presents Storytelling Workshop for Adults The
Workshop would meet on these 8 consecutive Sundays, 10am to Noon -- 1) 17 June
2018__Introduction. 2) 24
June__Personal-experience Stories, and Dreams. 3) 1 July__Epics,
Myths, and Historical Stories. 4) 8
July__Fairytales. 5) 15 July__Rhythm, Melody, and Rhyme in
Speech; 6) 22
July__Performances by Participants. 7) 29
July__Performances by Participants. 8) 5
August__Performances by Participants. ___________________ Workshop
Location World Storytelling Institute workshop space, No 14, Second Ave, Harrington Road. Directions: If coming from Valluvar Kottam High Road, turn onto Harrington Road. Once on Harrington Road, go left at French Loaf onto 2nd Ave. No 14 is near the end of 2nd Ave, on one's right. Workshop
Fee (8
sessions) Rs 6,000. ___________________ This
Workshop is designed especially for Parents, Teachers, Human
Resource Trainers, Therapists, Social Workers, Performers,
Creative Writers, Tour Guides, Home-Schooling
Parents, Professional Storytellers, and
People interested in becoming any of the above. Two
recent articles about the Workshop are here
and here
. Links
to additional articles relating to the World
Storytelling Institute are here
. ___________________ The
Workshop would be led by Dr
Eric Miller (PhD in Folklore), Director,
World Storytelling Institute, Dr
Eric's webpage is www.storytellingandvideoconferencing.com
. The
World Storytelling Institute's webpage is www.storytellinginstitute.org
. To
discuss the Workshop, and to register: 98403
94282 ___________________ Two aspects of Storytelling are:
the stories themselves; and ways of telling the stories. Workshop topics include:
Story Content Types of Stories. Finding and Creating
Stories. Elements of Stories. Symbols and Metaphors in
Stories. Story Structure. Dramatic Tension. Story and Place. Story and Community. Story and the Past. Story and the Future. Storytelling and Personality
Development. Freudian and Jungian analysis of
Fairy Tales. Therapeutic Uses of Storytelling. Using Storytelling to Teach
Academic
Subjects.
Story Performance Vocal and physical warm-ups. Breathing/Singing/Moving and
Storytelling. Eye contact. Role-playing by tellers and
listeners. Psychological, verbal, and
physical audience-participation. Stylized speech and movement -- by
the narrator, and by story characters. Timing, pacing, and rhythm;
striking a pose; pauses. Story Mapping / Painting /
Drawing. Storytelling accompanied by Illustrations,
Puppets, and Props.
Ways of Coaching
Storytelling. Using stories in inspirational
speeches. Using stories in sales pitches. Facilitating Story Contests, and
Storytelling Festivals. Storytelling is a form of Public
Speaking that may also feature some Acting (when one role-plays and speaks as
charatcters). Thus, this is a Workshop
in Public Speaking and Acting.
Stories we would be working with
include:
1) Folk Tales (Animal Fables,
Fairy Tales, etc) -- please see www.storytellinginstitute.org/87.html . 2) Episodes of Epics.
3) Personal-Experence Stories, and
other Documentary Stories.
4) Stories made-up by individuals.
Storytelling for Discovery,
Inspiration, Development, and Transformation
of one's self is one of the
Workshop topics. There would be also
an introduction
to the field of "Therapeutic Uses of
Storytelling". After
each story is told, 9)
Facilitating storytelling contests and festivals.
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