Chennai Storytelling Festival 2025
Fri 31st Jan, to Sun 23rd Feb 2025
List of Presenters with Timings, etc
Festival Homepage.
The Festival's two
themes are:
Storytelling and
1) "Growing, Maturing, and Transforming".
and
2) "Environment". Considering ways
the
place one is in may affect one's thoughts
and mood.
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A) "Landscapes" –
For examples:
i) Tamil culture identifies five landscapes,
each of which corresponds to a stage
in a married couple's relationship.
Including:
"Seashore" (relating to the couple's
separation, because one partner might
be away on a sea journey), and
"Mountain Forests" (relating to the couple's
joyful reunion).
ii) In Indian culture in general, "Forests"
are often thought of as places for meditation.
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B) Being –
i) In a City, in a Town, in the Countryside,
at Sea, on an Island, away from the Earth,
in a Dream, etc.
ii) Indoors or Outdoors
iii) Offline or Online.
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In the below,
Yellow background indicates Storytelling for
adults.
Green backbround indicates Storytelling
for/by/with Children.
Timings are in India time unless otherwise noted.
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List of Presenters with Timings, etc (107)
(In alphabetical order.)
1) Ambika Arunachalam (Chennai).
Workshop.
"Exploring Logical Reasoning and
Emotional Intelligence through Storytelling".
Starting on Fri 7 Feb
at 5:00pm.
(90-minute segment.)
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Workshop
Description
In this Workshop,
participants will be led through
story-based reasoning activities designed to increase
the participants'
abilities to connect with their emotions.
We will explore the
complementary qualities of logic
and emotion through telling and listening
to stories.
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The Workshop Poster is here.
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ambika.arunachalam (at) gmail.com
2) Ambujavalli
N. (Chennai).
1
Workshop.
"Story Alchemy: Tweaking Tales to Fit
Any Context".
Starting on Thurs 13 Feb at 6:30pm.
(90-minute segment.)
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Workshop Description
In this hands-on workshop, you'll
discover the
art of Story Alchemy – the process of
refining
and adapting stories. You'll explore ways to
take any story, whether it’s your own
personal
experience, a folktale, or an original
story you've
created, and shape it to fit various
requirements
and audiences. Whether you’re telling stories
to children, teenagers, adults, or all
three, you'll
learn ways to tweak your tales to make
them
more engaging, meaningful, and
memorable.
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2
Storytelling.
Starting on Fri 14 Feb at 7:10pm.
With C.
Mangalam Senthil.
(20-minute segment.)
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Story Title:
"The Divine Consorts' Candid
Chat".
(An original story based on Hindu
scriptures and
stories. A conversation between Parvathy, the
consort of Lord Shiva; and
Lakshmi, the consort
of Lord Vishnu.)
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https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Chennai.html#Ambuja
Facebook page
nambujavalli (at) gmail.com
3) Anagha Prasad (Bangalore).
1
Storytelling for adults.
Starting on Sat 1 Feb at 2:00pm.
(20-minute segment.)
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Story Title:
"The
Flowering Tree" (a folktale from Karnataka).
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2
Storytelling
by the Kathakrafters.
Starting on Sun 2 Feb at 4:30pm.
(60-minute segment.)
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Session Title:
"She Soars
– Stories of Success".
The Story of Kalpana Saroj:
"Against All Odds".
The Story of Adelle Archer:
"Diamonds are Forever".
The Story of Marion O’Brien
Donovan: "Necessity
is the Mother of Invention".
Each of these women responded to
a need, but each
with a different motivation and a
different path to
success. We hope to bring out not just their journeys
but also how they related to
people and those people's
lives.
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4) Anuradha Ragunandhan
(Chennai).
Storytelling
for and by Children, OFFLINE in
Chennai,
with Divya
Vijayakumar.
Sat 1 Feb –
Pallikaranai, 11:00am-12:30pm, Storytelling by Children.
The poster is here.
Adambakkam, 5:00pm-6:30pm, Storytelling for Children.
The poster is here.
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https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Chennai.html#Anuradha
storyclouds81 (at) gmail.com
5) Aparna Athreya (Bangalore).
Workshop:
"Understanding Mountains through
Stories".
Starting on Sat 1 Feb at 8:30pm.
(90-minute segment.)
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Workshop Description
This Workshop will provide an opportunity
to explore
mountains as an archetype and symbol,
and the
various ideas and emotions people
associate with
mountains. We will also explore facial expressions,
gestures, and other body language – and
figures of
speech and tones of voice – that can be
used when
telling about mountains.
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http://www.facebook.com/kiddywiki
https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Bangalore.html#Aparna
aparnaathreya (at) gmail.com
6) Audra Sisak (Seattle).
Workshop.
"Storytelling
and Autism: Focus on Practical Issues
of Telling and
Listening". For people of all ages.
Starting on
Sat 22 Feb at 9:00am (India time), same
as
Fri 21 Feb at 7:30pm (USA
and Canada Pacific time).
(90-minute segment.)
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Regarding autism:
Notes from Audra.
Notes from Eric.
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Workshop
Description
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https://seattlestorytellers.org
https://seattlestorytellers.org/ssg/about.html
audrasisak (at) gmail.com
7) Ayushi
Agrawal (Bangalore).
1
Workshop:
"Emergent Stories: Stories Coming Alive
Through
the Arts".
Starting on Sat 22 Feb
at 10:30am.
(90-minute segment.)
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Workshop Description
This Workshop would be an
"expressive arts" experience,
based on embodiment, presence, and
expression of what
is alive for participants. There would be individual and
group activities to help the
stories emerge. The stories
could relate to participants'
personal experiences, or could
exist fully in realms of
fantasy. The stories could be based
on themes and metaphors that might
emerge for participants
as they would engage in movement,
music, art, drama, and
guided mindfulness-related
activities. No prior experience
with any arts is necessary. All that is needed from participants
is interest, curiosity, and senses
of exploration and play.
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Please be in a
comfortable space and wear comfortable
clothing, suitable to
moving around – including a scarf or
dupatta if you might
like. Have water to drink near by. Also,
please bring paper to write
and draw on, and colours.
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2
Storytelling for adults.
Starting on Sun 23 Feb at 11:30am.
(20-minute segment.)
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Story Title:
"Leela's Inner
Voice" (a fictional story created by the Storyteller).
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ayushiagrawal764 (at) gmail.com
8) Banumathy H.
(Coimbatore).
1
Workshop.
"Recall, Reflect, Resonate: Enhancing
Storytelling with Pre- and Post-Storytelling
Activities".
Starting on Sunday 9 Feb at
2:30pm.
(90-minute segment.)
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Workshop Description
This Workshop explores engaging
activities to
enhance storytelling experiences.
Participants
will learn techniques to help the
listener deepen
their connection to stories, using
thoughtful pre-
storytelling preparations and reflective
post-
storytelling exercises that spark
creativity, insight,
and emotional engagement. Perfect for
educators,
storytellers, and anyone looking to
elevate their
storytelling skills.
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Storytelling for adults.
Starting on Sun 23 Feb at 10:30am.
(20-minute segment.)
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Story Title:
"The Old
Woman and Death" (a Hungarian folktale).
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https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Chennai.html#Banumathy
https://www.facebook.com/FablesnTales
st.banumathy81 (at) gmail.com
9) Bhargavi Kumaran
(Bangalore).
Storytelling for adults.
Starting on Sun 2 Feb at 11:50am.
(20-minute segment.)
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Story Title:
"Where the
Gods Lie" (a fictionalized interpretation
of the
storyteller's research into the Tamil folk gods,
focusing on the
folk gods' ritual connections to the
five
landscapes).
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authorbkmrn (at) gmail.com
10) Bruce Kirchoff
(North Carolina).
Workshop:
"Group
Improvisational-Storytelling".
Starting on Sunday 16 Feb at
7:00pm (India time) / 8:30am (North Carolina time).
(90-minute segment.)
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Workshop
Description
How
do we heal a polarized world? . . . Through
stories!
. . . We tell group improvised stories to
overcome
the fragmentation and incoherence of
modern
life. We tell them to build 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 as each person
contributes
the next small part of the story. Each new
piece
continues the narrative while the narrative
supports
the group and provides a framework through
which
we connect around a common theme.
This
workshop introduces group improvisational-
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. Please come prepared to listen,
and to
be
changed.
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https://tellitlikeitisimprov.com
https://www.facebook.com/BKKirchoffStories
kirchoffbruce (at) gmail.com
11) Carol Birch
(Connecticut).
Workshop:
"It's How You Say It!"
Starting on Sat 22 Feb
at
8:30pm (India time) / 10:00am (Connecticut
time).
(90-minute segment.)
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Workshop
Description
From confiding intimacy to bold
declamations,
there's what we say and how we say
it that
leaves listeners thinking:
"She knows that
story 'cause she was there!"
We can get all the
words of a story "right"
and fail to tell it in
an engaging manner. This
occurs when a
storyteller doesn't speak with
a range of perceivable
attitudes. Attitudes
come to life when we're
talking about people
we know and events that
are real to us –
even when it's a
folktale, literary tale, poem,
biography, history,
etc.
