World Storytelling Institute

presents

 

Chennai Storytelling Festival

Online Video Library

 

The annual Chennai Storytelling Festival

began in 2013.

In addition to the video links below,

some documentation of the CSF is here. 

 

The theme of the CSF is

"Ways Storytelling of Various

Cultures, Religions, World-views,

and Practices can Facilitate

Growing, Maturing, Freedom from Oppression, Teaching and Learning, Playing, Creating, Transforming, and/or Healing

in Individuals and Groups --

and the Healing of the Environment."

 

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CSF 2024 (12th edition), Feb 2024 (via Zoom).

CSF 2023 (11th edition), Feb 2023 (via Zoom).

CSF 2022 (10th edition), Feb 2022 (via Zoom).

CSF 2021 (9th edition), Feb 2021 (via Zoom).

CSF 2020 (8th edition), Feb 2020.

CSF 2019 (7th edition), Feb 2019.

CSF 2018 (6th edition), Feb 2018.

CSF 2017 (5th edition), Feb 2017.

CSF 2016 (4th edition), Feb 2016.

CSF 2015 (3rd edition), Feb 2015.

CSF 2014 (2nd edition), Feb 2014.

 

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CSF 2024

(2-4th, 9th-11th, 16th-18th, 23rd-25th Feb 2023).

 

1) Storytellings in CSF 2024's 12 two-hour

Storytelling Sessions (60).

2) Workshops (24).

3) Storytelling Programs (4).

4) Talks and Discussions (4).

5) Sessions for/by/with Children (8).

6) Storytelling in Various Languages (4).

7) Storytelling Recordings Submitted (5).

 

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1) Storytellings in CSF 2024's 12 two-hour Storytelling Sessions (60).

 

Alistair Martin (near Toronto),

 

Alla Lebedeva (Moscow),

 

Alvin S.W. (Chennai),

 

Ambujavalli N. (Chennai),

 

Angela Halvorsen Bogo (Norway),

 

Britta Wilmsmeier (Germany),

 

Bruce Kirchoff (North Carolina),

 

Bruce Marcus (Massachusetts),

 

Dada Maheshvarananda (North Carolina).

 

David Heathfield (UK).

 

Denise McCormack (New Jersey).

 

Divya Anand (Chennai).

 

Ed Lewis (California).

 

Elisa Pearmain (Massachusetts).

 

Heather Forest (New York).

 

Helmut Wittmann (Austria).

 

Howard Lieberman (Minnesota).

 

Jaishree Sethi (New Delhi).

 

Jayanthi B. (Chennai).

 

Jenis Lunkad (Raipur).

 

Jennifer Munro (Connecticut).

 

Jon Sundell (North Carolina).

 

June Brown (Toronto).

 

Kavita Shah (Ahmedabad).

 

Lalitha Thilak (Chennai).

 

Lavanya Prasad (Bengaluru).

 

Laxmi Balaji (Toronto).

 

Les Schaffer (Virginia).

 

Lipika Mohanty (Bhubaneshwar).

 

Maja Bumberák (Hungary).

 

Manisha Bhise (Mumbai).

 

Maricris Basto (Philippines).

 

Marijana Mrvos (Croatia).

 

Marina Maria Granlund (Sweden).

 

Mary Louise Chown (Manitoba).

 

Meera Venkateshan and Anagha Prasad

(both in Bangalore).

 

Mihaela Rau (Romania).

 

Milly Jackdaw (West Wales).

 

Neena Girish (Thiruvananthapuram),

 

Nidhi Sehgail (Faridabad).

 

Nilguen Yalay (New Zealand).

 

Norah Dooley (Massachusetts).

 

Parvathy Eswaran (Coimbatore).

 

Pooja Giri (Chennai).

 

Pretigaya Haran (Chennai).

 

Priyanka Sagar Maheshwari (Noida).

 

Regina Ress (New Mexico).

 

Shaheen Maniar (Pune).

 

Shilpa Mehta (Jaipur).

 

Shital Rayathatha (Chennai).

 

Shreya Biswas (Kolkatta).

 

Shraddha Nigavekar (Pune).

 

Sowmya Srinivasan (Coimbatore).

 

Sridevi Srivinasan (Chennai).

 

Stefania Ganzini (Italy).

 

Sudha Umashanker (Chennai).

 

Tim Sheppard (England).

 

Vandana Rao (Visakhapatnam).

 

Vicky Ness (California).

 

Wangari Grace (Kenya).

 

 

2) Workshops (24).

 

Anuradha Rohra (Mumbai) led a Workshop on "Using Drama to Build Community" in CSF 2024, on 11 Feb 2024.  The recording is here.

 

Audra Sisak (in Seattle) led a Workshop on "Storytelling and Autism: Focus on Practical Issues of Telling and Listening" in CSF 2024, on 18 Feb 2024.

The recording is here. 

 

Barry Stewart Mann (Atlanta, Georgia, USA) led a Workshop on "STEM Teaching with Storytelling (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math)" in CSF 2024, on 10 Feb 2024.  The recording is here. 

 

David Heathfield (England) led a Workshop on "Mixed Language Storytelling" in CSF 2024, on 9 Feb 2024.

The recording is here.

 

Debjani Bhaduri (Chennai) led a Workshop on "Antagonists in Stories" in CSF 2024, on 11 Feb 2024.

The recording is here.   

 

Denise McCormack (New Jersey) led a Workshop on "Exploring Stories Through Critical Lenses" in CSF 2024, on 10 Feb 2024.  The recording is here.

 

Eric Miller (Chennai) led an 8-session Workshop on "Story Composition (Making-up Stories): Dramatic Structure and Character Development" in CSF 2024.  On this webpage there are links to

1) Recordings of all 8 sessions.

2) Typed notes about "Dramatic Structure and Character Development".

3) Summaries of the three stories the Workshop's principles were applied to:

A) "The Tempest" (by William Shakespeare),

B) Tamil Nadu's "Epic of the Anklet", and

C) "Words from the Forest" (by Eric Miller).

 

Geethanjali Javed (Chennai) led a Workshop on "Persuasive Presentations through Storytelling" in CSF 2024, on 2 Feb 2024.  The recording is here.

 

Haritha Kannan (Chennai) led a Workshop titled " 'Pop the Anger Bubble': Anger Management Techniques and Coping Skills, Using Stories" in CSF 2024, on 24 Feb 2024.  The recording is here.

 

Kanagadurga Ramesh (Chennai) led a Workshop on "Building Your Story Bank" in CSF 2024, on 10 Feb 2024.  The recording is