The Storytelling Diary
Courses
Wildwise Environmental Courses
September 2 (till 9pm) ‘Tracking the Animal Soul’
The amazing hunter & tracker Timothy Young from the USA will help you follow the trail to your inner poetry. Cost: £65 Adults
September 26-28 'Deep Story and the Wild Earth'
Join mythologist, storyteller, author and award-winning rites-of-passage guide Martin Shaw in exploring the relationship between story and wild landscape.
Cost: £175 Adults
October 22 Environmental Storytelling, Chris Salisbury aka ‘Spindle Wayfarer’
This highly creative workshop will explore the relationship between stories, storytelling and the natural world around us, with its application to school and community groups.Cost: £80 Organisations £50 individuals
see www.wildwise.co.uk/environmental-storytelling.html
www.wildwise.co.uk/events_and_courses.html
September 2 (till 9pm) ‘Tracking the Animal Soul’
The amazing hunter & tracker Timothy Young from the USA will help you follow the trail to your inner poetry. Cost: £65 Adults
September 26-
October 22 Environmental Storytelling, Chris Salisbury aka ‘Spindle Wayfarer’
This highly creative workshop will explore the relationship between stories, storytelling and the natural world around us, with its application to school and community groups.Cost: £80 Organisations £50 individuals
see www.wildwise.co.uk/environmental-
School of Storytelling
Emerson College
The Now of Storytelling -
17 September – 19 December 2008
In this thirteen-week course we will explore The Now of Storytelling in three different ways:
The Skills of the Storyteller: in-depth work on story structure, voice, gesture, movement, audience awareness, authenticity and presence.
The Oral Tradition: working with humanity’s heritage of stories from folk and teaching tales to wonder tales and myth.
Biographical Storytelling: shaping and crafting our personal stories as gifts to illuminate the human experience.
Essential to this journey is a path of Inner Development - the ongoing work of being fully present, bridging the gap between who we are and what we tell. Participants will be encouraged to develop their own distinctive style of telling in a supportive atmosphere with individual feedback and coaching. There will be weekly performance opportunities throughout the course for various audiences. The working language is English for which fluency is required. Supporting subjects will include: singing, clowning, games, improvisation, environmental work, creative writing and craftwork.
Course Carriers: Roi Gal-Or and Liz Turkel
Guest Contributors: Sue Hollingsworth, Alexander Mackenzie, Malcolm Green, Karmit Even-Zur, Paul Matthews and others.
for more details: www.schoolofstorytelling.com
Emerson College
Forest Row
East Sussex
RH18 5JX
England
Telephone and fax
Telephone: +44 (0)1342 822238
Fax: +44 (0)1342 826055
Healing Words - Storytelling as a Pathway to Peace
20 April – 31 May 2009
We are all surrounded by stories - stories told to us, about us and by us -
stories told by politicians, the media, by our friends and family, and by our own minds. Words hold incredible power. Stories can create and sustain conflict, they can manipulate and destroy individuals and countries, but they can also cultivate connections, open possibilities, give hope and heal.
In May of 2007, the School of Storytelling took part in organizing Healing Words, an international storytelling festival for peace in the Galilee area of Israel. Story was used as a medium to dissolve borders and conflict between Arabs and Jews, to foster listening, and to create friendships. In a part of the world that has been so badly abused by stories of hatred for so many years, the festival was the ground for a deeply moving and transformational experience to take place, creating new stories of hope, healing and peace.
The Healing Words festival will be held again in May of 2009. The School of Storytelling is inviting storytellers with some experience to come and take part in the creation of this celebration.
Prior to the festival, we will be offering an advanced storytelling course at Emerson College exploring the role storytelling plays in community building and peacemaking. The final weeks of the course will be spent in Israel preparing for and performing at the festival. This is a lively, challenging and exciting adventure for experienced storytellers who will interact with audiences of children and adults from different religions and backgrounds.
During the course participants will:
-Create individual and collaborative storytelling programmes which will be performed at the festival.
-learn advanced storytelling techniques and receive individual coaching on their work.
-Discover the role that storytelling can play in fostering peace. research which old stories refuse to be laid down to ‘rest in peace’ and which new stories are ‘dying’ to be born?
-Explore how can we create a new kind of conversation as a bridge across the abyss of conflict and fragmentation?
-Encounter the richness, beauty and challenge of the Middle East, practice being peacemakers, and generate new stories from their experiences abroad.
-Explore, through direct experience, how stories and poetry promote human encounter, listening, understanding, and healing.
Space on the course is limited to 10 participants. Some storytelling experience is necessary and a conversation with one of the course carriers will be required as part of the application process. A willing heart and a spirit of spontaneity and adventure are essential!
Course Carriers: Roi Gal-Or and Liz Turkel
for more details: www.schoolofstorytelling.com
Emerson College
Forest Row
East Sussex
RH18 5JX
Emerson College
The Now of Storytelling -
17 September – 19 December 2008
In this thirteen-
Biographical Storytelling: shaping and crafting our personal stories as gifts to illuminate the human experience.