"The failure of
modern living is the failure of
the imagination. The
root meaning of the word
imagine is 'to picture to oneself.' In other words,
when we imagine, we
create an inner picture of
something not visible
to our physical eye. One
kind of picture we are
all accustomed to is an
image of something we
have done or witnessed.
This is the visual
aspect of memory. It is not
imagination.
Imagination requires something
more of us. It requires
that we see what we have
NOT seen, what we may
never see, what may
not even exist".
(Julius Lester,
"Re-imagining the Possibilities,"
in The Horn Book,
May/June 2000.)
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https://carolbirchstoryteller.com
carolbirch (at) gmail.com
12) David Heathfield (UK).
Workshop:
"Tell a Child in Gaza's
Tale: Sharing our Humanity".
Starting on Sunday 9 Feb at
7:00pm (India time) / 1:30pm (UK time).
(90-minute segment.)
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Workshop
Description
"Tell a Child in Gaza's Tale" is a worldwide intercultural
storytelling project that seeks to amplify the powerful
voices and celebrate the creative story choices of young
Palestinians.
In this Workshop participants will
1) Learn to retell Malak in Gaza’s short tale about how to
live the best life.
2) Find out how "Tell a Child in Gaza’s Tale" is being
welcomed into homes and learning spaces around the
world and is offering us all opportunities to talk about
Palestine sensitively and humanistically.
3) Hear the deeply felt messages of solidarity that people
of all ages around the world are sending as they enjoy
learning and retelling the stories they have learned from
young people in Gaza
4) Have opportunities to share your thoughts and ask
questions.
Passing on such precious treasures freely given by young
storytellers whose hearts shine on brightly in the deepest
darkness is a simple way for people worldwide to deepen
our understanding and let young Palestinians thrive as
members of our global human family.
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https://davidheathfieldblog.wordpress.com/storytelling
Author of Storytelling With Our Students
David Heathfield's Storytelling Channel
davidheathfield (at) hotmail.co.uk
13) Debjani
Bhaduri (Chennai).
1
Workshop:
"Scripting and Sculpting Characters of
Stories".
Starting on Thurs 20 Feb at 6:30pm.
(90-minute segment.)
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Workshop
Description
Roleplaying is an important tool in a
Storyteller's
tool-kit. However, to effectively play the
roles of
the characters in the stories we need to read,
think, identify the emotions, the attributes
and
the various other features of the characters.
This Workshop would explore techniques that
can be used for characterisation in
storytelling.
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2
Storytelling
for adults.
Starting
on Fri 21 Feb at 6:50pm.
(20-minute
segment.)
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Story
Title:
"The
Ugly Duckling" (Hans Christian Anderson's
story as adapted by
the Storyteller).
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3
Workshop:
"Improv to Improve!",
with Team.
Starting on Sun 23 Feb at 5:30pm.
(90-minute segment.)
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Workshop
Description
This Workshop will assist
participants to
explore the process of
improvisation. The
Workshop will demonstrate ways
improvisation
can improve one's ability to think
on one's
feet – a
terrific boost for one's neurons!
For performers, parents,
educators, and
anyone else who might be
interested
(17 years old and up).
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https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Chennai.html#Debjani
Facebook page
debjani.bhdr (at) gmail.com
14) Denise
McCormack (New Jersey).
Storytelling
for adults.
Starting
on Fri 21 Feb at
7:50pm
(India time) / 9:20am (New Jersey time).
(20-minute
segment.)
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Story
Title:
"The
Wondrous Wood" (a folktale).
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https://patchworkstorytelling.org
magicwords101 (at) gmail.com
15) Despina Ariou (Greece).
Workshop:
"Celebrating Strong Women from the Past
to the Present: Medea and Us".
Starting on Sun 4 May at
6:00pm (India time) /
3:30pm (Greece time).
(90-minute segment.)
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Workshop
Description
Exploring connections
between the archetypal
character, Medea (of
ancient Greece), and our
individual lives.
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despoinaaristeidou (at) outlook.com.gr
16) Diewthy Chandran (Kochi).
Storytelling
for adults.
Starting on Fri 14 Feb at 6:50pm.
(20-minute segment.)
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Story Title:
"Boozo the Sentinel" (a personal-
experience story).
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diewthy
(at) gmail.com
17) Divya Anand (Chennai).
Storytelling
for adults.
Starting
on Fri 31 Jan at 7:10pm
(20-minute
segment.)
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Story
Title:
"The
Angry River" (an original fictional story
created
by the Storyteller).
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https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Chennai.html#Divya
dhivyaanand1110 (at) gmail.com
18) Divya Vijayakumar (Chennai).
Storytelling
for and by Children, OFFLINE in
Chennai.
with Anuradha
Ragunandhan.
Sat 1 Feb –
Pallikaranai, 11:00am-12:30pm, Storytelling by Children.
The poster is here.
Adambakkam, 5:00pm-6:30pm, Storytelling for Children.
The poster is here.
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https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Chennai.html#Divya_V
skilltree1513 (at) gmail.com
19) Ed Lewis (California).
Storytelling
for adults.
Starting
on
Sun 2
Feb at 10:30am (India time), same as
Sat 1
Feb at 9:00pm (California time).
(20-minute
segment.)
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Story
Title:
"Learning
and Unlearning to Hate" (a personal-
experience
story).
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ed-lewis (at) sbcglobal.net
20) Elisa Pearmain (Massachusetts).
Storytelling
for adults.
Starting on Friday 7 Feb at
7:30pm (India time) / 9:00am (Massachusetts).
(20-minute segment.)
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Story Title:
"The Spring of Possibility" (a Korean Folktale).
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elisa (at) wisdomtales.com
21) Elizabeta Alkovic (Croatia).
Talk and Tales, with Marijana
Mrvos (Croatia):
"Croatian Author Ivana Brlic Mazuranic's
Stories, Including Ways She Wove Slavic
Mythology into Her Stories".
Starting on Sat 1 Feb at
4:00pm (India time) /
11:30pm (Croatia time).
(90-minute segment.)
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Session Description
Participants will hear about the life of Croatian
author Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, also known as
the Hans Christain Anderson of Croatia.
One
hundred years later, her stories talk to us, filled
with archetypes and powered by Slavic elements
of nature and myth. A section of
one of her most
beloved stories, "Stibor's Forest", will be told.
Then participants will be invited to role-play, to
engage in one-to-one dialogues with Ivana and/or
her story characters.
Please bring pen and paper, especially if you
might like a wriiten wish of yours to be ganted
by "Domaći".
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elizabeta.alkovic (at) gmail.com
22) Ellen Tannenbaum (New York).
Storytelling
for adults.
Starting
on Fri 14 Feb at
6:30pm
(India time) / 8:00am (New York time).
(20-minute
segment.)
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Story Title:
"The Town of Chelm" (a Jewish folktale).
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storyteller29 (at) gmail.com
23) Eric Miller
(Chennai).
Workshop.
"Ways of Using Storytelling and Drama
for Teaching and Learning; and Oracy
(Learning through Speaking)".
Starting on Sat 15 Feb at
7:00pm.
(90-minute segment.)
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Workshop Info
Notes relating to this
Workshop are here.
A practice recording of part
of this Workshop
is here.
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Eric directs the World Storytelling Institute,
which is the primary presenter of the Chennai
Storytelling Festival.
To give a contribution to
the CSF: if in India, one could give via Gpay
to 9840394282; if outside India, one could give
via PayPal.
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https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Chennai.html#Eric
eric (at) storytellinginstitute.org
24) Geetanjali
Shetty Kaul (Mumbai).
Healing Story Circle
with other members of Circle
of LOVE.
Starting on Sun 2 Feb at 7:00pm.
(90-minute segment.)
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Session Description
Seasons of Transition: Celebrating the Festival
of Vasanth Panchami. Story Circle
of Love will
share a story that delves into the emotions of the
changing season. The Festival
celebrates the
arrival of Spring: a transition from resting, to
blossoming and coming alive. This
will be an
interactive session, with story-sharing, drawing,
poetry-making, and role-playing.
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25) Gerald
Fierst (New Jersey).
Storytelling
for adults.
Starting
on Fri 7 Feb at
6:50pm
(India time) / 8:20am (New York time).
(20-minute
segment.)
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Story Title:
"The
Baal Shem Tov and the Werewolf"
(a
Jewish folktale).
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geraldfierst (at) gmail.com
26) Haritha Kannan
(Chennai).
1
Storytelling for adults.
Starting on Sat 22 Feb at 2:00pm
(20-minute segment.)
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Story Title:
"Hiss, Don't Bite" (an Indian folktale).
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2
Workshop:
"Small Yet Mighty".
Starting on Sun 23 Feb at
2:30pm.
(90-minute segment.)
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Workshop
Description
This Workshop involves
stories that can help young
people face challenges and
maintain optimism and
hope about their futures.
Participants will learn
ways that a story character's
every word, thought, and action
can have an impact
on other story characters,
and on the entire story
world.
