern time), Fri
17th Feb.
---
In this dynamic, hands-on workshop, Jennifer
Munro,
a Circle of Excellence Award winner,
will share essential
elements of story creation. During this session, you will
learn two breathtakingly simple
techniques that will help
you discover the heart of your story,
its narrative arc, and
its internal rhythm. And, you’ll have fun!
---
jennie.munro (at) comcast.net
42) Jennifer Ramsay
(Spain).
Workshop:
"Story Medicine: Working Creatively
with Fairy Tales and Story Arte".
Starting
at
9:30pm
(India time), Fri 24th Feb.
5pm (Spain time),
Fri 24th Feb.
11am (Canada and USA Eastern time), Fri 24th Feb.
---
In
this experiential workshop we journey deep into
a
short literary fairy tale and explore it using tools
from
the Story Arte creative toolbox. This
will include
drawing,
expressive writing, and role-play. We
will
create
the backstory for some of the characters and
discuss
the environmental and social issues that
come
up and how they may be relevant to these
uncertain
times that we are living. Please bring
some
paper and something to write and draw with.
---
Jennifer
Ramsay is a Scottish storyteller based
in
Spain. She is also a Gestalt
ecotherapist and
is
trained in psychodrama and arts therapies.
She
works with story medicine in private practise
and
is a creative facilitator offering unique workshops
for
groups weaving storytelling with Arts therapies
and
Symbolic Psychodrama and ritual. Much of
her
creative
work is dedicated to sensitising people to
environmental
issues and dispelling the taboo around
Death
in western society.
Jennifer offers regular Climate Cafes and
Story
Death
Cafes. She leads regular ceremonies to
celebrate
the 8 festivals connected with the Celtic
Wheel
of the Year and the lunar cycles.
Jennifer is the founder of Story Arte, a
Centre for
Storytelling
and Arts therapies. She lives in a
village
in
the foothills near Madrid in Spain. She
is fluent in
English
and Spanish.
---
https://www.facebook.com/storyarte
https://storyarte.teachable.com
for live online story-based courses
info (at) storyarte.com
43) Judy England-McCarthy
(New Jersey).
Workshop:
"Freeing Your Instrument So Your Story
Can Soar".
Starting
at
8pm
(India time), Sat 24th Feb.
9:30am
(Canada and USA Eastern time), Sat 24th Feb.
---
What stands in your way to becoming
the best
storyteller you can be? Is it your voice, your
movement, or even your concept of
self? This
workshop will explore these topics
and more,
so your stories can soar.
---
jemjtt10 (at) gmail.com
44) Jyoti Pande (Bhopal).
Healing Story Circle:
With other members of the
Indian
Storytellers Healing Network.
Starting
at
5pm (India time), Sun 5th Feb.
6:30am (Canada and USA Eastern time), Sun 5th Feb.
---
Facebook, ISHN
ishnlightinguphearts
(at) gmail.com
---
Jyoti's profile is here.
jyotirider (at) gmail.com
45)
Kaanchan
Prashanth (Chennai,
India).
Workshop
with other members of Springboard
Tales:
"Various Methods of Storytelling, and
Activities Listeners Could Do After
Storytellings".
Starting
at
5pm (India time), Sun 19th Feb.
6:30am (Canada and USA Eastern time), Sun 19th Feb.
---
This workshop presents demonstrations of
storytelling
methods such as, 1) Tandem, 2)
Theatrical, 3) Through
poetry, and 4) Weaving personal
narratives with folktales.
However, the storytelling experience need not stop with
just the telling of stories. What we do after a story is shared
can also be very important. Thus, participants in this
workshop would be coached in activities
the listeners
could be invited to do after they hear
and see storytellings.
Through these activities, listeners
could churn and stir
within themselves the feelings and
thoughts brought on
by storytellings.
---
kaanch.writer
(at) gmail.com
46) Kanagadurga Ramesh (Chennai,
India).
Workshop:
"Storytelling and ADHD".
Starting
at
6:30pm
(India time), Sat 4th Feb.
8am
(Canada and USA Eastern time), Sat 4th Feb.
---
Ms Kanaga will demonstrate
storytelling techniques
for telling to people who have the
condition.
Workshop outline:
1) What is ADHD (and could a more
positive name be found)?
2) Telling TO people who have the
condition.
3) Telling BY people who have the
condition.
---
cvkanagadurga14 (at) gmail.com
https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Chennai.html#Kanaga
47) Lakshmi V (Bangalore).
Storytelling:
Facilitating
the Kannada Storytelling Session,
Starting at
4pm (India time), Sun 5th Feb.
5:30am (Canada and USA Eastern time), Sun 5th Feb.
Please contact Ms Lakshmi for the Zoom Link.
---
lakshmi341987 (at) gmail.com
48) Lalitha Thilak (Chennai).
Storytelling
Starting
at
5:30pm (India time), Sat 11th Feb.
7am (Canada and USA Eastern time), Sat 11th Feb.
---
Hybrid
session -- Online (Zoom) and in-person
at Goethe Institute, Chennai.
Story
titles are here.
---
https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Chennai.html#Lalitha
lalithathilak79 (at) gmail.com
49) Lani Peterson (Massachusetts).
Workshop:
"Re-authoring
Sustaining Stories".
Starting
at
8pm (India time), Fri 10th Feb.
9:30am (Canada and USA Eastern
time), Fri 10th Feb.
---
“All the gods, all the heavens, all
the hells, are within you.”
– Joseph Campbell
The experiences we live make up the stories we tell
about ourselves, ultimately
creating the frame that shapes
the way we see ourselves, our
world, and our possibilities.
Throughout our lifetime, we
confront and move through
many challenges. Some we navigate through gracefully
and easily integrate into our
larger life story. Other
experiences of past challenges,
losses, or hurt continue to
haunt us long after the event is
over. In both scenarios, the
facts of a story remain the same,
but the way that we make
meaning of those facts can make all
the difference in whether
it becomes a positive story in our
memory files that sustains
us or a debilitating story that constrains
us in fulfilling our
potential. The goal is not to change the story, but to
expand
our understanding and meaning of
the story, leading to new
insights, perspectives, and
ultimately a new relationship to an
old storyline.
In this workshop, we will explore ways to work with a
constraining story such that it
loses its power, making way
for stronger and healthier stories
to take the lead. Utilizing a
narrative therapy framework,
participants will be introduced
to personal story exploration
exercises to gain insight and
perspective that can inform and
empower how to create a
stronger story to carry them
forward. They say you can’t
re-write the past. We will challenge that notion in this
workshop.
---
lani (at) lanipeterson.com
50) Laura Simms (New York).
1
Storytelling:
"She Who Brings Peace to the World".
Starting
at
8pm (India time), Sun 5th Feb.
9:30am (Canada and USA Eastern time), Sun 5th Feb.
---
First recorded in the early 1930’s, "She Who Brings Peace"
is one of the many stories of the mythic and legendary biography
of the great female deity, Iliana Kosinziana. This is a braided
storytelling event. Laura will
guide us in and out of the story,
sharing personal associations and events, delving into layers of
meaning uncovered by a process of investigation. This process
provides a deepening recognition of the path of restoration of
the Feminine Principle into our world today. The story takes us
beyond conventional ideas of fairytale journey, into a terrain of
places within places where outer solutions cause more and more
obstacles until the root causes of our disconnection with life is
repaired.
The event is open to all
those interested in the role of the
storyteller, and a mythic fairytale.
Our premise is that these
so-called old stories are not remnants of the past, but are a
means of uncovering what takes place in the present again and
again.
To register for this session (and
for every other English-
language session in CSF 2023),
please send an email to
info@storytellinginstitute.org
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2
Workshop:
"The Yoga of Engaged Storytelling".
Starting
at
8pm (India time), Sun 12th Feb.
9:30am (Canada and USA Eastern
time), Sun 12th Feb.
---
Yoga is a "means to know ourselves
in the deepest way
possible, beyond the thoughts, emotions,
hopes and fears
that habitually define our existence and
limit our experience
as human beings." (Bhakha Tulku Pema
Ridzin Rinpoche)
The forgotten medicine of storytelling is the way in which
a story functions in reciprocity to
listeners, and in relationship
to our selves, nature, dreams and the
invisible world.
Preparing to tell a story that heals and
transforms the
heartmind is a form of yoga
practice. In this participatory
workshop Laura will tell a single story,
and facilitate a deep
dive into the images and their
relationship to each other.