Essential to this journey is a path of Inner Development -
Guest Contributors: Sue Hollingsworth, Alexander Mackenzie, Malcolm Green, Karmit Even-
Emerson College
Forest Row
East Sussex
RH18 5JX
England
Telephone and fax
Telephone: +44 (0)1342 822238
Fax: +44 (0)1342 826055
Healing Words -
We are all surrounded by stories -
stories told by politicians, the media, by our friends and family, and by our own minds. Words hold incredible power. Stories can create and sustain conflict, they can manipulate and destroy individuals and countries, but they can also cultivate connections, open possibilities, give hope and heal.
The Healing Words festival will be held again in May of 2009. The School of Storytelling is inviting storytellers with some experience to come and take part in the creation of this celebration.
Prior to the festival, we will be offering an advanced storytelling course at Emerson College exploring the role storytelling plays in community building and peacemaking. The final weeks of the course will be spent in Israel preparing for and performing at the festival. This is a lively, challenging and exciting adventure for experienced storytellers who will interact with audiences of children and adults from different religions and backgrounds.
During the course participants will:
-
Course Carriers: Roi Gal-
for more details: www.schoolofstorytelling.com
Emerson College
Forest Row
East Sussex
RH18 5JX
PLACE, WRITING AND VOICE
5-6 September 2008
School of Humanities, University of Plymouth and the Cornwall Audio Visual Archive
Speakers include Nick Groom, Tim Fulford, Richard Kerridge, Heike Roms, Mike Pearson, Brycchan Carey, Philip Schwyzer
This conference presents a series of talks about ‘the local’, through consideration of the written and spoken word. It will consider a range of localities in South West Britain, Italy, Alaska, and India, for example, exploring connections between the local, national, and global environment, as well as between the written and oral.
It will bring together scholars from various areas of research, including: English literature, performance studies, oral history, geography, environmental studies, architecture, and music.
For more information and a registration form contact Shelley Trower,
shelley.trower@plymouth.ac.uk
5-
Speakers include Nick Groom, Tim Fulford, Richard Kerridge, Heike Roms, Mike Pearson, Brycchan Carey, Philip Schwyzer
This conference presents a series of talks about ‘the local’, through consideration of the written and spoken word. It will consider a range of localities in South West Britain, Italy, Alaska, and India, for example, exploring connections between the local, national, and global environment, as well as between the written and oral.
It will bring together scholars from various areas of research, including: English literature, performance studies, oral history, geography, environmental studies, architecture, and music.
For more information and a registration form contact Shelley Trower,
shelley.trower@plymouth.ac.uk
Contemporary Storytelling at Newbattle Abbey College
A brand new course in Contemporary Storytelling: Theory and Practice
starts this autumn at Newbattle Abbey College in the Scottish Borders
and will be accredited by the SQA at level 7 on the SCQF framework.
Running in the form of two residential weekends, 26th-28th September
2008 and 20th March-22nd March 2009, this unit is designed to help
professionals rediscover the art of oral storytelling and use
storytelling skills to enhance their professional practice.
The course's function in supporting continuing professional development
(CPD) makes it useful for teachers, librarians, literacy workers, museum
and heritage interpreters, social workers, care workers, health
professionals, clergy, youth workers, environmental rangers, community
development professionals and arts animateurs.
For a more detailed programme outline please visit
www.scottishstorytellingcentre.co.uk/network/scottish_storytelling_news.
htm and for information on location and venue go to
www.newbattleabbeycollege.ac.uk
<http://www.newbattleabbeycollege.ac.uk/
A brand new course in Contemporary Storytelling: Theory and Practice
starts this autumn at Newbattle Abbey College in the Scottish Borders
and will be accredited by the SQA at level 7 on the SCQF framework.
Running in the form of two residential weekends, 26th-
storytelling skills to enhance their professional practice.
The course's function in supporting continuing professional development
(CPD) makes it useful for teachers, librarians, literacy workers, museum
and heritage interpreters, social workers, care workers, health
professionals, clergy, youth workers, environmental rangers, community
development professionals and arts animateurs.
For a more detailed programme outline please visit
www.scottishstorytellingcentre.co.uk/network/scottish_storytelling_news.
htm and for information on location and venue go to
www.newbattleabbeycollege.ac.uk
<http://www.newbattleabbeycollege.ac.uk/
New SQA accredited course launches at Newbattle Abbey College
in partnership with Scottish Storytelling Centre
This autumn the Scottish Storytelling Centre is launching a pioneering new
storytelling qualification in partnership with Newbattle Abbey College near Edinburgh.