Please bring paper and pen,
and drawing materials.
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https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Chennai.html#Haritha
storyvandiharithak (at) gmail.com
27) Heather
Forest (New York).
Storytelling
for adults.
Starting
on Fri 7 Feb at
7:50pm
(India time) / 9:20am (New York time).
(20-minute
segment.)
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Story Title:
"The
Squire’s Bride" (a musical version of a
Norwegian
folktale). A squire is man of high
social
standing who owns and lives on an
estate
in a rural area.
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heather (at) storyarts.org
28) Indira
Ananthakrishnan (Chennai).
Storytelling
for adults.
Starting
on Sat 15 Feb at
2:00pm.
(20-minute segment.)
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Story Title:
"The Divine Plan" (a folktale from Mathura-
Vrindavan, where Krishna is thought to have
spent his early years).
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indira_krishnan (at) yahoo.com
29) Jaishree Sethi (New Delhi).
Storytelling
for adults.
Starting
at Fri 14 Feb at 7:30pm.
(20-minute
segment.)
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Story
Title:
"Silent
Strings" (by O. Henry).
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jaishree (at) storyghar.com
30) Jamie Brunson (Pennsylvania).
Workshop:
"Storytelling In Action".
Starting on Fri 7 Feb
at
8:30pm (India time) /
10:00am (Pennsylvania time).
(90-minute segment.)
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Workshop
Description
Stories are powerful catalysts,
sparking dynamic
community conversations around the
issues that
are important to all of us. As an art
form, storytelling
can move us to a place of empathy
and understanding.
In this Workshop, participants will
learn ways to use
stories to build community.
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jamiej (at) firstpersonarts.org
31) Jasmina Aleksandra
Žiljak (Croatia)
A Talk and Tales Session:
"Storytelling and Teaching-and-Learning
with Young Children".
Starting on Sun 16 Feb at
Noon (India time) / 7:30am (Croatia time).
(60-minute segment.)
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Session Description
This is a session for adults – teachers,
educators,
parents, and anyone else who might be
interested –
concerning
1) ways to tell Fairytales to children (5-11
years old),
and
2) ways to help the children relate to aspects
of the
stories, using an Interactive-Creative
approach.
A Croatian folktale will be told with voice
and body,
and then will be retold in Kamishibai style
(using
illustrations). We will discuss advantages and
disadvantages of storytelling with pictures.
The session participants will then be invited
to do
speech and drama exercises which are similar
to the
exercises I invite child listeners to do.
My intention is to help listeners become parts
of the
story, and along the way fall in love with the
story
that has been told.
I will also offer some storytelling and
teaching tools.
I have been leading Fairytale
Interactive-Creative
Workshops for more then 10 years – in schools,
kindergardens, museums, libraries, cultural
festivals,
etc.
Welcome all!
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32) Jenis Lunkad (Raipur).
Storytelling.
Starting on Sat 22 Feb at 2:40pm
(20-minute segment.)
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Story
Title:
"Morning
Glories Everywhere" (a fictional story
created
by the Storyteller).
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jenislunkad (at) gmail.com
33) Jennifer Ramsay (Spain).
Workshop:
"Working Creatively with The
Dream Makers,
a Scottish Folk Tale".
Starting on Fri 14 Feb at
8:30pm (India time) /
4:00pm (Spain time).
(90-minute segment.)
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Workshop
Description
Information about this
Workshop is here.
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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.
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https://www.facebook.com/storyarte
https://storyarte.teachable.com
for live online story-based
courses
info (at) storyarte.com
34) Jim Brulé
(New York).
Workshop:
"A Transformational Journey: Dying and
Living",
with Rebecca
Lemaire (Spain).
Starting on Fri 21 Feb
at
8:30pm (India time) /
4:00pm (Spain time) /
10:00am (New York
time).
(90-minute segment.)
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Workshop Description
and Trainers' Bio-datas
are here.
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jimbrule (at) gmail.com
35) Juliana Marín Fryling (New
Delhi).
Storytelling
for adults.
Starting at Sat 8 Feb at 3:20pm
(20-minute segment.)
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Telling:
"The Fire at the End of the World" (a myth
from the Yuracaré people of the Amazon
rainforest in Bolivia).
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achirastories
(at) gmail.com
36) June Brown
(Toronto).
Storytelling
for adults.
Starting
on Fri 31 Jan at
7:30pm
(India time) /
9:00am
(Toronto time).
(20-minute
segment.)
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Telling:
"The Werewolf"
(a French Canadian folktale).
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june.brown554 (at)
gmail.com
37) Kalyan Babu (Chennai).
"Storytelling by Children" (Session 1 of 2).
Starting on Sat 1 Feb at 5:30pm.
(90-minute segment.)
–––
The Poster is here.
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
"Storytelling by Children" (Session 2 of 2).
Starting on Sat 8 Feb at 5:30pm.
(90-minute segment.)
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Chennai.html#Kalyan
readerzforge (at) gmail.com
38) Karin Wedra (Germany).
Workshop:
"The Art of Biographical Storytelling".
Starting on Friday 31
Jan at
8:30pm (India time) /
4:00pm (Germany time).
(90-minute segment.)
–––
Workshop
Description
Please join us for this
Workshop in which we
will explore the power
of biographical stories!
Discover ways these
stories work, why they
resonate deeply, and
ways we can remember,
choose, and collect
impactful stories from our
lives.
We will delve into the
narrative preparation
process, focusing on
the hero's journey. Where
is the heroism in your
own life? Where does
the climax unfold? What
challenges arise, and
in what ways are happy
endings possible?
Additionally, we will
explore ways integrating
fantastical elements –
such as a talking
painting or a fairy –
can enrich our stories.
Did your grandparents
share tales of such
wonders? Let’s bring
these magical elements
to life in your
biographical stories!
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
karin.wedra (at) gmx.de
39) Kousalya
Pari (Chennai).
Storytelling
for adults.
Starting at Sat 1 Feb at 2:20pm.
(20-minute segment.)
–––
Story Title:
"The Unspoken Soul of the Meru Forest"
(an original fictional story
created by the
Storyteller).
In Hinduism and Buddhism,
Mount Meru is the central mountain of the
universe, and is considered to be the world's
axis. Mount Meru is said to be located in the
Himalayan or Aravalli mountain ranges.
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Chennai.html#Kousalya
kuzhaviyekadhakelu
(at) gmail.com
40) Krishna
Chaitanya (Hyderabad).
Workshop:
"Burrakatha, Then and Now",
with Lalitha
Sastry (Hyderabad).
Starting on Sunday 23
Feb at 4:00pm.
(90-minute segment.)
–––
Workshop
Description
In this Workshop, we would
rediscover the
history of the
burrakatha oral storytelling
tradition, its role in
creating social narratives
and impact on the
social fabric, paving ways
for maturing and
growing while transforming
the society's
collective perspectives. We
would explore the
relevance of burrakatha
in modern times, and
workshop participants
would together create
and tell a burrakatha.
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
kristhota
(at) gmail.com
41) Lakshmi V. (Bangalore).
Storytelling.
Facilitating the Kannada
Storytelling Session,
Starting on Sat 22 Feb at 3:00pm.
For the special Zoom Link, please
contact
Ms Lakshmi.
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
lakshmi341987 (at) gmail.com
42) Lalitha Sastry
(Hyderabad, India).
1
Storytelling
for adults.
Starting
on Sat 22 Feb at 2:20pm.
(20-minute
segment.)
–––
Story
Title:
(To be announced).
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
2
Workshop:
"Burrakatha, Then and Now",
with Krishna
Chaitanya (Hyderabad).
Starting on Sunday 23
Feb at 4:00pm.
(90-minute segment.)
–––
Workshop
Description
In this workshop, we
would rediscover the
history of the
burrakatha oral storytelling
tradition, its role in
creating social narratives
and impact on the
social fabric, paving ways
for maturing and
growing while transforming
the society's
collective perspectives. We
would explore the
relevance of burrakatha
in modern times, and
workshop participants
would together create
and tell a burrakatha.
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
kathachavadi (at) gmail.com
43) Lalitha Thilak (Chennai).
1
Workshop:
"The
4 C's of Life: Choice, Chance,
Change, and Creativity –
Knowing Life
Through Stories".
Starting
on Sun 16 Feb at 5:30pm.
(90-minute
segment.)
–––
Workshop
Description
This is a very interactive and
reflective Workshop.
It is a Life Skills Workshop for
teenagers and adults.
After each story is told, the
participants will be invited
to identify which "C of
Life" the story deals with. Then,
participants will be invited to
find connections between
the story and their personal
experiences.
Each participant is requested to
have a pen and
notebook ready.
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
2
Storytelling
for adults.
Starting
on Sun 23 Feb at 11:50am.
(20-minute
segment.)
–––
Story
Title:
"The
Transformation of Sati to Shakti" (a legend).
The story
of the 51 Shakthi Peethas, and of the
Abode
of Divine Feminine Power in India.