Weaning ourselves from relating to text as story, we
restore the most powerful aspect of
storytelling: the
engagement itself. We are living in desperate times that
demand that we look into, and beyond the
psychological
analysis of narrative text and learn to
listen to the embedded
wisdom of living image released through
the abiding presence
practiced by a teller of tales. Please be prepared to journal,
contemplate and explore how this less
obvious aspect of
storytelling reconnects us to innate
wisdom shared by the
natural world.
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storymentor2010 (at) gmail.com
51) Lavanya Prasad
(Bangalore).
Workshop:
"Lullabies and Storytelling:
Laali with
Lavanya -- Where Lore Meets Love and Hope".
Starting
at
5pm (India time), Sat 4th Feb.
6:30am (Canada and USA Eastern
time), Sat 4th Feb.
---
Lullaby -- probably the first song
that many of us
have heard as a newborn that lulled
us to sleep,
that made us feel safe to close our
eyes and relax,
very similar to what a bedtime
story does. While
you all have listened to lullabies,
have you created
one?
Since time immemorial, lullabies have been
a part of every culture and every
language, Something
that is deeply connected to one’s
roots, something
that gives us hope and heals our
subconscious.
Laali is a word for lullaby in the south indian
language, Tamil. "Laali with Lavanya" is a workshop
that will introduce the
participants to the actual concept
of lullaby through stories, simple
individual activities,
group discussions, and so on. It is
hoped that the
Workshop might enable and enhance
one’s connection
to one's roots and initiate healing
in the process of
creating one's own lullabies.
Participants are requested to
1) Come with an open mind.
2) Be ready to unlearn and relearn.
3) Have notebook and pens to make
points as we discuss.
4) Participate actively in the
activities and discussions.
---
Tale'scope's Facebook
page
Tale'scope's Youtube channel
Sound Cloud: Lavanya's
Tales
https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Bangalore.html#Lavanya_P
talescope.blr (at) gmail.com
52) Lavanya Srinivas
(Chennai).
Workshop:
"Redesign
your Story: From Page to Performance."
Starting
at
10:30am
(India time), Sun 26 Feb.
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Storytelling:
Facilitating
the Telugu Storytelling Session,
Starting at
3pm (India time), Sat 18th Feb.
4:30am (Canada and USA Eastern time), Sat 18th Feb.
Please contact Ms Lavanya for the Zoom Link.
---
https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Chennai.html#Lavanya
laavanyasrinivas (at) gmail.com
53) Magdalene
Jeyarathnam (Chennai).
Workshop:
"Psychodrama,
Dream, and Story."
Starting
at
9:30pm (India time), Sat 11th Feb.
11am (Canada and USA Eastern time),
Sat 11th Feb.
---
It
can be said that "A dream is a story one's
unconscious
tells to one's consciousness".
Come
join Indian Psychodramatist Magdalene
Jeyarathnam
as she leads a Zoom Psychodrama
session
on dreams. Please bring dreams to
share
and dramatise.
---
Magdalene's TED talk on Psychodrama
is here.
https://centerforcounselling.org/magdalene-jeyarathnam
magdalene.jeyarathnam (at)
gmail.com
54)
Maja Bumberák (Hungary).
Workshop:
"Painting Images with Words: Enriching Our
Storytelling by Exploring the Art of Hungarian
Oral Tradition".
Starting
at
6:30pm
(India time), Fri 10th Feb.
2pm
(Hungary time), Fri 10th Feb.
8am (Canada and USA Eastern time), Fri 10th Feb.
---
In this workshop we will
examine the art of storytelling
in Hungarian oral folklore.
By looking closely at the
story-sharing events in
traditional communities and the
art of the greatest
storytelling masters, we will learn
ways to evoke images and
emotions in the listeners, to
connect better with the
listeners, and to tell stories in
compelling ways. We will
delve into artistic expressions,
story-beginning and ending
formulae, narrative details,
performative adjustment,
non-verbal aspects of speech,
listeners’ participation,
and ways of applying all this in
our present-day
storytelling.
A photo of Maja performing is here.
---
majazofi (at) gmail.com
55) Maricris Basto (Philippines).
Workshop:
"Bringing Stories of the World to Local
Readers and
Listeners".
Starting
at
10:30am (India time), Sun 12th Feb.
1pm (Philippines time), Sun 12th
Feb.
6:30am (Canada and USA Eastern
time), Sun 12th Feb.
---
This workshop is designed for educators,
parents,
and others who live or work with young
people.
Workshop participants will be introduced
to
approaches and strategies that will aid
them
in telling and teaching stories from
different
parts of the world.
Topics will include:
1) Appreciating the concept of
"world literature"
in our now highly-globalized world
2) The “universals” and “differences”
approaches
to stories.
3) "Close reading" as a
strategy in finding the
differences embedded in foreign stories.
4) The power of very brief stories.
5) Choosing stories to work with.
---
maricris.basto (at) yahoo.com
56) Marina Maria Granlund (Sweden).
Storytelling
Starting
at
5:50pm (India time), Sat 11th Feb.
1:20pm (Sweden time), Sat 11th Feb.
7:20am (Canada and USA Eastern time), Sat 11th Feb.
---
Hybrid
session -- Online (Zoom) and in-person
at Goethe Institute, Chennai.
Story
titles are here.
---
https://sagoringen.com/presentation.html
marina.granlund (at) sagoringen.com
57) Martin Ellrodt (Germany).
Workshop:
"Stories for Science Education".
Starting
at
6:30pm (India time), Sun 5th Feb.
2pm (Germany time), Sun 5th Feb.
8am (Canada and
USA Eastern time), Sun 5th Feb.
---
Storytelling
is an also an exquisite means of teaching
science. In this workshop, you'll learn ways of
bringing
scientific
content into a narrative structures, and you'll
be
invited to try doing so with a subject of your choice.
---
martin
(at) ellrodt.de
58) Mary Kuttikadan
(Mumbai).
Workshop:
"Storytelling and ADHD (Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder)".
Starting
at
6:30pm (India time), Sat 4th Feb.
8am (Canada and USA Eastern time),
Sat 4th Feb.
---
Featuring demonstrations of
storytelling techniques by
Kanagadurga
Ramesh and Shital
Ravi.
Workshop outline:
1) What is ADHD (and can a more
positive name be found)?
2) Telling TO people who have the
condition.
3) Telling BY people who have the
condition.
---
kfmary21 (at) gmail.com
59) Mary Louise
Chown (Manitoba, Canada).
Workshop:
"The
Story Well: Diving Deep for Meaningful Stories".
Starting
at
9:30pm
(India time), Fri 3rd Feb.
10am
(Manitoba, Canada time), Fri 3rd Feb.
11am (Canada and USA Eastern time), Fri 3rd Feb.
---
We
all have a deep well of stories. Starting with the folktale
of
the "Two Daughters of Mother Holle", we will explore
ways
we can dive deep for our own stories and encourage
others
to do the same. Max Luthi writes: “It is
quite likely
that behind
many features in our fairy tales there are old
customs
and beliefs; but in the context of the tale, they
have
lost their original character.”
---
mlchown (at) shaw.ca
60) Meenakshi Devaraj (Chennai).
Storytelling:
"Perumpāṇāṟṟuppaṭai, a Poem and Story from Tamil Nadu's Sangam Age".
Starting
at
Noon (India time), Sat 18th Feb.
1:30am
(Canada and USA Eastern time), Sat 18th Feb.
---
Perumpāṇāṟṟuppaṭai is a poem written in Tamil language
by
Uruttirankannanar, approximately 1,800 years ago
(
https://tinyurl.com/Perumpanarruppatai
).
The poem is named
after the perumpanar – a class of
bards
who sang their poems and stories while playing a
large
lute. The poem provides a detailed
description of
the
five tinai (landscapes) identified in ancient Tamil
literature
( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sangam_landscape
).
These landscapes are: Seashore (Neytal),
Farm Land
(Marutam),
Pasture Land (Mullai), Dry Land (Palai), and
Mountain
Forests (Kurinji).
The poem tells the story of a musician's
journey across
these
various landscapes.
---
meenbas (at) gmail.com
61) Meera Venkatesan
(Bangalore).
1
Storytelling:
The Katha Krafters present "Interwoven India".
