Chennai Storytelling Festival 2018

(Fri 2, to Sun 11 Feb),

"Storytelling for Teaching, Training, and Healing:

Helping to Activate the Listener"

 

 

Admission for the Performances could be given on the spot (no reservations needed).

 

Admission for the Workshops for Adults on Sat 10 and Sun 11 Feb could be purchased at

https://www.eventjini.com/chennaistorytellingfestival .

 

Admission to these Workshops is Rs 800 per day, or Rs 1,500 for both days.  On both days, one could attend the morning and/or the afternoon Workshops.  One could attend on one or both days: however, the 4 sesssions on the 2 days have been designed as a single experience. 

 

After one purchases admission, one could send an email to info@storytellinginstitute.org to reserve seats in particular Workshops on the mornings of Sat 10 and Sun 11 Feb. 

On these mornings, approx 10 Workshops would be

occurring at the same time -- one could choose one

(or one would be placed in one). 

 

Shortcuts to --

 

Performances on Fri 9, Sat 10, and Sun 11 --

4:30pm-6:30pm.

 

Workshops for College Students on Fri 9 Feb --

10am-12:30pm and 1:30pm-4pm.

 

Workshops for Adults on Sat 10 and Sun 11 --

10am-12:30pm and 1:30pm-4pm.

 

The Festival Poster is

here as a jpg file,

here as a pdf file.

 

A Brochure about the last 4 days of the Festival

(at Loyola College) is

here as a jpg file,

here as a pdf file.

 

Documentation of the first five editions

of the Chennai Storytelling Festival (2013-7) is here.

 

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Schedule of Events

for Chennai Storytelling Festival 2018 --

 

 

Fri 2 Feb 2018

 

Location: Andhra Mahila Sabha, on Luz Church Road

(near Nageswara Rao Park).

1) 5pm-5:30pm.

"Inauguration of CSF 2018".

2) 5:30pm-6:45pm.

Storytelling Performance

by Cathryn Fairlee of California --

"Folktales from Around the World about

Strong and Clever Girls and Women".

Admission: Rs 200.

 

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Sat 3 Feb

 

Location: Andhra Mahila Sabha, Luz Church Road.

1) 3pm-4:30pm.

"Storytelling in Various Languages".

Admission: Free.

2) 5pm-7pm.

"An Evening of Storytelling by Members of the Chennai

Storytellers Group".

Admission: Rs 200.

 

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Sun 4 Feb

 

1) 11am-1pm.

"Storytelling Workshop for Parents and Children Together".

In this informal Workshop, Parents and Children would demonstrate ways they tell and read stories to each other, and could discuss ways they might like to tell and hear stories.  The Parents would begin by telling or reading aloud to the group, favourite bedtime stories they tell or read to their Children at home. The Workshop facilitators would be Cathryn Fairlee of California, and WSI Director Eric Miller (both of whom are also parents).  Cathryn especially would give tips on telling stories to children.  She is a leading member of the professional Storytelling community in the USA, and has made numerous Storytelling recordings (which are described and are available here).

Location: 14, Second Ave, Harrington Road, Chetpet.

(On Harrington Road, turn at French Loaf.  No.14 is near

the end of 2nd Ave, on one's right.)

Admission: Rs 400 per parent-and-child team.

 

2) 4:30pm-6:30pm.

"Storytelling in Tamil Language".

Location: Story Corner at Bookmine. 1, Tarapore Avenue,

Harrington Road, Chetpet.  (Near the end of Harrington Road,

beside the underpass.)

Admission: Free.

 

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Mon 5 Feb

 

11-1pm.

"Cathryn Fairlee's Storytelling Workshop for Adults".

Location: 14, Second Ave, Harrington Road, Chetpet.

Admission: Rs 800.

The Admission fee also entitles each Workshop participant to have a 20-minute one-on-one coaching session with Ms Cathryn at an arranged time-slot from Sat 3 to Thurs 8 Feb.  (In these one-on-one sessions, the Storyteller would tell a story and would receive feedback.)

 

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Tues 6 Feb

 

7pm-8pm.

CSF 2018 Videoconference.

Topic: "Storytelling in the World Today".

We would also discuss the Festival theme:

"Storytelling for Teaching, Training, and Healing:

Helping to Activate the Listener", and would

consider the proverb, "You can take a horse

to water, but you cannot make him drink".

 

If you might like to participate in this videoconference,

please send an email to info@storytellinginstitute.org .

 

If all goes well, a recording of this videoconference

would be available online.

 

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Wed 7 Feb

 

10am-12pm.

Seminar on "Eco-feminist Interpretations of Folktales",

Featuring Prof Vidya Porselvi, Cathryn Fairlee, Eric Miller, etc.

Location: Stella Maris College.

If you might like to attend, please send an email to info@storytellinginstitute.org or call 98403 94282.

 

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Thurs 8 Feb

 

10am-12pm.

Seminar on "Storytelling".

Cathryn Fairlee, "Telling Epics". 

Eric Miller, "Ways Storytelling can Activate Listeners".

Location: Loyola College.

If you might like to attend, please inquire.

 

4:30pm-6pm.

"Farewell Gathering for Cathryn".

Location: No.14, Second Ave, Harrington Road, Chetpet.

Admission: Free.

 

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Fri 9, Sat 10, and Sun 11 Feb, at Loyola College.

Featuring Storytelling Trainers and Performers from

1) Chennai, 2) Bangalore, 3) Hyderabad, 4) Pune,

5) Mumbai, 6) Kolkata, 7) Ahmedabad, 8) Delhi --

and New York City (USA) and Sweden.

 

 

Fri 9 Feb

 

Workshops for College Students. 

Admission: Free (Rs 50 Registration fee).

 

9:30am	Welcome.
10am-12:30pm	Introductory Storytelling Workshops. Up to 20 participants per Section.  Approx 10 Sections.  These Sections would be occurring at the same time.  One could choose one Section, preferably via email in advance (or one would be placed in a Section).
12:30pm-1:30pm	Lunch (food court available).
1:30pm-4pm	Specialised Storytelling Workshops. Up to 20 participants per Section.  Approx 10 Sections.  These Sections would be occurring at the same time.  One could choose one Section, preferably via email in advance (or one would be placed in a Section).

 

4:30pm-6:30pm.

Storytelling Performances.

7 Storytellers, 12 minutes each.  Admission: Rs 200. 

 

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Sat 10 Feb

 

Workshops for Adults, Day 1. 

Admission:

Rs 800 for the Workshops on Day 1 (Sat 10 Feb) or Day 2 (Sun 11 Feb).

Rs 1,500 for the Workshops on both days.

One could attend the morning and/or the afternoon Workshops on a day.

One could attend on Day 1 and/or Day 2: however, the 4 sessions

on the 2 days have been designed as a single experience.

After purchasing admission at

https://www.eventjini.com/chennaistorytellingfestival ,

please send an email to info@storytellinginstitute.org

to reserve seats in specific Workshops on the mornings of
Day 1 (Sat 10 Feb) and Day 2 (Sun 11 Feb).