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Chennai.html#Lalitha
lalithathilak79 (at) gmail.com
44) Laura Simms
(New York).
2–Session Workshop:
"The Holy Grail of Braiding Stories"
Session 1: Sat 1 Feb.
Session 2: Sat 3 May.
You are
welcome to join Session 2 even
if you did
not attend Session 1.
The starting time for the Sat 3 May session is
6:00pm (India time) / 8:30am (New York time).
(90-minute
segment.)
–––
Workshop
Description
We will explore the importance and benefits of
weaving personal experience, and or other
tales,
into a traditional story. I will tell a small evocative
story to the group. We will engage in a writing prompt,
summoning a memory. We will then engage in a
collaborative conversation about how and why
braiding stories into story is a holy grail of
modern
storytelling.
And, how to create deeper meaning,
contemporary relevance, and a profound heart
mind
experience.
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
To give a contribution:
Paypal or Venmo @Laura-Simms
or Zelle ( storymentor2010@gmail.com )
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
storymentor2010 (at) gmail.com
45) Lavanya Prasad (Bangalore).
1
Storytelling for adults.
Starting on Sun
16 Feb at 10:50am
(20-minute
segment.)
–––
Story Title:
"Killing
Death" (A tribal folktale).
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
2
Workshop:
"Kolam – A Journey Within".
Starting Sun 16 Feb at 2:30pm.
(90-minute segment.)
–––
Workshop Description
Kolams are the
traditional rice flour art
drawn outside a South
Indian home.
Kolams have
transformative, meditative,
and healing properties
– and are
associated with some
mythological stories.
As a storyteller, Lavanya
Prasad loves
connecting the dots to
see the bigger
picture. Sometimes she has wondered
if this could be in
part because she was
also initiated into the
art of connecting
the dots as a pattern –
making Kolams –
by her mother, aunts,
and grandmother,
when she was a little
girl. The traditional
floor-art drawn using
rice flour outside one's
home in South India,
the first thing in the
morning, is a folk art
that is passed down
from generation to
generation. Hidden
within this simple,
humble art are serious
life lessons relating
to the growth, maturity,
and transformation of
one's soul. Join
Lavanya as she helps
decode this secret
in fun and engaging
ways through stories,
games, songs, etc. Learn to harmonize
your body and soul
through observing and
creating Kolams. Note: Please bring a
notepad and coloured
pens/markers.
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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
46) Lavanya Srinivas (Chennai).
1
Storytelling.
Facilitating
the Telugu Storytelling Session,
Starting on Sat
1 Feb at 4:00pm.
–––
The Poster, with Zoom link, is here.
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
2
Workshop:
"Ways Nature
Can Touch Hearts and Transform Lives".
Starting on Sun 23 Feb at 9:00am.
–––
Workshop Description
This Workshop will explore the concept of
Eco-Psychology,
the connection between nature and humans. We will delve
into cultural resources such as folklore, mythology,
and
traditional visual artnforms. Examples will be given of ways
thinking about and imagining processes of nature can
help
to heal people, especially in the context of today's
fast-paced
lifestyles.
This Workshop commemorates "World Wetlands
Day", which
occurs annually on Feb 2nd.
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Chennai.html#Lavanya
laavanyasrinivas (at) gmail.com
47)
Les Schaffer (Virginia).
1
Workshop:
"The Lizard
in the Fire: Utilizing African
and Indian Dilemma Tales".
Starting on Sat 8 Feb at
8:30pm (India time) / 10:00am (Virginia time).
(90-minute segment.)
–––
Workshop
Description
In this Workshop we will look at how African
and Indian Dilemma stories can teach people:
1) ways to live ethically, morally, and
effectively,
and 2) ways to converse, including ways to
disagree without polarization.
These tales are invaluable in fostering
critical
thinking and cultural appreciation. The stories
typically present moral or social conflicts
that
challenge us to weigh diverse perspectives to
arrive at thoughtful conclusions.
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
2
Workshop:
"Speaking Comedy to Power".
Starting on Sun 23 Feb at
7:00pm (India time) / 8:30am (Virginia time).
(90-minute segment.)
–––
Workshop
Description
This is a Workshop on composing humor,
satire, and other forms of comedy in response
to stories presented by powerful individuals,
organisations, and ideologies presented by
politicians, political parties, corporations,
etc.
Every entity in society, especially powerful
ones,
tells stories.
In this Workshop, participants will
be coached in understanding these stories
and their implications, and in composing
comedy in response to these stories.
Political satire did not start with late-night
TV.
Some of the earliest recorded humor satirizes
those in power. Today our world seems
increasingly locked in a struggle between free
speech and autocratic power.
This Workshop will take participants across
cultures and eras to uncover ways comedy has
been a powerful tool for challenging
authority,
resisting oppression, and sparking societal
change.
From ancient satire to digital-age
memes, discover the global stories of laughter
as a form of protest, and learn how political
comedy continues to inspire and empower in
today’s world.
This Workshop is dedicated to Munawar Faruqui
(India), Idrak Mirzalizade (Russia), Kirill
Sietlov
(Russia), and Zarganar (Myanmar) – all of whom
have been arrested and detained within recent
years.
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
storyman1 (at) comcast.net
48) Lipika Mohanty (Bhubaneshwar).
Storytelling
for adults.
Starting
on Sat 15 Feb at 2:40pm.
(20-minute
segment.)
–––
Story
Title:
"Brahma"
(a tale from Mythology).
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Bhubaneswar.html#Lipika
lipikamohanty20 (at) gmail.com
49) Magdalene Jeyarathnam (Chennai).
Workshop:
"Psychodrama and Story".
Starting on Sat 15 Feb at 8:30pm.
(90-minute segment.)
–––
Workshop
Description
In this Workshop we would explore our
feelings and
thoughts in relation to a story.
Notes:
1) Participants need to keep their
cameras on.
2) After 8:45pm, no admission of
additional participants.
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Magdalene's TED talk on Psychodrama is here.
https://centerforcounselling.org/magdalene-jeyarathnam
magdalene.jeyarathnam (at) gmail.com
50) C. Mangalam Senthil (Coimbatore).
Storytelling
for Adults.
Starting on Fri 14 Feb at 7:10pm.
With Ambujavalli
N.
(20-minute segment.)
–––
Story Title:
"The Divine Consorts' Candid
Chat" (an original
story created by the
Storyteller). The story is based
on Hindu scriptures and stories.
The story features
a conversation between Parvathy,
the consort of
Lord Shiva; and Lakshmi, the
consort of Lord Vishnu.
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
c.mangalamsenthil (at) gmail.com
51) Manjiri Gogate (Mumbai).
Storytelling
for adults.
Starting on Sat 1 Feb at 3:20pm.
(20-minute segment.)
–––
Story Title:
"The Story Behind the Poses" (a fictional
story created
by the Storyteller).
Relating to yoga poses.
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
manjiri.gogate (at) gmail.com
52) Maria LoBiondo (New Jersey).
1
Storytelling
for adults.
Starting on Fri 7 Feb at
7:10pm (India time) / 8:40am ( (New Jersey).
(20-minute segment.)
–––
Story Title:
"A Stinging Revelation" (a
personal-experience
story).
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
2
Workshop:
"The Labyrinth Archetype and Storytelling".
Starting on Sun 9 Feb
at
8:30pm (India time) /
10:00am (New Jersey time).
(90-minute segment.)
–––
Workshop
Description
Explore where you are
on your life’s journey
using the metaphors of
oral tradition story
and the archetype of
the labyrinth. We will
listen to an Armenian
folk tale followed by
playful activities for
self-awareness to connect
to the here and now of our
lives. There will
be an opportunity to
share our insights. A
printed labyrinth
design will be available for
download before the
workshop; bring colored
pencils or markers –
and an openness to
discovery – to the
session.
Note: Before or during
the session, please
download the image of a
labyrinth –
1) here as a
jpg file, or
2) here as a
pdf file –
and keep the downloaded
image close at hand
during the
Workshop. Actually, if possible
please print it on
paper, and be ready to draw
on the print-out.
***
To learn more about
labyrinths:
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
marialobiondo (at) gmail.com
53) Marijana Mrvos (Croatia).
Talk and Tales, with Elizabeta
Alkovic (Croatia):
"Croatian Author Ivana Brlic Mazuranic's
Stories, Including Ways She Wove Slavic
Mythology into Her Stories".
Starting on Sat 1 Feb at
4:00pm (India time) /
11:30pm (Croatia time).
(90-minute segment.)
–––
Session Description
Participants will hear about the life of Croatian
author Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, also known as
the Hans Christain Anderson of Croatia.
One
hundred years later, her stories talk to us, filled
with archetypes and powered by Slavic elements
of nature and myth. A section of
one of her most
beloved stories, "Stibor's Forest", will be told.
Then participants will be invited to role-play, to
engage in one-to-one dialogues with Ivana and/or
her story characters.
Please bring pen and paper, especially if you
might like a wriiten wish of yours to be ganted
by "Domaći".
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
marymrvos (at) gmail.com
54) Marleny (Colorado).