Stories about the unique weaves and patterns
from the looms of India.
Starting
at
9:30pm (India time), Sun 5th Feb.
11am (Canada and USA Eastern time), Sun 5th Feb.
---
A Flyer is here.
---
Participating Members:
1) Anagha
Prasad.
3) Meera Venkatesan.
4) Parvathy
Eswaran.
---
Facebook, KathaKrafters
---------------------------------------
2
Workshop:
"Using Stories for Social-emotional Learning:
Unlocking
Social-emotional Learning with Stories".
Co-led by Parvathy
Eswaran.
Starting
at
10:30am
(India time), Sat 25th Feb.
12:01am
(Canada and USA Eastern time), Sat 25th Feb.
---
Children
identify with and extrapolate the world
they
see in stories. As they immerse in new or
known
worlds, they empathise with the characters
in
those worlds. This moment of immersion provides
a
perfect way to effortlessly teach and guide children
regarding
awareness about themselves and the world,
building
relationships with the world, accepting
diversity,
and a host of social and emotional skills.
---
https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Bangalore.html#Meera
meeravenk (at) gmail.com
62) Mohan Krishnan (Chennai).
Workshop
with other members of MAST
(Madras Association of
Storytellers):
"Ways of
Dramatising Storytelling".
Starting
at
9:30pm (India time), Fri 17th Feb.
11am (Canada and USA Eastern time), Fri 17th Feb.
---
1) "Home Tweet Home", Geethanjali Javed.
Using Kamishibai paper-theatre boxes, as
storytellers we can inculcate STEM-based
knowledge to children (STEM = Science,
Technology, Engineering, Math).
Geethanjali
Javed will teach about the unique types of
nests birds build through an original story told
the Kamishibai way – and will coach participants
to develop their own STEM-related Kamishibai
storytellings.
--
2) "Data, Fate-ah!", Zarin Maraikayar.
AI and BI have become the order of the day.
(AI = Artificial Intelligence. BI
= Business Intelligence).
To remove all the hype and to make sure children
understand the concept of data in a fun-filled way,
we present a puppet show – and suggest ways you
can do so also!
--
3) "Special Parenting", Renu Mira.
Tips and tricks for parenting special children. To
increase awareness in parents about the needs
of the children for attention and interaction.
--
4) "Tenali Raman", Mohana Krishnan.
Mohana Krishnan presents a story as Tenali
Raman in today's world in 2023 – and explains
ways you can do something similar!
--
5) "Sherherzada", Shifa Mustafa.
Sherherzada has a conversation with the present
world. Participants will be
coached to converse
as their favorite story characters.
---
https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Chennai.html#Mohan
rbi.mohan (at) gmail.com
63)
Nandini Murali (Chennai).
Workshop:
"Transforming through Trauma: Ways Stories
Can Help One to Heal from Trauma and Grief".
Starting
at
12 Noon (India time), Sat 11th Feb.
1:30am (Canada
and USA Eastern time), Sat 11th Feb.
---
"There
is a crack in everything. That’s how the
light gets in"
(Leonard
Cohen).
Traumatic events occur. We often have no control over this.
However,
we have every control in choosing how to respond to
these
events. While a default human response
is to be traumatised
and
to wallow in victimhood narratives, one can also respond with
intentionality,
clarity, and a deep desire to engage meaningfully
with
one's experience of being traumatised.
Stories, both written and spoken, are a
powerful catalyst that
can
help to heal our wounds. Stories can
enable us to weave the
tapestry
of our lives with the warp and weft of authenticity, agency,
autonomy,
and accountability. In doing so, we can
transmute
pain
into purpose, and darkness into light, and thereby transform
and
transcend being traumatised.
---
Info
about books Nandini has written (and co-written) is here.
nandini.murali8
(at) gmail.com
64) Nilguen Yalay (New
Zealand).
Storytelling:
Starting
at
12:40pm (India time), Sun 19th Feb.
8:10pm (New Zealand time), Sun 19th Feb.
2:10am
(Canada and USA Eastern time), Sun 19th Feb.
---
Hybrid session -- Online (Zoom)
and in-person
at Anna
Centennial Library, Chennai.
Story titles
are here.
---
Facebook page
nilguenyalay (at) gmail.com
65) R. Padma (Chennai).
Workshop,
with other members of MAST
(Madras Association of
Storytellers):
"Ways of
Dramatising Storytelling".
Starting
at
9:30pm (India time), Fri 17th Feb.
11am (Canada and USA Eastern time), Fri 17th Feb.
---
Co-host.
--
1) "Home Tweet Home", Geethanjali Javed.
Using Kamishibai paper-theatre boxes, as
storytellers we can inculcate STEM-based
knowledge to children (STEM = Science,
Technology, Engineering, Math).
Geethanjali
Javed will teach about the unique types of
nests birds build through an original story told
the Kamishibai way – and will coach participants
to develop their own STEM-related Kamishibai
storytellings.
--
2) "Data, Fate-ah!", Zarin Maraikayar.
AI and BI have become the order of the day.
(AI = Artificial Intelligence. BI
= Business Intelligence).
To remove all the hype and to make sure children
understand the concept of data in a fun-filled way,
we present a puppet show – and suggest ways you
can do so also!
--
3) "Special Parenting", Renu Mira.
Tips and tricks for parenting special children. To
increase awareness in parents about the needs
of the children for attention and interaction.
--
4) "Tenali Raman", Mohana Krishnan.
Mohana Krishnan presents a story as Tenali
Raman in today's world in 2023 – and explains
ways you can do something similar!
--
5) "Sherherzada", Shifa Mustafa.
Sherherzada has a conversation with the present
world. Participants will be
coached to converse
as their favorite story characters.
---
rpadmasini (at) gmail.com
66) Parvathy Eswaran
(Bangalore).
1
Storytelling:
The Katha Krafters present "Interwoven India".
Stories about the unique weaves and patterns
from the looms of India.
Starting
at
9:30pm (India time), Sun 5th Feb.
11am (Canada and USA Eastern time), Sun 5th Feb.
---
A Flyer is here.
---
Participating Members:
1) Anagha
Prasad.
3) Meera
Venkatesan.
4) Parvathy Eswaran.
---
Facebook, KathaKrafters
---------------------------------------
2
Workshop:
"Using Stories for Social-emotional Learning:
Unlocking
Social-emotional Learning with Stories".
Co-led by Meera
Venkatesan.
Starting
at
10:30am
(India time), Sat 25th Feb.
12:01am
(Canada and USA Eastern time), Sat 25th Feb.
---
Children
identify with and extrapolate the world
they
see in stories. As they immerse in new
or
known
worlds, they empathise with the characters
in
those worlds. This moment of immersion
provides
a
perfect way to effortlessly teach and guide children
regarding
awareness about themselves and the world,
building
relationships with the world, accepting
diversity,
and a host of social and emotional skills.
---
https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Bangalore.html#Parvathy
kay1kay2 (at) yahoo.com
67) Paula Martin (Argentina).
Workshop:
"In
Body and Story: Life as a Poem:
Biodanza and
Storytelling."
Starting
at
9:30pm
(India time), Sat 10th Feb.
11am (Canada and USA Eastern time), Fri
10th Feb.
---
The creator of the Biodanza system, Rolando Toro,
once said: "The human being is a poetic animal,
an
unfinished poem, each individual is developing,
through their own existence, the poem of their identity".
How do we find a poetic connection with our
lives?
In Biodanza we search it through music, movement,
and group interaction, and in this way our words carry
our true message, imprinted with our identity. In this
workshop, we will experience the power of inhabiting
our stories with full body and emotions in the hope of
seeing our own lives as works of art.
---
http://www.facebook.com/SembrandoCuentos
huri01 (at) gmail.com
68) Poonam Joshy
(Bangalore).
Healing Story Circle:
With other members of the
Indian
Storytellers Healing Network.
Starting
at
5pm (India time), Sun 5th Feb.
6:30am (Canada and USA Eastern time), Sun 5th Feb.
---
Facebook, ISHN
ishnlightinguphearts
(at) gmail.com
---
pjkjrj (at) gmail.com
69) Pretigaya Haran
(Chennai).
1
Storytelling
Starting
at
4:30pm (India time), Sat 11th Feb.
6am (Canada and USA Eastern time), Sat 11th Feb.
---
Hybrid
session -- Online (Zoom) and in-person
at
Goethe Institute, Chennai.
