The now of Storytelling

A Storytelling course at www.emerson.org.uk

What is the relationship between your life NOW and the stories and myths from the oral tradition of the past?
Which of those stories are asking to be told NOW to show the full range of our humanity?
What is the role of the storyteller and the power of the spoken word when the warmth of human encounter is often replaced by digital communication? 
How can our stories serve the communities and environments in which we live and work?

In this ten-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 and audience awareness.
*The Oral Tradition – from teaching tales to fairy tales and myth.
*Biographical Storytelling – shaping and crafting our personal stories as gifts to illuminate our human experience. 
Essential to this journey is a path of Inner Development, the on-going work of being fully present and 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. The working language is English for which fluency is required. Supporting subjects will include: clowning, story games, spontaneous storytelling and artistic work