Workshop:
"Captivate Your Audience: Storytelling
from Myths to Modernity".
Starting on
Sun 9 Feb at 9:00am (India
time), same as
Sat 8 Feb at 8:30pm
(Colorado time).
(90-minute segment.)
–––
Workshop
Description
In this Workshop we
will explore secrets of
storytelling through
the lens of ancient myths.
We'll delve into the
Hindu flood myth of Manu,
and the Mesopotamian
epic of Gilgamesh,
uncovering timeless
storytelling techniques.
There will be practical
exercises helping one
to develop a powerful
presence, captivating
voice, and genuine
authenticity.
–––
To view:
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
marle900 (at) gmail.com
55) MaryAnn Paterniti
(Vermont).
Storytelling
for adults.
Starting on Fri 31 Jan at
6:50pm (India time) / 8:20am (Vermont time).
(20-minute segment.)
–––
Story Title:
"A Lesson Worth Learning" (a fictional
story).
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
maryann.paterniti (at) gmail.com
56) Meenakshi Devaraj (Chennai).
Storytelling:
"Perumpāṇāṟṟuppaṭai, a Poem and Story from
Tamil Nadu's Sangam Age".
Starting at Sat 8 Feb at 2:40pm.
(20-minute segment.)
–––
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: 1) Seashore (Neytal),
2) Farm Land (Marutam), 3) Pasture Land (Mullai),
4) Dry Land (Palai), and 5) Mountain Forests
(Kurinji).
The poem tells the story of a musician's journey
across these landscapes.
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
meenbas (at)
gmail.com
57) Meenu
Sivaramakrishnan (Bangalore).
1
Storytelling
for adults.
Starting on Sun 9 Feb at 11:10am.
(20-minute segment.)
–––
Story Title:
"Gilli Danda" (an ancient Indian sport)
(a fictional story by Munshi Premchand).
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
2
Workshop:
"Integrated Learning: Putting Together the
Learning
Puzzle through Stories", with
Meera
Venkatesan (Bangalore).
Starting on Sun 16 Feb at
4:00pm.
(90-minute segment.)
–––
Workshop
Description
In this Workshop, we will be exploring and
practicing
using stories as the fulcrum to bring the different
domains of learning together.
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
3
Workshop:
"Improv
to Improve!", with Team.
Starting
on Sun 23 Feb at 5:30pm.
(90-minute
segment.)
–––
Workshop Description
This Workshop will assist
participants to
explore the process of
improvisation. The
Workshop will demonstrate ways
improvisation
can improve one's ability to think
on one's
feet – a
terrific boost for one's neurons!
For performers, parents,
educators, and
anyone else who might be
interested
(17 years old and up).
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
kathagalatta.bang (at) gmail.com
58) Meera Venkatesan (Bangalore).
1
Storytelling
by the Kathakrafters.
Starting on Sun 2 Feb at 4:30pm.
(60-minute segment.)
–––
Session Title:
"She Soars
– Stories of Success".
The Story of Kalpana Saroj:
"Against All Odds".
The Story of Adelle Archer:
"Diamonds are Forever".
The Story of Marion O’Brien
Donovan: "Necessity
is the Mother of Invention".
Each of these women responded to
a need, but each
with a different motivation and a
different path to
success. We hope to bring out not just their journeys
but also how they related to
people and those people's
lives.
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
2
Workshop:
"Integrated Learning: Putting Together the
Learning
Puzzle through Stories", with
Meenu
Sivaramakrishnan (Bangalore).
Starting on Sun 16 Feb at
4:00pm.
(90-minute segment.)
–––
Workshop
Description
In this Workshop, we will be exploring and
practicing
using stories as the fulcrum to bring the different
domains of learning together.
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Bangalore.html#Meera
meeravenk (at) gmail.com
59) Nageswara
Rao (Hyderabad).
Storytelling
for adults.
Starting on Sat 1 Feb at 2:40pm.
(20-minute segment.)
–––
Story Title:
"Merry Christmas!" (a personal-experience
story).
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
digavallinageswararao (at) gmail.com
60)
Neena Girish (Thiruvananthapuram).
Workshop:
"Storytelling Pedagogy: Ways to Train
Mentors to Use Stories to Teach Concepts
of Subjects".
Starting on Thurs 6 Feb at 5:00pm.
(90-minute segment.)
–––
Workshop Description
The Workshop is designed to guide mentors regarding
ways to use storytelling as a tool and technique in
education.
Workshop activities will include:
1) The essence of Story Mapping.
2) Hands-on activities using words.
3) Hands-on activities using statements.
4) Ways to compose and use STEM-based stories.
5) Use of technology to research about stories.
6) Hands-on activities to help improve communication
and critical thinking skills.
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
neenagirish73 (at) gmail.com
61) Neeta Joshi (Gurgaon).
Storytelling
for adults.
Starting on Friday 31 Jan at 6:30pm.
(20-minute segment.)
–––
Story Title:
"The Man Who Became a Bird" (a Central
American folktale).
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
neetajoshistoryteller (at) gmail.com
62) Nicholas Pawlowski
(Minnesota).
Workshop:
"Telling Stories to Children, and Leading
Children in Story-related Activities".
Starting on Thurs 13th Feb at
8:00pm (India time) / 8:30am (Minnesota time).
(90-minute segment.)
–––
Workshop
Description
Come explore ways storytellers and educators
can increase student interaction through the
use
of music, dance, drawing, and
improvisation!
Please bring paper and drawing materials.
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Nicholas Pawlowski, M.Ed.,
founded The Story
Table Foundation to promote
mental and emotional
wellbeing through
interactive storytelling. Nicholas
believes that children
learn best when we talk with
rather than at them.
Consequently, back and forth
conversations about the old
stories foster healthy
childhood development, as
well as teach values
such as empathy,
thankfulness, kindness, and
cooperation. Nicholas loves telling in-person but
has also found that Zoom
(when used creatively)
is a beautiful use of
technology that is NOT
television! While this is a children’s program,
its message is not childish
(and all are welcome
to attend). At the Story Table Foundation, we
tell stories that people of
all ages can appreciate,
and make space for the
input and contributions
of our elders.
–––
https://storytablefoundation.org
storytablefoundation (at) gmail.com
63) Nidhi Bagaria (Mumbai).
Storytelling
for adults.
Starting on Sun 16 Feb at 11:10am.
(20-minute segment.)
–––
Story Title:
"The Tiger's Eyelash" (a Japanese folktale).
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
bagarianidhi02 (at) gmail.com
64) Nilguen Yalay (New Zealand).
Storytelling.
Starting on Sun 9 Feb at
11:30am (India time) / 7:00pm (New Zealand time).
(20-minute segment.)
–––
Story Title:
"The Rosebush Warrior" (a folktale).
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Nilguen Yalay is a
professional storyteller, travelling
around NZ and
bringing people together where she can
to tell her stories
and facilitate sharing circles afterwards!
–––
Facebook page
nilguenyalay (at) gmail.com
65) Nyanna Tobin
(Massachusetts).
Workshop:
"Flip-Flop Stories: Re-Framing a Negative
Experience into a Healing Story".
Starting on Sun 9 Feb
at
5:30pm (India time) /
7:00am (Massachusetts time).
(90-minute segment.)
–––
Workshop
Note:
The Workshop is dedicated to the beloved
memory
of Storyteller Angela Lloyd, who recently
passed
away. About Angela
LLoyd. Here
is her obituary.
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
nyannatobin (at) gmail.com
66) Parvathy Eswaran (Bangalore).
Storytelling
by the Kathakrafters.
Starting on Sun 2 Feb at 4:30pm.
(60-minute segment.)
–––
Session Title:
"She Soars
– Stories of Success".
The Story of Kalpana Saroj:
"Against All Odds".
The Story of Adelle Archer:
"Diamonds are Forever".
The Story of Marion O’Brien
Donovan: "Necessity
is the Mother of Invention".
Each of these women responded to
a need, but each
with a different motivation and a
different path to
success. We hope to bring out not just their journeys
but also how they related to
people and those people's
lives.
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Bangalore.html#Parvathy
kay1kay2 (at) yahoo.com
67) Poonam Joshy (Bangalore).
Healing Story Circle
with other members of Circle
of LOVE.
Starting on Sun 2 Feb at 7:00pm.
(90-minute segment.)
–––
Session Description
Seasons of Transition: Celebrating the Festival
of Vasanth Panchami. Story Circle
of Love will
share a story that delves into the emotions of the
changing season. The Festival
celebrates the
arrival of Spring: a transition from resting, to
blossoming and coming alive. This
will be an
interactive session, with story-sharing, drawing,
poetry-making, and role-playing.
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
pjkjrj (at) gmail.com
68)
Pretigaya Haran (Chennai).
1
Co-host of the CSF 2025
Storytelling for adults sessions on
A) Fridays, 6:30pm-8:30pm,
B) Saturdays, 2pm-4pm, and
C) Sundays, 10:30am-12:30pm.
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
2
Storytelling.
Starting on Sun 23 Feb at 10:50am
(20-minute segment.)