Story titles
are here.
--------------------------------------------
2
Workshop
with other members of Springboard
Tales:
"Various Methods of Storytelling, and
Activities Listeners Could Do After
Storytellings".
Starting
at
5pm (India time), Sun 19th Feb.
6:30am (Canada and USA Eastern time), Sun 19th Feb.
---
This workshop presents demonstrations of
storytelling
methods such as, 1) Tandem, 2)
Theatrical, 3) Through
poetry, and 4) Weaving personal
narratives with folktales.
However, the storytelling experience need not stop with
just the telling of stories. What we do after a story is shared
can also be very important. Thus, participants in this
workshop would be coached in activities
the listeners
could be invited to do after they hear
and see storytellings.
Through these activities, listeners
could churn and stir
within themselves the feelings and
thoughts brought on
by storytellings.
--------------------------------------------
https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Chennai.html#Pretigaya
Facebook, Story
Sack, Everything Stories
pretigaya (at) yahoo.co.uk
70) Priya
Palanikumar (Chennai).
Workshop
with other members of Springboard
Tales:
"Various Methods of Storytelling, and
Activities Listeners Could Do After
Storytellings".
Starting
at
5pm (India time), Sun 19th Feb.
6:30am (Canada and USA Eastern time), Sun 19th Feb.
---
This workshop presents demonstrations of
storytelling
methods such as, 1) Tandem, 2)
Theatrical, 3) Through
poetry, and 4) Weaving personal
narratives with folktales.
However, the storytelling experience need not stop with
just the telling of stories. What we do after a story is shared
can also be very important. Thus, participants in this
workshop would be coached in activities
the listeners
could be invited to do after they hear
and see storytellings.
Through these activities, listeners
could churn and stir
within themselves the feelings and
thoughts brought on
by storytellings.
---
https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Chennai.html#PriyaP
Facebook, Openstoryworld
nayidishaa (at) gmail.com
71) Rachna Chowla
(Mumbai).
Workshop
co-led by Apoorva
Dheekaw (New Delhi)
and Gayathri
Kashyap (Chennai):
"Discovering
One's Spirit Animal in Indian
Folklore and Sacred Literature".
Starting
at
6:30pm
(India time), Sun 26th Feb.
8am (Canada and USA Eastern time), Sun
26th Feb.
---
This workshop invites each participant
to enter their inner
forest through visualisation, doodling,
movement, and
storytelling. Here is a chance to listen to the calling of
the
spirit animal and wilderness inside each
of us; to tap into
our inner wilderness via connecting with
the wild beings out
there.
This is a way to unmask the human and to experience
the truly alive beings we are. In the process, we would be
engaging with three animal-related
stories – one each from
the Panchatantra, Hindu mythology, and
Naga folklore.
---
rchowla16 (at) gmail.com
72) Radhieka (Chennai).
Workshop:
"Storytelling
for Healing Hearts".
Starting
at
5pm
(India time), Sat 18th Feb.
6:30am (Canada and USA Eastern time),
Sat 18th Feb.
---
Participants would hear
a story portraying a
challenging
relationship, and would be invited
to share their thoughts
and feelings about the
story – its characters
and situations.
Participants would then be invited to
explore
challenges in
relationships that exist in their own
experiences and
imaginations -- and also explore
possible ways of
overcoming these challenges,
and of healing hearts
of themselves and others.
Activities would include: writing,
discussion in
pairs, and discussion
with the entire group.
---
radhiekamet (at) gmail.com
73) Ramya Iyer
(Bangalore).
Healing Story Circle:
With other members of the
Indian
Storytellers Healing Network.
Starting
at
5pm (India time), Sun 5th Feb.
6:30am (Canada and USA Eastern time), Sun 5th Feb.
---
Facebook, ISHN
ishnlightinguphearts
(at) gmail.com
---
https://ramyaponders.wordpress.com
https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Bangalore.html#Ramya
ramya.n.iyer (at) gmail.com
74) Ramya Srinidhi
(Bangalore).
Workshop:
"Kamishibai Storytelling".
Starting
at
8pm (India time), Fri 3rd Feb.
9:30am (Canada and USA Eastern
time), Fri 3rd Feb.
---
The Japanese word, Kamishibai is
made up of two
words: "Kami" (paper), and
"Shibai" (drama). Thus,
Kamishibai means, "paper
drama" or "paper theater”.
Kamishibai is a form of storytelling that combines
standard-size illustrated paper
cards with a scripted
performance by a narrator.
This workshop is designed especialy for storytellers,
educators, and students.
IMPORTANT: Please have available white paper,
colored paper, scissors, colored
pens/pencils, crayons,
and glue.
---
Ramya Srinidhi, Linked
In
kathacorner (at) gmail.com
75) Regina Ress (New Mexico).
Workshop:
"Bringing the Tales We Carry in Our
Memories into
the Stories We Tell Today".
Starting
at
9:30pm
(India time), Sat 18th Feb.
9am (New Mexico
time), Sat 18th Feb.
11am (Canada and USA Eastern time), Sat
18th Feb.
---
Is there an old story from your
childhood or youth
that follows you? Leads you? Warns you?
Calls you!
Perhaps a Grimm’s tale or a Panchatantra
story,
Andersen’s "Ugly Duckling" or
Dorothy’s "Yellow
Brick Road. Are there moments, images,
characters
from these tales that have woven
themselves into
your life and which you can weave into
your
storytelling?
With the full group and in break-out rooms, we
will explore stories, be they folklore
or literary, we
have carried in our hearts that perhaps
even helped
design the stories of our lives. Then we
will look at
how we might weave those old tales into
the personal
stories we tell.
Our aim in this session is not to come out with a
product, but to get insights and clarify
ideas that can
help us add richness and depth to our
storytelling.
Please have paper and pencil/pen/crayon with you
so you could jot down ideas and/or
sketch.
---
Award-winning storyteller, actor,
and educator Regina
Ress has performed and taught from
Broadway to Brazil,
maximum security prisons to
international storytelling
festivals, the White House to
Zoom. Regina teaches
Applied Storytelling for New York
University, and is
Vice President of Storytellers of
New Mexico. Her CD
of New York stories won a
Storytelling World "Honor
Award," and she has received
two NSN "Oracle Awards."
Regina believes that Storytelling
can connect us to
each other and
to the deepest parts of our Selves.
---
http://www.reginaress.com/about.html
storytellerrress (at) aol.com
76) Renu Mira (Chennai).
1
Workshop
with other members of MAST
(Madras Association of
Storytellers):
"Ways of
Dramatising Storytelling".
Starting
at
9:30pm (India time), Fri 17th Feb.
11am (Canada and USA Eastern time), Fri 17th Feb.
---
1) "Home Tweet Home", Geethanjali Javed.
Using Kamishibai paper-theatre boxes, as
storytellers we can inculcate STEM-based
knowledge to children (STEM = Science,
Technology, Engineering, Math).
Geethanjali
Javed will teach about the unique types of
nests birds build through an original story told
the Kamishibai way – and will coach participants
to develop their own STEM-related Kamishibai
storytellings.
--
2) "Data, Fate-ah!", Zarin Maraikayar.
AI and BI have become the order of the day.
(AI = Artificial Intelligence. BI
= Business Intelligence).
To remove all the hype and to make sure children
understand the concept of data in a fun-filled way,
we present a puppet show – and suggest ways you
can do so also!
--
3) "Special Parenting", Renu Mira.
Tips and tricks for parenting special children.
To increase awareness in parents about the
needs of the children for attention and
interaction.
--
4) "Tenali Raman", Mohana Krishnan.
Mohana Krishnan presents a story as Tenali
Raman in today's world in 2023 – and explains
ways you can do something similar!
--
5) "Sherherzada", Shifa Mustafa.
Sherherzada has a conversation with the present
world. Participants will be
coached to converse
as their favorite story characters.
-------------------------------------------------
2
Workshop:
"Storytelling" (in
Tamil language).
Starting time: to be announced.
Location (in Chennai): to be announced.
This is the only offline event in CSF
2023
---
https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Chennai.html#Renu_M
remiraevents (at) gmail.com
77) Renu Narayan
(Chennai).
1
Storytelling:
Starting
at
12:20pm (India time), Sun 19th Feb.
1:50am
(Canada and USA Eastern time), Sun 19th Feb.