Contemporary Storytelling: Theory and Practice is a unique course
combining two residential weekends at Newbattle, with a personal project
between them. It is designed for storytellers in professions as well as
professional storytellers and leads to a Professional Development
Qualification (SQA Level 7) recognised by all academic institutions and
professional associations.
Traditionally, the art of oral storytelling has been recognised as significant
both culturally and educationally. In contemporary society however, the
mass media have led to a shift of emphasis away from a book led culture
which has in turn highlighted the importance of oral communication.
This unit will help professionals rediscover the art of oral storytelling and
use storytelling skills to enhance their professional practice. Professionals
who could use this unit to support Continuing Professional Development
include teachers, librarians, literacy workers, museum and heritage
interpreters, health professionals, clergy, youth workers, environmental
rangers, community development professionals and arts animateurs.
The course combines theoretical perspectives on how oral storytelling
works as an effective form of communication, with practical experience of
how it is applied in specific professional contexts. Outcomes relate to the
skills involved in delivering effective narrative communication in specific
situations, relating to professional practice, including:
• Analysing the purposes and relevance of oral storytelling
• Sourcing and selecting oral stories
• Editing and developing oral stories
• Presenting oral stories effectively
• Presenting in written and oral form, an effective evaluation of the
above outcomes as they apply to your profession.
First residential weekend:
Friday 26th September (eve) to Sunday 28th September (aft) 2008
Second residential weekend:
Friday 15th May (eve) to Sunday 17th May (aft) 2009
(Non-residential option available)
Between these weekends, participants will engage in distance learning as
they complete their personal project.
The course will be nationally validated by SQA (Level 7 on the SCQF
framework).
For full details please contact Jackie Kane at Newbattle Abbey College, Newbattle Road, Dalkeith, Midlothian EH22 3LL.
office@newbattleabbeycollege.ac.uk
www.newbattleabbeycollege.ac.uk
0131 663 1921
in partnership with Scottish Storytelling Centre
This autumn the Scottish Storytelling Centre is launching a pioneering new
storytelling qualification in partnership with Newbattle Abbey College near Edinburgh.
Contemporary Storytelling: Theory and Practice is a unique course
combining two residential weekends at Newbattle, with a personal project
between them. It is designed for storytellers in professions as well as
professional storytellers and leads to a Professional Development
Qualification (SQA Level 7) recognised by all academic institutions and
professional associations.
Traditionally, the art of oral storytelling has been recognised as significant
both culturally and educationally. In contemporary society however, the
mass media have led to a shift of emphasis away from a book led culture
which has in turn highlighted the importance of oral communication.
This unit will help professionals rediscover the art of oral storytelling and
use storytelling skills to enhance their professional practice. Professionals
who could use this unit to support Continuing Professional Development
include teachers, librarians, literacy workers, museum and heritage
interpreters, health professionals, clergy, youth workers, environmental
rangers, community development professionals and arts animateurs.
The course combines theoretical perspectives on how oral storytelling
works as an effective form of communication, with practical experience of
how it is applied in specific professional contexts. Outcomes relate to the
skills involved in delivering effective narrative communication in specific
situations, relating to professional practice, including:
• Analysing the purposes and relevance of oral storytelling
• Sourcing and selecting oral stories
• Editing and developing oral stories
• Presenting oral stories effectively
• Presenting in written and oral form, an effective evaluation of the
above outcomes as they apply to your profession.
First residential weekend:
Friday 26th September (eve) to Sunday 28th September (aft) 2008
Second residential weekend:
Friday 15th May (eve) to Sunday 17th May (aft) 2009
(Non-
Between these weekends, participants will engage in distance learning as
they complete their personal project.
The course will be nationally validated by SQA (Level 7 on the SCQF
framework).
For full details please contact Jackie Kane at Newbattle Abbey College, Newbattle Road, Dalkeith, Midlothian EH22 3LL.
office@newbattleabbeycollege.ac.uk
www.newbattleabbeycollege.ac.uk
0131 663 1921
The 3rd annual FACTS & FICTION Storytelling Workshop will take place
on 21st March 2009 at the Cotswold Playhouse, Parliament St. Stroud,
Glos. The day will be hosted by Pete Castle and Cassandra Wye.
Daytime workshop 10am-5pm and evening performance 7.30pm-10pm.
The whole day will cost £50 (£40 usual concessions) which includes
refreshments and a snack lunch.
Evening performance only is £7/£5.
Pete Castle
storyteller and folk singer
Editor: Facts & Fiction storytelling magazine
www.petecastle.co.uk
www.factsandfiction.co.uk
on 21st March 2009 at the Cotswold Playhouse, Parliament St. Stroud,
Glos. The day will be hosted by Pete Castle and Cassandra Wye.
Daytime workshop 10am-
refreshments and a snack lunch.
Evening performance only is £7/£5.
Pete Castle
storyteller and folk singer
Editor: Facts & Fiction storytelling magazine
www.petecastle.co.uk
www.factsandfiction.co.uk