–––
Story Title:
"The Rosebush Warrior" (a folktale).
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
3
Workshop:
"Improv to Improve!",
with Team.
Starting on Sun 23 Feb at 5:30pm.
(90-minute segment.)
–––
Workshop
Description
This Workshop will assist
participants to
explore the process of
improvisation. The
Workshop will demonstrate ways
improvisation
can improve one's ability to think
on one's
feet – a terrific
boost for one's neurons!
For performers, parents,
educators, and
anyone else who might be
interested
(17 years old and up).
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Chennai.html#Pretigaya
Facebook, Story Sack, Everything Stories
pretigaya (at) yahoo.co.uk
69) Priyanka Sagar
Maheshwari (Noida).
Storytelling for
adults.
Starting
on Sun 16 Feb at 11:30am.
(20-minute
segment.)
–––
Story
Title
"The Happy Prince" (by Oscar Wilde).
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
The Storyteller's Bio-data
is at
https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Noida.html#Priyanka
priyanka.psm (at) gmail.com
70)
Rachna Chowla (Mumbai).
Storytelling for adults.
Starting on Fri 21 Feb at
7:10pm.
(20-minute segment.)
–––
Story Title
"A Special Tree" (by
Ruskin Bond).
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
rchowla16
(at) gmail.com
71) Racika Raman
(Ernakulam).
Storytelling.
Facilitating
the Malayalam Storytelling
Session.
Starting on Sun
2 Feb at 3:00pm.
For the special Zoom Link, please
contact
Ms Racika.
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Kadalakkadalas
Storytelling Group on LinkedIn.
mrs.raman71 (at) gmail.com
72) Ramendra Kumar
(Bangalore).
Storytelling
for adults.
Starting on Sat 22 Feb at 3:00pm.
(20-minute segment.)
–––
Story Title
"Love, Laughter, and Lunacy!" (a personal-
experience story).
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Ramendra Kumar (Ramen) is an
award-winning Writer,
Performance Storyteller, and
Inspirational Speaker. He
has written 49 books. His
writings have been translated
into 30 languages and are
included in several textbooks
and anthologies in various
countries. He has been invited
to international literary
events held in Greece, Denmark,
UAE, Sri Lanka as well as
Indian events such as the
Jaipur Litfest. Ramendra is
an alumnus of the prestigious
Hyderabad Public School
(HPS), Begumpet, and is an
Engineer and an MBA. He is
now also a Cancer Warrior
and an inspiration to many.
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
13ramenpr (at) gmail.com
73) Ramya Iyer (Bangalore).
Healing Story Circle
with other members of Circle
of LOVE.
Starting on Sun 2 Feb at 7:00pm.
(90-minute segment.)
–––
Session Description
Seasons of Transition: Celebrating the Festival
of Vasanth Panchami. Story Circle
of Love will
share a story that delves into the emotions of the
changing season. The Festival
celebrates the
arrival of Spring: a transition from resting, to
blossoming and coming alive. This
will be an
interactive session, with story-sharing, drawing,
poetry-making, and role-playing.
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
https://ramyaponders.wordpress.com
https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Bangalore.html#Ramya
ramya.n.iyer (at) gmail.com
74) Ramya Srinidhi
(Bangalore).
1
Storytelling for adults.
Starting on Sat 8 Feb at 3:00pm.
(20-minute segment.)
–––
Story Title
"The Mountain Secret"
(adapted by the Storyteller
from the short story by Robert
Brar).
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
2
Workshop:
"Artful Narratives:
Enhancing Expression
with Indian Picture Storytelling and
Kamishibai".
Starting on Sat 8 Feb at 10:30am
(90-minute segment.)
–––
Workshop
Description
In this Workshop – which is designed for
teachers
and other educators, and storytellers – we
will explore
the rich traditions of Indian picture
storytelling and
Kamishibai. Participants will discover ways
these
visual storytelling techniques can be powerful
tools
in expressive arts, facilitating emotional
expression,
creativity, and cognitive development.
Participants
will learn to create their story cards and
integrate
these methods into their educational or
therapeutic
practices.
–––
The Poster is here.
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Ramya Srinidhi, Linked
In
kathacorner (at) gmail.com
75) Rebecca Lemaire (Spain).
Workshop:
"A Transformational Journey: Dying and
Living"
with Jim Brulé
(New York).
Starting on Fri 21 Feb
at
8:30pm (India time) /
4:00pm (Spain time) /
10:00am (New York
time).
(90-minute segment.)
–––
The Workshop
Description and Trainers' Bio-datas
are here.
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
rebeccalemaire (at) gmail.com
76) Regina Ress (New Mexico).
1
Storytelling for adults.
Starting on
Sun 9 Feb at 10:30am (India
time), same as
Sat 8 Feb at 10:00pm (New Mexico
time).
(20-minute segment.)
–––
Story Title:
"A Watershed Moment" (a
personal-
experience story).
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
2
Workshop:
"Fashioning Fiction from Fact: Re-imagining
Our Personal Stories".
Starting on
Sun 16 Feb at 9:00am (India
time), same as
Sat 15 Feb at 8:30pm (New
Mexico time).
(90-minute segment.)
–––
Workshop
Description
This is a Workshop on developing stories based
directly on one's life experiences but shifted
slightly:
new characters dropped into a setting;
encounters
where none existed; moments imagined, not
lived.
That blurred edge between fact and fiction.
True
Story, Memoir, Fantasy.
We live our lives. We share stories about our
lives.
But sometimes, for artistic purposes, healing,
or
just for fun, we might want to re-imagine a
personal
moment or even a chapter from our lived
experiences.
In this workshop, we will explore ways to
creatively
tinker with a story we might want to tell, opening
it to
new characters or eliminating old ones,
include
dialogues that never happened but could have,
shift
what happened or invent a totally new plot-line to
share a place we love. And no, it is not
“lying,” it is
creating fiction. I’ve done this. So can you.
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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
77) Renu Mira (Chennai).
Workshop:
"Storytelling for Adults", in Tamil language.
Offline. Location, and day and
time,
to be announced.
–––
Workshop
Description
aaa
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Chennai.html#Renu_M
annaimeera3 (and) gmail.com
78) Renu Narayan (Chennai).
1
Storytelling for adults.
Starting on Sun 2 Feb at 11:10am.
(20-minute segment.)
–––
Story Title
"The Sishya" ("The Student"). (A
fictional story
created by the Storyteller.)
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
2
Workshop:
"Healing Sound Therapy".
Starting on Sat 15 Feb at
4:00pm.
(90-minute segment.)
–––
Workshop
Description
There are many ways and
techniques to heal
the human mind and
body. One of them is Sound
Therapy. The sounds humans can make are healing
if they are made in the
right manner. Vowel sounds
are used extensively to
heal. The Ah, ooh, o, ee, i
sounds uttered in a
particular manner while breathing
deeply help the body relax
and repair itself.
Please join the workshop
and find out for yourself.
Explore the sounds and find
relief from mental and
physical stress.
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Chennai.html#Renu_N
kathavrikshstories (at) gmail.com
79) Rohini Jayanti (Hyderabad).
Workshop:
"Using Story to Reconnect with One's
Inner Child".
Starting on Sat 22 Feb at 5:30pm.
(90-minute segment.)
–––
Workshop
Description
This Workshop is about reconnecting with and
nurturing the child within one. Please bring paper
to write and draw on, and colored pens,
markers,
and or crayons.
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Hyderabad.html#Rohini
Facebook page, Katha
Karavan
rohinimalyala (at)
gmail.com
80) Salome D. (Mumbai).
Storytelling
for adults.
Starting on Sun 16 Feb at 10:30am.
(20-minute segment.)
–––
Story Title:
"I Am Here Now" (a personal-experience
story).
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
salome.c08 (at) gmail.com
81) Samatha Sharma (Chennai).
Workshop:
"Creating and Telling Healing Stories".
Starting on Sun 9 Feb at 4:00pm.
(90-minute segment.)
–––
Workshop
Description
In this Workshop, participants will have the opportunity
to think and share about hidden stories in their own
lives. Sometimes we hide elements
of our past even
from ourselves because the situation was too difficult
to process or we just want to move on.
However,
sometimes in our dreams, or in sudden moments,
memories of these experiences may be triggered and
we may feel the pain again. The
Workshop Leader
will seek to gently inspire and encourage participants
to 1) explore these uncomfortable moments, 2) piece
together what happened and how one has responded,
3) acknowledge what happened, and 4) share all of this
in a safe and supportive environment so we can process
what happened to us, and let love and light into those
broken spaces. Along the way,
participants will receive
training in putting memories of past difficult experiences
into new contexts to create new, more positive, stories.
Samatha Sharma has been telling personal stories
since 2016. She bas been a meditation teacher and is
currently studying for her Diploma in Homeopathy.
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
https://therapybysamatha.mystrikingly.com
samatha.express (at) gmail.com
82) Sarah Howell (Italy).
Workshop:
"The Oracy Bridge: From Reluctant Speaker
to Confident Storyteller".