---
Hybrid session -- Online (Zoom)
and in-person
at Anna
Centennial Library, Chennai.
Story titles
are here.
-------------------------------------------------
2
Workshop:
"Creating
Stories for Teaching".
Starting
at
10:30am
(India time), Sat 26th Feb.
12:01am (Canada and USA Eastern time),
Sat 26th Feb.
---
Today storytelling is rapidly
gaining recognition
as a strong medium for
teaching. Children enjoy
listening to stories. Then when the actual lesson
is taught -- the learning can be
instantaneous!
In this workshop, a number of stories which
can be used for teaching concepts
will be told
to the participants. These storytellings will be
followed by discussions, and then
participants
will be invited to create stories
of their own for
teaching various concepts.
-------------------------------------------------
Kathavriksh Stories on Facebook, on Instagram.
https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Chennai.html#Renu_N
kathavrikshstories (at) gmail.com
78) Robin Bady (New York).
1
No, We Won't Shut Up!
A
women's storytelling group
(facilitated
by Robin
Bady).
Storytelling:
Starting
at
6:30pm (India time), Sat 18th Feb.
8am
(Canada and USA Eastern time), Sat 18th Feb.
---
There’s a lot going on that’s wrong in the world
today, and these women have something to say
about it!
No, We Won’t Shut Up
features riveting,
timely, and personal storytelling relating to
issues such as sexual assault, abortion, gay
rights, anti-Asian racism, and choosing one’s
own path in the face of family opposition.
The show includes a rotating
cast of funny,
fierce, talented, and sought-after female
performers. Emceed by Robin
Bady with
music by Valentina Ortiz, this ensemble
includes Rhonda Hansome, Megan Hicks,
Nancy Wang, Jessica Robinson, and Kelli
Dunham.
The Storytellers' bio-data is here.
----------------------
2
Workshop:
"Finding
the Hidden Stories You Need to Tell".
Starting
at
8pm
(India time), Sat 18th Feb.
9:30am (Canada and USA Eastern time),
Fri 18th Feb.
---
We all have stories that we are afraid
to tell,
but we feel the need to tell them. How can you
tell these stories if you are afraid of
the reaction
from others? In this interactive workshop, you
will learn tools that will help you
recover these
narratives, gathering strength and
support to
begin work on them. Often these are the
stories that the world is crying out
for!
---
Robin Bady is an internationally
acclaimed, award-
winning storyteller and writer who
has performed
throughout the United States and
internationally.
Her repertoire includes true ghost
tales, folk and
fairy tales, and personal stories.
She hosts a
monthly series, the BADYHouse
Storytelling
Concerts, in her home in Brooklyn,
and since
the pandemic, online. She curates
“No, We Won’t
Shut Up!” a topical show featuring
female storytellers
and comics. She is currently touring her one woman
show, “Nancy Drewinsky and the
Search for the
Missing Letter”, a show about how
her family coped
with anti-Semitism and governmental
persecution
during America’s McCarthy period.
Robin was awarded the J. J. Reneaux Emerging
Artist Grant Award, and the Oracle
Award from the
National Storytelling Network. She
has also received
7 SU-CASA grants from the Borough
of Brooklyn
and New York City. She received her BFA at the
Professional Actor Training Program
of New York
University.
---
robbady (at) gmail.com
79) Sally Pomme Clayton (UK).
Storytelling:
Starting
at
4:30pm (India time), Sat 25th Feb.
11am (UK time), Sat 25th Feb.
6am
(Canada and USA Eastern time), Sat 25th Feb.
---
Hybrid
session -- Online (Zoom) and in-person
at
British Council, Chennai.
Story titles
are here.
---
"I will be telling ‘Ash Lad’ – a male version
of the Cinderella variant created by me from
several Scandinavian, East European and
Russian sources. Exploring grief,
death
and transformation. Along with
looking at
multiple variants of this type of tale."
---
sallypommeclayton (at) hotmail.com
80) Samatha Sharma (Chennai).
Workshop:
"Bringing Alive Indian Mythology".
Starting
at
Noon
(India time), Sun 26th Feb.
1:30am (Canada and USA Eastern time),
Sun 26th Feb.
---
We will look at ten different styles
of Indian narrating
and storytelling methods. For examples: the cryptic
style, the recursive style,
etc. We will play-act three
different storytelling styles for
fun and learning. The
storylines of these three
storytellings will be available
as pdf files here. If possible, please take a look at
these files before the session.
---
https://therapybysamatha.mystrikingly.com
samatha.express (at) gmail.com
81) Shan S.
(Chennai).
Workshop:
"Business
Storytelling".
The flyer is here.
Starting
at
10:30am (India time), Sat 4th Feb.
12:01am (Canada and USA Eastern
time), Sat 4th Feb.
---
The workshop is described here.
---
https://www.artworkshoponline.com
https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Chennai.html#Shan
artworkshop (at) gmail.com
82) Shifa Mustafa (Chennai).
Workshop
with other members of MAST
(Madras Association of
Storytellers):
"Ways of
Dramatising Storytelling".
Starting
at
9:30pm (India time), Fri 17th Feb.
11am (Canada and USA Eastern time), Fri 17th Feb.
---
1) "Home Tweet Home", Geethanjali Javed.
Using Kamishibai paper-theatre boxes, as
storytellers we can inculcate STEM-based
knowledge to children (STEM = Science,
Technology, Engineering, Math).
Geethanjali
Javed will teach about the unique types of
nests birds build through an original story told
the Kamishibai way – and will coach participants
to develop their own STEM-related Kamishibai
storytellings.
--
2) "Data, Fate-ah!", Zarin Maraikayar.
AI and BI have become the order of the day.
(AI = Artificial Intelligence. BI
= Business Intelligence).
To remove all the hype and to make sure children
understand the concept of data in a fun-filled way,
we present a puppet show – and suggest ways you
can do so also!
--
3) "Special Parenting", Renu Mira.
Tips and tricks for parenting special children. To
increase awareness in parents about the needs
of the children for attention and interaction.
--
4) "Tenali Raman", Mohana Krishnan.
Mohana Krishnan presents a story as Tenali
Raman in today's world in 2023 – and explains
ways you can do something similar!
--
5) "Sherherzada", Shifa Mustafa.
Sherherzada has a conversation with the present
world.
Participants will be coached to converse
as their favorite story characters.
---
shifa26 (at) gmail.com
83) Shital Ravi (Mumbai).
Workshop:
"Storytelling and ADHD".
Starting
at
6:30pm
(India time), Sat 4th Feb.
8am
(Canada and USA Eastern time), Sat 4th Feb.
---
Ms Shital would be demonstrating
storytelling
techniques for telling to people
who have the condition.
Workshop outline:
1) What is ADHD (and could a more
positive name be found)?
2) Telling TO people who have the
condition.
3) Telling BY people who have the
condition.
---
https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Mumbai.html#Shital
shital (at) dishaforu.com
84) Shivani Dhillion (Chandigarh).
Workshop:
"Storytelling and Autism".
Starting
at
9:30pm
(India time), Sat 10th Feb.
11am
(Canada and USA Eastern time), Fri 10th Feb.
---
Ms Shivani would be demonstrating
storytelling
techniques for telling to people
who have the condition.
Workshop outline:
1) What is autism?
2) Telling TO people who have the
condition.
3) Telling BY people who have the
condition.
Notes from Audra.
Notes from Eric.
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shivani.dhillon03 (at) gmail.com
https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Chandigarh.html#Shivani
85) Shyama Sridharan
(Chennai).
Workshop:
"The Art of Immersive Storytelling through
Mime and
Ventriloquism".
Starting
at
3:30pm
(India time), Sat 4th Feb.
5am
(Canada and USA Eastern time), Sat 4th Feb.
---
This
workshop will explore the use of Mime and
Ventriloquism
in Storytelling. Workshop facilitator
Shyama
Sridharan will demonstrate the power of
Mime
and Ventriloquism in Storytelling, and will
explain
about and teach some of these techniques.
Participants
will have opportunities to put these
techniques
into practice in Breakout Rooms
and
also in entire-group discussions and sharings.
---
https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Chennai.html#Shyama
shyamasri66 (at) gmail.com
86) Simran
Nagwani
(Mumbai), and Sonia
Bareja (Portugal).
Workshop:
"Are you Mindful or Mindfull? Let's Decode
the Art of Storytelling, and Mindfulness
(Version
3.0)!"
