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Notes: Some documentation of
the first 7 annual editions of the Chennai Storytelling Festival (starting in 2013) is here. *** The poster of Chennai Storytelling Festival 2020
is here. The schedule of Chennai Storytelling Festival 2020
is here. ________________________ Dear
Storytelling Friend, Hello! Ms Laura
Simms would be teaching a 4-session class on "Performance
Storytelling", as part of Chennai Storytelling Festival 2020 (the 8th
edition of this Festival). Note: The 4 sessions
of Laura Simms' Storytelling Class in CSF 2020 are filled. However, your name could be placed on a "WAITING
LIST" to join these sessions. If
interested, please call Dr Eric Miller at 98403 94282. Thank you! The 4
sessions of this class are: 1)
Session 1 -- Mon 10th Feb, 10am-1pm. 2)
Session 2 -- Tues 11th Feb, 2pm-4:30pm. 3)
Session 3 -- Wed 12th Feb, 5pm-7:30pm. 4)
Session 4 -- Thurs 13th Feb, 10am-12:30pm. Info about the Topics of Laura's class is here. Info about the Fees of Laura's class is here. These 4
sessions would occur at the Slate space (on the campus of Lady Andal School),
Harrington Road, Chetpet. *** This
would be Laura Simms' first visit to Chennai. Laura
introduced me to storytelling, starting approx 40 years ago (in the
late-1970s) in our hometown of NYC -- and I have been studying wth her ever
since. Laura
Simms' bio-data is here. *** Laura
Simms would also be giving 2 Storytelling performances in CSF 2020 -- 1) Sun
9th Feb, at 11am (for children -- older
people also welcome!). Info is here. Admission:
Rs 200. 2) Thurs
13th Feb, at 6pm (for adults). Info is here. Admission:
Rs 300. *** In
addition, the Festival would feature 3 Team-Workshops at Colleges, a Seminar,
and Performances by 35 (Indian) Storytellers. Festival participants
who attend at least one session of Laura's class are invited to help plan and
conduct these Workshops, and to participate in the Seminar (as presenters
and/or as audience members). *** The 3
Team-Workshops would be: Team-Workshop
#1 -- Tuesday
11th Feb, 9:30am-12noon "Storytelling
and Tourism" Venue:
History and Tourism Dept, Stella Maris College (Alwarpet). Team-Workshop
#2 -- Wednesday
12th Feb, 10am-12noon. "Storytelling
for Teaching-and-learning the English Language." Venue:
NKT College of Education (Triplicane). Team-Workshop
#3 -- Wednesday
12th Feb, 1:30pm-3:30pm "Storytelling
Therapy." Note:
Storytelling Therapy methods could be used for Counselling, Facilitating
Healing and Personality Development, Life Coaching, Mentoring, Giving Training
in Soft Skills, Life Skills, and Communication Skills, etc. Venue:
Social Work Dept, Stella Maris College (Alwarpet). *** The
Seminar would be: Thursday
13th Feb, 2pm-4pm. "Storytelling
for Teaching-and-learning Academic Subjects". Venue: The
Wandering Artist, RA Puram. *** Details
about the Team-Workshops and the Seminar are on the Festival
schedule. There is
an email group for planning each of the above-mentioned 3 Workshops at
colleges, and the Seminar. If you
might like to join one or more of these email groups, please send an email
request to info@storytellinginstitute.org . *** Also: On the final 3 days of the 10-day Festival
-- on Fri 14th, Sat 15th, and Sun 16th Feb -- there would be 5 group
programs, each one featuring 7 Storytellers.
Thus, in
these 5 programs there would be a total of 35 Storytellers (telling for
people of all ages). Details
about these 5 programs are at, and https://tinyurl.com/CSF2020c-y Admission:
Rs 200 per person, per program. (An
online system for purchasing these tickets would be in place from around 3 Jan 2020 onwards). *** Some
background -- It was
when I was studying with and doing office work for Laura in the mid-1980s
that it occurred to me that there should be a World Storytelling Institute. In 2007, after
settling in Chennai, I took the lead in founding the World Storytelling
Institute (as an NGO, registered in Chennai). Laura is
not directly involved with the WSI, but from my side she certainly provided
the inspiration for it. *** Again,
bio-data about Laura (written by me) is here. Excerpt: > Ms
Laura Simms is a living legend. > She
is a (USA) national and global >
treasure. > > Ms
Laura is one of the founders, and >
continues to be one of the leaders, of > the
Global Storytelling Revival, which >
coalesced in the early 1970s (almost > 50
years ago). > > Ms
Laura is known for brilliant >
psychological insight into the process > of
the storytelling event, as well as > into
stories. > > She
performs worldwide, telling myths, >
fairytales, and personal-experience >
stories, for listeners of all ages. *** For
additional info about any of the above -- and to register for one or more
sessions of Laura's 4-session class -- please contact me. *** Many
thanks! - Eric (PhD in
Folklore, MSc in Psychology) 98403
94282 eric@storytellinginstitute.org Director, Chennai Storytelling
Festival, and Storytelling
Therapy Association of India Assistant
Director, East West Center for Counselling and Training, and Indian
Institute of Psychodrama Co-facilitator, a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a
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