Starting on Sat 15 Feb
at
7:00pm (India time) /
2:30pm (Italy time).
(90-minute segment.)
–––
Workshop
Description
In a world where strong
communication skills
are essential, oracy remains a
powerful yet
underutilised tool. "The Oracy
Bridge: From
Reluctant Speaker to Confident
Storyteller"
is a webinar designed to equip
educators
and professionals with strategies
to empower
hesitant speakers. Through the art
of storytelling,
participants will discover
approaches to help
individuals transform from reluctant
speakers
into engaging storytellers,
cultivating
communication, creativity, and
confidence
along the way.
This session introduces oracy as
more than
just fluent speech, viewing it as a
skill that
supports academic growth and
personal
expression. By leveraging
storytelling, attendees
will explore how this medium
naturally integrates
essential aspects of oracy -
including voice
projection, structured thinking,
and emotional
engagement - within an engaging
framework.
The session offers a range of
adaptable
storytelling methods that can be
applied in
various educational and
professional contexts,
helping to unlock the potential of
each speaker.
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
smhowell (at) gmail.com
83) Seema Karanth
(Bangalore).
Storytelling
for adults.
Starting on Sun 9 Feb at 11:50am.
(20-minute segment.)
–––
Story Title:
"The Sweetest Flight of Hope" (adapted by
the Storyteller from a story written by Margot
Raven, "Mercedes and the Chocolate
Pilot").
A tale of kindness, compassion, and hope
amidst the hardships of post-World-War-2
Germany.
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
storieswithseema
(at) gmail.com
84) Shalini Bajaj (Mumbai).
Storytelling
for adults.
Starting on Sun 9 Feb at 10:50am
(20-minute segment.)
–––
Story Title:
"All the Light She Carried" (a personal-
experience story).
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
shalinibajaj12
(at) gmail.com
85) Sharada Sampathkumar
(Bangalore).
1
Workshop:
"Match Your Nature with Nature".
Starting on Thurs 6 Feb
at 6:30pm.
(90-minute segment.)
–––
Workshop
Description
In this Workshop we
will explore some of
Shiva's connections with
elements of Nature.
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
2
Storytelling
for adults.
Starting on Sat 15 Feb at 2:20pm.
(20-minute segment.)
–––
Story Title:
aaa
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Sharada Sampathkumar,
Linked
In
sharmgn
(at) gmail.com
86) Sheeja Nair (Chennai).
Workshop:
"Using Roleplay and Other Methods
to Explore the Story, 'Dreams and
Aspirations: Maya's Inspiring Journey' ".
Starting on Sat 15 Feb
at 10:30am.
(90-minute segment.)
–––
Workshop
Description
The story, "Dreams
and Aspirations: Maya's
Inspiring Journey"
(created by me, Sheeja),
explores the power of
hope, determination,
and hard work.
Maya, the story's main
character, refuses to
let circumstances
define her future and instead
forges her own path to
achieve her dreams.
Workshop participants
will be invited to role-play
the characters of the story.
This may involve
drawing images, and
making and wearing masks.
Such artistic play may
enable participants to
become more aware of
and more able to convey
their inner feelings
relating to the story.
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
sheejarnair
(at) gmail.com
87) Sheettal Rayathatha
(Chennai).
1
Co-host of the CSF 2025
Storytelling for adults sessions on
A) Fridays, 6:30pm-8:30pm,
B) Saturdays, 2pm-4pm, and
C) Sundays, 10:30am-12:30pm.
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
2
Storytelling for
adults.
Starting on Sat 15 Feb at 3:20pm.
(20-minute segment.)
–––
Story Title:
aaa
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
3
Workshop:
"Stories that Heal and
Inspire: Empowering
Parents and Teachers to Assist Young
Minds".
With Truptii
Sayani.
Starting on Friday 31 Jan at 5:00pm.
(90-minute segment.)
–––
Workshop
Description
This Workshop is designed for adults who have
and/or work with children. The
Workshop will focus
on the transformative impact that stories can have
on children, including on their relationships with other
people. Participants will:
A) Explore ways stories can facilitate healing, and
ways stories can foster growth and connection (within
oneself, and with others).
B) Learn playful ways to use storytelling to nurture
resilience, empathy, and joy.
C) Practice crafting and sharing stories in a supportive
and interactive setting.
***
By the end of the Workshop, parents and teachers will
feel empowered and enabled to use storytelling as a
creative tool for emotional growth and positive change.
***
Workshop Poster.
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Contributions can be given via Gpay and Paytm to 9840091290.
–––
https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Chennai.html#Shital
sheetalsmagic
(at) gmail.com
88) Shilpa Mehta (Jaipur).
Storytelling
for adults.
Starting
on Sat 8 Feb at 2:00pm.
(20-minute
segment.)
–––
Story
Title:
"The
Little Mermaid" (by Hans Christian Anderson).
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Jaipur.html#Shilpa
shilpastoryrack
(at) gmail.com
89) Shraddha
Nigavekar
(Pune)
1
Storytelling
for adults.
Starting on Fri 7 Feb at 6:30pm.
(20-minute segment.)
–––
Story Title:
"Lamb to the Slaughter" (by Roald Dahl).
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
2
Workshop:
"Improv to Improve!",
with Team.
Starting on Sun 23 Feb at 5:30pm.
(90-minute segment.)
–––
Workshop
Description
This Workshop will assist
participants to
explore the process of
improvisation. The
Workshop will demonstrate ways
improvisation
can improve one's ability to think
on one's
feet – a
terrific boost for one's neurons!
For performers, parents,
educators, and
anyone else who might be
interested
(17 years old and up).
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Pune.html#Shraddha
nigavekar.shraddha
(at) gmail.com
90) Smita Rajan (Mumbai).
Workshop:
"Storytelling
Through Movement".
Starting
on Thurs 13 Feb at 5:00pm.
(90-minute
segment.)
–––
Workshop
Description
For every action, there is an equal
felt emotion.
This Workshop will attempt to
introduce and elaborate
on the action-emotion connection
while telling or
witnessing a story. The
participants will be invited to
create a dialogue between awareness
and action
using their bodies. The facilitator, a classical Indian
dancer and Dance and Movement
Therapist, will
invite participants to use their
bodies – breath,
gestures, posture, voice, and gait
– to enhance
verbal expressions of stories.
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Mumbai.html#Smita
https://www.linkedin.com/in/smitarajan29
https://www.instagram.com/smitarajan29
smita1752 (at) gmail.com
91) Sonia Bareja (Portugal)
Storytelling.
Facilitating
the Hindi Storytelling Session.
Starting on Sun
16 Feb at
4:00pm (India
time) / 10:30am (Portugal time).
For the special Zoom Link, please
contact
Ms Sonia.
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Facebook, Pied Piper Sonia
Facebook, Sonia Bareja Punhani
Linked
In, Sonia
Bareja Punhani
https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Delhi.html#Sonia
soniabareja76 (at) gmail.com
92) Sowmya Srinivasan (Coimbatore).
1
Healing Story Circle
with other members of Circle
of LOVE.
Starting on Sun 2 Feb at 7:00pm.
(90-minute segment.)
–––
Session Description
Seasons of Transition: Celebrating the Festival
of Vasanth Panchami. Story Circle
of Love will
share a story that delves into the emotions of the
changing season. The Festival
celebrates the
arrival of Spring: a transition from resting, to
blossoming and coming alive. This
will be an
interactive session, with story-sharing, drawing,
poetry-making, and role-playing.
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
2
Workshop:
"Exploring Our Life Stories
through
Sangam Landscapes".
Starting on Sat 22 Feb at 7:00pm.
(90-minute segment.)
–––
Workshop Description
Workshop participants will be introduced
to the Sangam landscapes and will reflect
on these landscapes as metaphors and
as lenses through which to view their
own personal journeys.
Participants will explore
questions that
deepen and guide their understandings
of the chosen landscapes as journeys.
There will be activities that will assist
participants to create and write stories.
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
3
Storytelling for adults.
Starting on Fri 21 Feb at 6:00pm.
(20-minute segment.)
–––
Story Title:
"Joyamala, the Elephant
Queen" (an eco-feminist
version of a folktale from
Assam).
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Facebook, Sowmya Srinivasan
Facebook, SoulSpace Storytell
https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Bangalore.html#Sowmya
sowmya03 (at) gmail.com
93) Sree Karuna
(Vishakapatnam).
Storytelling.
Facilitating
the Multiple Indian
Languages
Storytelling
Session.
Starting on Sun
9 Feb at 3:00pm.
Special Zoom Link on Poster.
–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
sreekaruna.g (at) gmail.com
94) Sridevi
Srinivasan (Chennai).
1
Storytelling
for/by/with/children.
Starting
on Sat 15 Feb at 5:30pm.
(90-minute
segment.)
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
2
Workshop:
"The
Art and Role of Story Reading
(Reading Aloud) for Facilitating
Literacy
and Creativity".
Starting on
Sat 22 Feb at 4:00pm.
(90-minute segment.)