Starting
at
3:30pm
(India time), Sun 19th Feb.
10am
(Portugal time), Sun 19th Feb.
5am (Canada and USA Eastern time), Sun
19th Feb.
---
Let's decode the Art of Storytelling,
and Mindfulness!
This is our 3rd CSF workshop in the
series of practising
the art of Mindfulness for effective
Storytelling.
Storytelling as we all know is a powerful way to
connect with people, look deep inside
our soul, and heal.
And if one does this in a mindful
setting then it helps one
to connect with one's intuition as well.
We will embrace and learn this beautiful practice
especially through the lens of our daily
routine.
---
https://www.facebook.com/pg/WOFSTORIES/groups
https://www.facebook.com/simran.nagwani.3
https://instagram.com/worldofstories_simran
simrannagwani2242
(at) gmail.com
87) Smita Rajan (Mumbai).
Workshop:
"The Body as
an Aide in Storytelling and
Expression".
Starting
at
5pm (India time), Fri 10th Feb.
6:30am (Canada and USA Eastern
time), Fri 10th Feb.
---
This workshop will approach
storytelling as whole-bodied
expression. We will be using gestures and other non-
verbal synchronised movements and
expressions of the
body to narrate stories and
discover paths to recovery
and healing. The participants will be invited to create a
dialogue between awareness and
action. The facilitator,
a classical Indian dancer and
Dance-movement Therapy
practitioner, will apply concepts
from the NatyaShastra
and AbhinayaDarpanam to create
elements of the workshop.
---
https://www.linkedin.com/in/smitarajan29
https://www.instagram.com/smitarajan29
https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Mumbai.html#Smita
smita1752 (at) gmail.com
88) Sonia Bareja (New
Delhi) and Simran
Nagwani (Mumbai)
1
Storytelling:
Facilitating
the Hindi Storytelling
Session,
Starting at
4pm (India
time), Sat 4th Feb.
5:30am (Canada
and USA Eastern time), Sat 4th Feb.
Please contact Ms Sonia for the
Zoom Link.
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2
Workshop:
"Are you Mindful or Mindfull? Let's Decode
the Art of Storytelling, and Mindfulness
(Version
3.0)"
Starting
at
3:30pm
(India time), Sun 19th Feb.
10am
(Portugal time), Sun 19th Feb.
5am (Canada and USA Eastern time), Sun
19th Feb.
---
Let's decode the Art of Storytelling,
and Mindfulness!
This is our 3rd CSF workshop in the
series of practising
the art of Mindfulness for effective
Storytelling.
Storytelling as we all know is a powerful way to
connect with people, look deep inside
our soul, and heal.
And if one does this in a mindful
setting then it helps one
to connect with one's intuition as well.
We will embrace and learn this beautiful practice
especially through the lens of our daily
routine.
----------------------------------------------
Facebook, Pied Piper Sonia
Facebook, Sonia Bareja Punhani
Linked In, Sonia Bareja Punhani
https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Delhi.html#Sonia
soniabareja76 (at)
gmail.com
89) Sowmya
Srinivasan (Coimbatore).
1
Workshop:
"Life Story
Mandala".
Starting
at
10:30am
(India time), Sat 11th Feb.
12:01am
(Canada and USA Eastern time), Sat 11th Feb.
---
If possible please bring:
1) Plain blank paper (5 sheets).
2) A pen or pencil.
3) Coloured pencils, or crayons.
4)
Something with which you could make a circle on paper.
Participants
will be invited to get in touch with their
personal
life-stories with the help of a traditional tale.
Participants
will hear a traditional folktale and through
this
tale they will be invited to explore and connect
with
four stages (which could also be considered
as
archetypes) as proposed by Carl Jung: The
Athelete,
the Warrior, the Statement, and the Spirit.
Participants will be encouraged to dive
into their
own
lives and -- in response to the story heard and
the
stories they have lived (their own lives) -- imagine
and
capture images and metaphors. The
participants
will
be invited to place these elements in a Mandala,
a
sacred circle (a kind of "response art" in this instance).
The
participants could in this way create a visual
capture
of their lives through the lens of the four
stages.
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2
Healing Story Circle:
With other members of the
Indian
Storytellers Healing Network.
Starting at
5pm (India time), Sun 5th Feb.
6:30am (Canada and USA Eastern time), Sun 5th Feb.
---
Facebook, ISHN
ishnlightinguphearts
(at) gmail.com
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Facebook, Sowmya
Srinivasan
Facebook, SoulSpace Storytell
https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Bangalore.html#Sowmya
sowmya03 (at) gmail.com
90) Sree Karuna (Vishakapatnam).
Storytelling:
Facilitating
the Multiple Indian Languages Storytelling
Session,
Starting at
3pm (India
time), Sun 26th Feb.
4:30am (Canada
and USA Eastern time), Sun 26th Feb.
Please contact Ms Sree for the
Zoom Link.
---
sreekaruna.g
(at) gmail.com
91) Sristi Sengupta (Kolkata).
Workshop:
"Stories and Self through Tibetan Literature,
Especially Appreciating the Contributions of
Guru
Rinpoche".
Starting
at
Noon
(India time), Sat 25th Feb.
1:30am (Canada and USA Eastern time),
Sat 25th Feb.
---
What did Guru Rinpoche mean when he
said,
"You can be happy in this life and
joyful in the next"?
This question perplexed me for quite
some time. Then
I began to look at the self as the
window to deciding
what is temporary and what is permanent.
This workshop will help to determine:
1) how our own stories have birthed and
broken that
window,
2) what we individually consider as the
self, and
3) how elasticity can help the mind.
---
sristisgofficial (at) gmail.com
92) Srividya
Veeraraghavan (Chennai).
Storytelling:
Starting
at
11am (India time), Sun 19th Feb.
12:30am
(Canada and USA Eastern time), Sun 19th Feb.
---
Hybrid session -- Online (Zoom)
and in-person
at Anna
Centennial Library, Chennai.
Story titles
are here.
---
https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Chennai.html#Srividya
Facebook, Story Train
storytrain (at) yahoo.com
93) Sudha Umashanker
(Chennai).
1
Storytelling:
Facilitating
the Tamil Storytelling Session,
Starting at
3:30pm (India time), Sun 12th Feb.
5am
(Canada and USA Eastern time), Sun 12th Feb.
Please contact Ms Sudha for the Zoom Link.
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2
Storytelling:
Starting
at
5:30pm (India time), Sat 25th Feb.
Noon (UK time), Sat 25th Feb.
7am
(Canada and USA Eastern time), Sat 25th Feb.
---
Hybrid
session -- Online (Zoom) and in-person
at
British Council, Chennai.
Story titles
are here.
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3
Workshop:
"How to Find Stories in Your Backyard and
Prepare Them for Telling".
Starting
at
9am
(India time), Sun 26th Feb.
10:30pm (Canada and USA Eastern time), Sat 25th Feb.
---
Where are all the stories? This is a question that is
uppermost in the minds of many
storytellers. Are
stories found only in collections of
fables, fairy tales,
folk tales, and in our mythology and
scriptures,
among other places? Or can you unearth stories
in your vicinity and community? Stories about
people, places, institutions, heritage
and tourist
spots, or even statues ?
This workshop helps you to jog your brain to
identify story possibilities in your
community, and
also gives you pointers regarding ways
to build
and flesh out the story once you have
zeroed in
on a story idea right from your own
backyard.
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https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Chennai.html#Sudha
Facebook, Sudha
Umashanker
Linked In, Sudha Umashanker
Facebook, Storycorner-at-Bookmine
sudha.umashanker (at) gmail.com
94) Surekha Dey (Wayanad, Kerala).
Workshop:
"Ways Storytelling can Impact Brain
Development in the First Three Years of Life
in Relation to Cognitive, Social-Emotional,
and Language Development".
---
The
flyer is here.
---
Starting
at
3:30pm
(India time), Sat 18th Feb.
5am (Canada and USA Eastern time), Sat
18th Feb.
---
Spoken and written language development
– continuous
developmental journeys – begin in early
infancy. Intimately
linked to interactive and experiential
processes of discovery
from birth to 3 years, this development
is shaped by a child's
earliest experiences with books and
stories. Listening and
speaking skills, and reading and writing
skills develop
simultaneously. The first 100 days of learning are vital for
a child’s journey through life.
