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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 (110)

(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 help

them better understand their emotions.  We will

explore the complementary qualities of logic

and emotion through telling and listening to

stories.

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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).

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Storytelling for adults.

Starting on Sat 1 Feb at 2:00pm.