–––
Workshop Description
This Workshop
is designed to empower educators,
parents,
librarians, and literacy facilitators to use
story reading
as a powerful tool to enhance literacy
and spark
creativity.
Topics will
include:
Insights into
the importance of story reading.
Effective
reading strategies.
Differences
between story reading and storytelling.
Dos and
don’ts of story reading.
Hands-on
activities.
Please join
us to transform story reading into an
integral tool
for inspiring literacy and creativity!
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
3
Storytelling for adults.
Starting on Sun 23 Feb at 11:10am.
(20-minute segment.)
–––
Story Title:
"The
Ocean's Whisper" (a story created by the
Storyteller).
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Chennai.html#Sridevi
sridevi.srinivaasan (at) gmail.com
95) Srividya
Veeraraghavan (Chennai).
Workshop:
"Story-Concept
Creation for Teaching and Learning".
Starting on Sun 2 Feb at 3:00pm.
(90-minute segment.)
–––
Workshop Description
This Workshop is designed to enable teachers
(and others who are interested in teaching and
learning) to create customised stories to teach
concepts. Tips
regarding using stories in
lesson plans would be given.
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Chennai.html#Srividya
Facebook, Story Train
storytrain (at) yahoo.com
96) Stefania Ganzini (Italy).
Storytelling
for adults.
Starting
on Sat 1 Feb at
3:00pm
(India time) / 10:30am (Italy time).
(20-minute
segment.)
–––
Story
Title:
"The
Rose of Immortality" (a folktale).
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
sganzini
(at) gmail.com
97) Sudha Umashanker (Chennai).
1
Storytelling for adults.
Starting on
Friday 31 Jan at 7:50pm.
(20-minute
segment.)
–––
"The
Wayward Princess" (a Dervish tale).
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
2
Workshop:
"Helping
People to Create Stories Relating
to the
Environment".
Starting on Saturday 8 Feb at 4:00pm.
(90-minute segment.)
–––
Workshop Description
In this Workshop we would consider ways stories
can help create Environmental awareness. Along
the way, we would explore ways emotions and
thoughts might relate to various aspects of nature.
–––
Here is the Poster.
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
3
Storytelling.
Facilitating the Tamil
Storytelling Session.
Starting on Sat 15 Feb at
3:30pm.
–––
The special Zoom Link is on the
Poster.
Poster
(Tamil). Poster
(English).
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Sudha
Umashanker is a sensitive writer, storyteller,
and
experienced workshop leader who has written
articles
relating to the subject and whose natural
empathy
has led her to develop healing methodologies
for
herself and others.
–––
https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Chennai.html#Sudha
sudha.umashanker (at) gmail.com
98) Sudhir Pathak (New Delhi).
Storytelling
for adults.
Starting on Sun 2 Feb at 10:50am.
(20-minute segment.)
–––
Story Title:
"Devastating to Dazzling" (a personal-experience
story).
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
sudhirpathak2002 (at) gmail.com
99) Truptii
Sayani (Chennai).
Workshop:
"Stories that Heal and
Inspire: Empowering
Parents and Teachers to Assist Young
Minds".
With Sheettal
Rayathatha.
Starting on Friday 31 Jan at 5:00pm.
(90-minute segment.)
–––
Workshop
Description
This Workshop is designed for adults who have
and/or work with children. The
Workshop will focus
on the transformative impact that stories can have
on children, including on their relationships with other
people. Participants will:
A) Explore ways stories can facilitate healing, and
ways stories can foster growth and connection (within
oneself, and with others).
B) Learn playful ways to use storytelling to nurture
resilience, empathy, and joy.
C) Practice crafting and sharing stories in a supportive
and interactive setting.
***
By the end of the Workshop, parents and teachers will
feel empowered and enabled to use storytelling as a
creative tool for emotional growth and positive change.
***
Workshop Poster.
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
Linked In: Transform
with Truptii
positivity4success09
(at) gmail.com
100) Valentina Ortiz Pandolfi (Mexico).
Storytelling for adults.
Starting
on Friday 21 Feb at
7:30pm
(India time) / 8:00am (Mexico City time).
(20-minute
segment.)
–––
Story
Title:
"The
Space Capsule" (a fictional story created
by
the Storyteller).
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
valentinaop (at) gmail.com
101) Vandana Rao (Visakhapatnam).
Storytelling
for adults.
Starting on Sat 22 Feb at 3:20pm.
(20-minute segment.)
–––
Story Title:
"A Tale of Three Brothers" (a story in
The Tales of
Beedle the Bard,
J. K.
Rowling's book of literary fairy tales).
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
wvandanarao (at) gmail.com
102) Veena Parveen Hasan (Guwahati).
Storytelling
for adults.
Starting on Fri 21 Feb at 6:30pm.
(20-minute segment.)
–––
Story Title:
"A Sweet Thoughtful Gesture"
(a personal-experience story).
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
veenaparveenhasan (at) gmail.com
103) Veena Seethepalli (Hyderabad).
Storytelling
for adults.
Starting on Sat 15 Feb at 3:00pm.
(20-minute segment.)
–––
Story Title:
"Pedalling My Way – Going Places"
(a personal-experience story).
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
veesee12
(at) gmail.com
104) Vicky
Ness (California)
Storytelling
for adults.
Starting on Fri 14 Feb at
7:50pm (India time) / 6:20am (California time).
(20 minute segment.)
–––
Story
Title:
"Spirits of the Past,
Spirits of the Future"
(a fictional story created by the
Storyteller).
The story affirms the miracle,
majesty, and
preciousness of living in the
present.
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
vickyness61 (at) gmail.com
105) Vidya Porselvi (Chennai).
Workshop:
"Eco-Feminist Approaches to Folktales".
Starting on Sun 2 Feb
at 5:30pm.
(90-minute segment.)
–––
Session
Description
Folktales narrated by
people who live close to nature
represent
interconnectedness, interdependence,
holism, synthesis, and
circular patterns of life. This
session will throw
light upon Ecofemiotics as a discipline,
a portmanteau of
Ecofeminist Semiotics, through a
re-reading of
folktales. It will put forward an
innovative
folktale typology in
terms of Space-Time, Nature-Culture,
Spirit-Matter and
Society-Economy, which connects
women with the
environment. The session will present
the five stages of
eco-storytelling, namely: Mindfulness,
Mediation, Mapping,
Manifesto and Mission.
Participants will be
encouraged to explore the concepts
in folktales, and then
to narrate stories (with an image
as a prop) highlighting
the significance of eco-storytelling
as a tool of
consciousness-raising to create avenues
towards sustainable
living and peaceful coexistence.
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maryvidyaa (at) gmail.com
106) Vijaylakshmi Nagaraj (Bangalore).
1
Workshop:
"Chorus of Colours: Storytelling with
Hand Puppets".
Starting on Sat 1 Feb
at 10:30am
(90-minute segment.)
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Workshop
Description
Starting with a storytelling using
Hand Puppets,
participants will observe and
practice ways of
using Hand Puppets for dialogues,
interactive
stories, chain stories, etc.
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2
Storytelling for adults.
Starting
on Sun 2 Feb at 11:30am.
(20-minute
segment.)
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Story
Title:
"The
Abode in the Himalayas" (a fictional story
created
by the Storyteller).
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Bio-data of Vijaylakshmi
is here.
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vijaylakshmi.nagaraj
(at) gmail.com
107) Vineetha C. B. (Chennai).
Storytelling
for adults.
Starting on Sat 8 Feb at 2:20pm
(20-minute segment.)
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Story Title:
"Where Love is, God is” (by Leo Tolstoy).
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vineethacb
(at) gmail.com
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Circle of LOVE.
Healing Story Circle.
Starting on Sun 2 Feb at
7:00pm (India time).
(90 minute segment.)
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1) Geetanjali Shetty Kaul (Mumbai).
2) Poonam Joshy
(Bangalore).
3) Ramya Iyer (Bangalore).
4) Sowmya Srinivasan (Coimbatore).
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Session Description
Seasons of Transition: Celebrating the Festival
of Vasanth Panchami. Story Circle
of Love will
share a story that delves into the emotions of the
changing season. The Festival
celebrates the
arrival of Spring: a transition from resting, to
blossoming and coming alive. This
will be an
interactive session, with story-sharing, drawing,
poetry-making, and role-playing.
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sowmya03 (at) gmail.com
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Kathakrafters.
Storytelling.
For people of all ages.
Starting on Sun 2 Feb at 4:30pm.
(60-minute segment.)
1) Anagha
Prasad (Bangalore).
2) Meera
Venkatesan (Bangalore).
3) Parvathy
Eswaran (Bangalore).
4) Geetha Subramanian
(Coimbatore).
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Facebook, KathaKrafters
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Workshop:
"Improv to Improve!"
Starting
on Sunday 23 Feb at 5:30pm.
1)
Debjani
Bhaduri (Chennai).
2)
Meenu
Sivaramakrishnan (Bangalore).
3)
Pretigaya
Haran (Chennai).
4)
Shraddha
Nigavekar (Pune).
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