Lots on offer at StoryFest 2021!  Here are some highlights:

[Presentation] Mindfulness as a Tool for Effective Storytelling
By Nandini Nagpal
Date: Saturday, 26th June 2021
Time: 4pm – 5pm 
Venue: Zoom
Ticket: $10

Learn simple mindfulness techniques for greater self-awareness and connection. Be more mindful of the experience you create for others, as well as yourself. Explore how to apply mindfulness and its qualities to your stories with Nandini Nagpal, a passionate storyteller, and mindfulness trainer and coach.

For more details and to book your ticket, head to: https://mindfulness-storytelling.peatix.com

[Presentation] Puppets and Narratives
By Bright Ong
Date: Sunday, 27th June 2021
Time: 3pm – 4pm 

Venue: Zoom
Ticket: $10

Whether you’re in a classroom, a blackbox, outdoors, or on your screen using Zoom, learn how best to include puppets in your storytelling. Drawing from his experience, gain insights into different puppet types and get the chance to ask Bright the puppetmaster any questions you have.

For more details and to book your ticket, head to: https://puppetsandnarratives.peatix.com

[Workshop] Telling Stories With Confidence: An Introduction To the Craft of Storytelling

By Verena Tay
Date: Sunday, 27th June 2021
Time: 10am – 1pm 
Venue: Zoom
Ticket: $50

If you’re an aspiring performer, this workshop will help you to develop the craft of storytelling. Through step-by-step processes and hands-on exercises, learn to craft simple stories using familiar folktales and gain fresh insights and skills on how to confidently engage an audience.

With oral storyteller and seasoned theatre practitioner Verena Tay as your guide,

·  Discover how to craft a story for telling

·  Learn how to rehearse the telling of the chosen story

·  Explore Kamishibai or traditional Japanese visual storyboards

·  Practice using voice and body effectively as a communicator

Limited spots remain! Don't miss the chance to book your ticket here: https://storytellingwithconfidence.peatix.com

[Lecture Presentation] The Healing Power of Stories: An Introduction to the Use of Therapeutic Stories

by Susan Perrow (M.Ed) (Australia)
Date: Thursday, 8th July 2021
Time: 9am – 10am (SGT)
Venue: Zoom
Ticket: SGD $10

Explore the possibilities of therapeutic storytelling with acclaimed therapeutic storyteller and published author Susan Perrow. If you’re new to therapeutic storytelling, this one-hour lecture will be a great starting point. Techniques and methods from the lecture may be used with children, teens, and adults.

Be inspired by the healing power of stories and get your tickets today: https://therapeuticstories.peatix.com/

[Lecture Presentation] Introduction to Sensory Stories
by Joanna Grace (UK)
Date: Thursday, 1st July 2021
Time: 4pm – 5pm (SGT)
Venue: Zoom

Ticket: SGD $10 

If you are interested in creating a more inclusive classroom, performance space, or home, then join us for an hour to discover how to create sensory stories. Conceptualised by Joanna Grace, sensory stories can break down barriers to learning and understanding for children with different educational needs.

Sensory stories hold particular benefits for children with profound and multiple learning disabilities, sensory processing disorder, autism and other forms of special educational needs. With the right knowledge and a little creativity, Joanna believes these inexpensive resources can be effective sensory tools for inclusion.

Get your tickets and learn how you can use sensory stories to support your students today: https://sensorystories.peatix.com/

Resources

Story Talk - Conversations

Story Talk is a free access online resource bank on a diverse range of storytelling related topics. Join StoryFest’s Creative Producer, Kamini Ramachandran, as she speaks with storytellers, applied arts practitioners and those working with storytelling from all over the world. For artists, producers and arts managers, the videos will support your craft and offer insights from experts in their field. For curious individuals, explore representation in myths and legends and storytelling as a tool for wellbeing

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