The workshop introduces participants to storytelling
pathways that support and accelerate
learning, meta-cognition,
and creativity. These pathways are essential for both spoken
and written language development of a
child as well as for
social-emotional learning.
---
dey002 (at) gmail.com
95) Susan Perrow (near
Sydney, Australia).
Workshop:
"Lighting the Way Forward: Creating Imaginative
Story Journeys to Address Environmental and
Global
Crises".
Starting
at
9am (India time), Sat 4th Feb.
2:30pm (Australia NSW time), Sat
4th Feb.
10:30pm (Canada and USA Eastern
time), Fri 3rd Feb.
---
In this workshop Susan will explore
the power of metaphor
and story in local, national and
global crises. The group will
be invited to participate in
creating ‘active hope’ stories
through the use of mind-maps and
story boards. Please
bring a sketch pad and
crayons/pens.
---
96) Thenmozhi S.
(Chennai).
Storytelling:
Starting
at
11:40am (India time), Sun 19th Feb.
1:10am
(Canada and USA Eastern time), Sun 19th Feb.
---
Hybrid session -- Online (Zoom)
and in-person
at Anna Centennial
Library, Chennai.
Story titles
are here.
---
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdyR02mHr_kK2SlZ737ODsw/featured
honeymozhi84 (at) gmail.com
97) Tim Sheppard (UK).
Storytelling:
Starting
at
5:30pm (India time), Sat 25th Feb.
Noon (UK time), Sat 25th Feb.
7am
(Canada and USA Eastern time), Sat 25th Feb.
---
Hybrid
session -- Online (Zoom) and in-person
at
British Council, Chennai.
Story titles
are here.
---
https://www.facebook.com/timsheppard
story (at) timsheppard.co.uk
98) Trish Denton
(Vermont).
Workshop:
"Parallel Narratives:
Using Metaphor
and Magic to Transform Life Stories".
Starting
at
6:30pm (India time), Fri 3rd Feb.
8am (Canada and USA Eastern time),
Fri 3rd Feb.
---
Parallel Narratives combine
fortune telling,
symbolism,
and folklore to guide participants
through
a perspective-shifting experience. In
this
90-minute interactive workshop, we will
use
magic and metaphor to transform our
personal
narratives. Vermont-based performing
artist
and storyteller Trish Denton will introduce
the
group to the tradition of oral storytelling
through
mindful facilitation, exploratory exercises,
and
improvisation. Be prepared to listen, speak
up,
and experiment with elaboration through
collaboration.
Bring your willingness to explore,
a
notebook and a pen!
---
https://parallelnarratives.org
narrativeparallels (at) gmail.com
99) Tu Raa (Tuaratini) (New Zealand).
Workshop:
"Storytelling of an
Indigenous People of the
Moana (Pacific) Ocean Area –
Introducing
MANA (Spiritual Power) and
PE’E (Chant)".
Starting
at
9am
(India time), Sat 25th Feb.
4:30pm
(New Zealand time), Sat 25th Feb.
10:30pm (Canada and USA Eastern time),
Sat 25th Feb.
---
Take the journey across the vast ocean
with Tuaratini
as she introduces you to the
storytelling of a Moana
(Pacific) Ocean people. Step into the Storytelling Va
(Sacred Space) and explore the MANA
(Spiritual
Power) of storytellers, and how we can
collaborate
to create meaningful connections through
stories.
---
https://tinyurl.com/Pacific-Storytelling-article
tuaratini (at) gmail.com
100) Usha Venkatraman (Mumbai,
India).
Workshop:
"Churning – Within and Around: Working
with Stories about Courageous Women
Who Challenged
Tradition".
Starting
at
3:30pm
(India time), Sun 26th Feb.
5am (Canada and USA Eastern time), Sun
26th Feb.
---
We would be working with the stories of 1) Surpanaka
(from the Ramayana); and 2) Chitrangada (from the
Mahabharata, and "Tale of a Warrior Princess" by
Rabindranath Tagore).
These ancient Indian
stories of blood and transformation
would be told by speech and song.
Through discussion
and creative activities, participants might experience the
magic of ways myth and reality can coalesce. This interactive
session is suitable for all adults who wish to unearth the power
within.
---
Profile
of Usha Venkatraman
https://www.ushavenkatraman.com
usha.venkatraman.stories (at) gmail.com
101) Vithya Dhanaraj (Chennai).
Storytelling:
Starting
at
Noon (India time), Sun 19th Feb.
1:30am
(Canada and USA Eastern time), Sun 19th Feb.
---
Hybrid session -- Online (Zoom)
and in-person
at Anna
Centennial Library, Chennai.
Story titles
are here.
---
Vithya is a professional
storyteller, kids enthusiast,
theatre trainer, and budding writer
who weaves
together any complex topic into an
interesting story.
She is the founder of S4STORIES-my
little story
crumbs and runs a Book Reading
programme
called TED Series. Her motto is to
bring positive
change to the world through stories
and enable
the future generation to be self
taught.
A nature lover who promotes
environment and
culture through her stories. She is
closely
associated with National Green Cops
and performs
at public libraries, government
schools, public
spaces and Story Fests. She is also
associated
with Apollo Cancer Hospitals caring
for the affected
young children.
Her recent venture Mittai Kathaigal - short
Tamil
story series on Youtube is enjoyed
by many
audiences from young to old getting
hooked to
her expressions and voice
modulations.
She also works with Radio5ve and
has been
featured in many articles for her creative work.
Slum project is another milestone
of her journey
where she has adopted kids from the
slum and
has successfully taught them to be
self sustainable
through book reading and
storytelling. She is a very
active member of the Federation of
Asian Storytellers
(FEAST), and is one of the authors
of the FEAST
Anthology, “His Roar and
Squeak". She has written
many stories, and has been featured
in articles in
magazines and newspapers such as
Vikatan,
Thinathanthi, and The Hindu.
---
Facebook, Vithya
Dhanaraj
Facebook, S4Stories
https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Chennai.html#Vithya
vithyad (at) gmail.com
102) Wangari Grace
(Kenya).
Storytelling:
Starting
at
11:20am (India time), Sun 19th Feb.
8:50am (Kenya time), Sun 19th Feb.
12:50am
(Canada and USA Eastern time), Sun 19th Feb.
---
Hybrid session -- Online (Zoom)
and in-person
at Anna
Centennial Library, Chennai.
Story titles
are here.
---
https://www.wangarithestoryteller.co.ke
wangari.storytelling (at) gmail.com
103) Zarin Maraikayar
(Chennai).
Workshop
with other members of MAST
(Madras Association of
Storytellers):
"Ways of
Dramatising Storytelling".
Starting
at
9:30pm (India time), Fri 17th Feb.
11am (Canada and USA Eastern time), Fri 17th Feb.
---
1) "Home Tweet Home", Geethanjali Javed.
Using Kamishibai paper-theatre boxes, as
storytellers we can inculcate STEM-based
knowledge to children (STEM = Science,
Technology, Engineering, Math).
Geethanjali
Javed will teach about the unique types of
nests birds build through an original story told
the Kamishibai way – and will coach participants
to develop their own STEM-related Kamishibai
storytellings.
--
2) "Data, Fate-ah!", Zarin Maraikayar.
AI and BI have become the order of the day.
(AI = Artificial Intelligence. BI = Business Intelligence).
To remove all the hype and to make sure children
understand the concept of data in a fun-filled way,
we present a puppet show – and suggest ways you
can do so also!
--
3) "Special Parenting", Renu Mira.
Tips and tricks for parenting special children. To
increase awareness in parents about the needs
of the children for attention and interaction.
--
4) "Tenali Raman", Mohana Krishnan.
Mohana Krishnan presents a story as Tenali
Raman in today's world in 2023 – and explains
ways you can do something similar!
--
5) "Sherherzada", Shifa Mustafa.
Sherherzada has a conversation with the present
world. Participants will be
coached to converse
as their favorite story characters.
---
https://www.facebook.com/tellatalecorner
https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Chennai.html#Zarin
fathimazarin12 (at) gmail.com
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Three Hybrid storytelling
events --
One could attend these sessions
in-person or via Zoom.
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Goethe Institute
(Chennai), Sat 11th Feb.
Hybrid Storytelling session
(one could attend in-person or via Zoom)
--
1) Pretigaya
Haran (in-person). 4:30pm India
time.
