Welcome to the Monday 4th Jan 2021
webpage of the
"Storytelling by and for Adults"
Series
(occurring via Zoom)
Presented by
This is a series of Open-mic
Storytelling sessions.
This series and the Chennai
Storytelling Festival are both
presented by the World
Sessions in this series usually occur
on the first Monday of each month
beginning at 6pm India time.
(If you are not in India, you could
determine the starting time in your
time zone at
www.thetimezoneconverter.com
.)
For the past seven years (starting in
2013),
this series occurred in a Cafe
Coffee Day in Chennai. Now
it is
occurring via Zoom videoconference.
Participating Storytellers are
requested to
1) tell stories that are especiallly
meant for adult listeners,
and
2) consider telling in the
during at least parts of their
performances.
Admission is free.
If you have not yet attended a session
in this series -- to register to attend the
the sessions, please send an email to
info@storytellinginstitute.org
.
(No need to re-register each month.)
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Recordings
1) 6th July 2020 session
--
Links to recordings are here.
2) 3rd August 2020 session
--
Links to recordings are here.
3) 7th Sept 2020 session
--
Links to recordings are here.
4) 5th Oct 2020 session
--
Links to recordings are here.
5) 2nd Nov 2020 session --
Links to recordings are here.
6) 7th Dec 2020 session
--
Links to recordings are here.
7) 4th Jan 2021
session --
Links to recordings are below.
In Feb 2021, we would be taking
a break, so we could focus on
Chennai
Storytelling Festival 2021 ,
the Festival's 9th annual edition,
and the first to occur primarily via Zoom.
8th March 2021
session --
Webpage coming soon!
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"Storytelling
by and for Adults"
Recordings of Storytellings
(and Discussions)
in our Session on
Monday 4th Jan 2021
1) Michael Facherty (England) tells
"Don't Look Back" (a story involving
fairies),
https://youtu.be/T7cy-Vlab54?t=4
2) Rachna Chowla (India) tells
"How All Living Creatures Began to Blink,
or, The King of the Blink:
The Story of King Nimi of the Ishavaku
Dynasty"
(a story from a Purana),
https://youtu.be/T7cy-Vlab54?t=953
3) Vinita Bhatnagar (India) tells
"The Begums of Bhopal" (a historical
story),
https://youtu.be/T7cy-Vlab54?t=2110
4) Joyce Slater (USA) tells
"Rhodopis" (a story from Egypt;
similar to "Cinderella"),
https://youtu.be/T7cy-Vlab54?t=3543 .
Joyce facilitates a theatre in Kansas City,
Missouri,
which produces plays written by women.
If interested, please inquire.
5) Oluwaseun Odukoya Aunty Shine-Shine (Nigeria)
tells
"The Story of Morèmi, the Brave Queen
Who Sacrificed All to Save Her People,
the Yoruba People of Southwestern Nigeria"
(a historical story),
https://youtu.be/T7cy-Vlab54?t=4562
6) Briane Nasimok (Canada) tells
"My Journey to the Stage"
(a personal-experience story).
https://youtu.be/T7cy-Vlab54?t=5667 .
Briane facilitates a Storytelling Series that
occurs on the first Sunday of each month,
"But That's Another Story,"
http://butthatsanotherstory.ca .
If interested, please inquire.
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To communicate with any of the above:
Please send an email to me, Eric, at
storytelling7@gmail.com , and I would
forward your email to the Storyteller.
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Some tips and suggestions regarding
"Storytelling via Videoconference, and In-person"
are here.
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