"The Pink Refrigerator"
(by Tim Egan).
2) Britta
Wilmsmeier (in Germany, via Zoom). 4:50pm India time. 12:20pm Germany
time.
"The Boy and the Monster
Kholomodumo"
(a folktale from Botswana).
3) Annapoorani
Barani (in-person). 5:10pm India
time.
"Laughter Heals"
(an original creative story).
4) Lalitha
Thilak (in-person). 5:30pm India
time.
"Sabari"
(a rare and little-known tale in the Ramayana).
5) Marina
Granlund (in Sweden, via Zoom). 5:50pm India time. 1:20pm Sweden time.
"Näcken and the Fiddler"
(Näcken is a shape-shifting
water-spirit) (a Swedish folktale).
6) Jasmina
Žiljak Ilinčić (in Croatia, via Zoom). 6:10pm India time. 1:40pm Croatia time.
"Crane's Return of a Favour"
(a Japanese folktale).
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Anna Centennial
Library (Chennai), Sun 19th Feb.
Hybrid Storytelling session
(one could attend in-person or via Zoom)
--
1) Srividya
Veeraraghavan (in-person). 11:00am
India time.
"How Hanuman Realised His Power"
(an episode of the Ramayana).
2) Wangari
Grace (in Kenya, via Zoom).
11:20am India time. 8:50am Kenya
time.
"Building a Nest"
(a folktale).
3) Thenmozhi
S. (in-person). 11:40am India time.
"Rabbit Listened"
(by Cory Doerrfield, and adapted by
the Storyteller).
4) Vithya
Dhanaraj (in-person). 12 Noon India
time.
"Freedom: A Different
Perspective"
(by Udaya Shankar).
5) Renu
Narayan (in-person). 12:20pm India
time.
"The Transformation of a Robber
into Adikavi"
(a mythological story about Sage
Valmiki, the author of the Ramayana).
6)
Nilguen
Yalay (in New Zealand, via Zoom). 12:40pm India time. 8:10pm New Zealand time.
"La
Calavera, Grandmother Death"
(a
Mexican folktale).
To
attend via Zoom, no pre-registration is needed.
Please just click on this Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/7849176338
To attend in-person at the Library,
please just come! No pre-registration is needed.
The
Flyer is here.
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British Council
(Chennai), Sat 25th Feb.
Hybrid Storytelling session
(one could attend in-person or via Zoom)
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1) Sally
Pomme Clayton (in UK, via Zoom). 4:30pm India time. 11:00am UK time.
"Ash Lad"
(a male variant of the Cinderella-type
story, created from
Scandinavian, Russian, and East
European sources).
2) Sudha
Umashanker (in-person). 4:50pm India
time.
"The Three Fishes" and "How the
Sparrow Avenged the Elephant"
(Panchatantra stories).
3) Ambujavalli
N (in-person) and Debjani
Bhaduri (in-person). 5:10pm India
time.
"Chitrangada"
(from the Mahabharata,
and "Tale of a Warrior Princess" by Rabindranath Tagore).
4) Tim
Sheppard (in UK, via Zoom).
5:30pm India time. 12 Noon UK
time.
"The Joys of Life"
(a folktale).
5) Geethanjali
Javed (in-person). 5:50pm India
time.
"The Princess and the Rabbi"
(a Jewish folktale).
6) Angela
Halvorsen Bogo (in Norway, via Zoom). 6:10pm India time. 1:40pm Norway time.
"Warmth of the Fire"
(a folktale).
To
attend via Zoom, no pre-registration is needed.
Please just click on this Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/7849176338
To attend in-person at the British
Council, pre-registration is needed.
Please register here.
The Flyer is here.
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Springboard
Tales (Chennai).
Workshop:
"Various Methods of Storytelling, and
Activities Listeners Could Do After
Storytellings".
Starting
at
5pm (India time), Sun 19th Feb.
6:30am (Canada and USA Eastern time), Sun 19th Feb.
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Participating Members:
1) Ambujavalli
N. (Chennai).
2) Banumathy
H. (Chennai).
3) Debjani
Bhaduri (Chennai).
4)
Kaanchan
Prashanth (Chennai).
5)
Pretigaya
Haran (Chennai).
6) Priya
Palanikumar (Chennai).
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This workshop presents demonstrations of
storytelling
methods such as, 1) Tandem, 2)
Theatrical, 3) Through
poetry, and 4) Weaving personal
narratives with folktales.
However, the storytelling experience need not stop with
just the telling of stories. What we do after a story is shared
can also be very important. Thus, participants in this
workshop would be coached in activities
the listeners
could be invited to do after they hear
and see storytellings.
Through these activities, listeners
could churn and stir
within themselves the feelings and
thoughts brought on
by storytellings.
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https://www.facebook.com/springboardtales
springboardtales (at) gmail.com
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MAST
(Madras Association of Storytellers)
Workshop:
"Ways
of Dramatising Storytelling".
Starting
at
9:30pm (India time), Fri 17th Feb.
11am (Canada and USA Eastern time), Fri 17th Feb.
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Participating Members:
1) Geethanjali
Javed (Chennai).
2) Zarin
Maraikayar (Chennai).
3) Renu Mira
(Chennai).
4) Mohan
Krishnan (Chennai).
5) Shifa
Mustafa (Chennai).
6) R. Padma
(Chennai).
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1) "Home Tweet Home", Geethanjali Javed.
Using Kamishibai paper-theatre boxes, as
storytellers we can inculcate STEM-based
knowledge to children (STEM = Science,
Technology, Engineering, Math).
Geethanjali
Javed will teach about the unique types of
nests birds build through an original story told
the Kamishibai way – and will coach participants
to develop their own STEM-related Kamishibai
storytellings.
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2) "Data, Fate-ah!", Zarin Maraikayar.
AI and BI have become the order of the day.
(AI = Artificial Intelligence. BI
= Business Intelligence).
To remove all the hype and to make sure children
understand the concept of data in a fun-filled way,
we present a puppet show – and suggest ways you
can do so also!
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3) "Special Parenting", Renu Mira.
Tips and tricks for parenting special children. To
increase awareness in parents about the needs
of the children for attention and interaction.
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4) "Tenali Raman", Mohana Krishnan.
Mohana Krishnan presents a story as Tenali
Raman in today's world in 2023 – and explains
ways you can do something similar!
--
5) "Sherherzada", Shifa Mustafa.
Sherherzada has a conversation with the present
world. Participants will be
coached to converse
as their favorite story characters.
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mastkatha (at) gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/Madrasassociationofstorytellers
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Indian Storytellers Healing Network.
Healing Story Circle.
Starting at
5pm (India time), Sun 5th Feb.
6:30am (Canada and USA Eastern time), Sun 5th Feb.
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Participating Members:
1) Geetanjali Shetty Kaul (Mumbai).
2) Jyoti Pande (Bhopal).
3) Poonam Joshy (Bangalore).
4) Ramya Iyer (Bangalore).
5) Sowmya Srinivasan (Coimbatore).
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Facebook, ISHN
ishnlightinguphearts
(at) gmail.com
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The
KathaKrafters.
Storytelling:
"Interwoven India".
Stories
about the unique weaves and patterns from
the
looms of India.
Starting
at
9:30pm
(India time), Sun 5th Feb.
11am
(Canada and USA Eastern time),
Sun 5th Feb.
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Participating Members:
1) Anagha
Prasad.
3) Meera
Venkatesan.
4) Parvathy
Eswaran.
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Facebook, KathaKrafters
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No, We Won't Shut Up!
A
women's storytelling group
(facilitated
by Robin
Bady).
Storytelling:
Starting
at
6:30pm (India time), Sat 18th Feb.
8am
(Canada and USA Eastern time), Sat 18th Feb.
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There’s a lot going on that’s wrong in the world
today, and these women have something to say
about it!
No, We Won’t Shut Up
features riveting,
timely, and personal storytelling relating to
issues such as sexual assault, abortion, gay
rights, anti-Asian racism, and choosing one’s
own path in the face of family opposition.
The show includes a rotating
cast of funny,
fierce, talented, and sought-after female
performers. Emceed by Robin
Bady with
music by Valentina Ortiz, this ensemble
includes Rhonda Hansome, Megan Hicks,
Nancy Wang, Jessica Robinson, and Kelli
Dunham.
The Storytellers' bio-data is here.
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robbady (at) gmail.com
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