The Storytelling Movement Today

“Storytelling is essential to human life. Telling stories … is the primary way people create meaning for themselves, teach and learn how to behave, understand their history … So our ordinary lives empower us “all” to be storytellers.

(However) …the storytelling abilities we develop in our everyday lives are almost never sufficient to equip us for professional public performance… the call to story marks an aptitude … it’s a call to start challenging ourselves to learn the craft.”

From: On the Threshold of Power:
The Storytelling Movement Today
by Jo Radner

Storytelling Across the Curriculum

In this workshop, participants find connections between their favorite stories and the Standard Course of Study.They discover how stories can integrate the curriculum, teach concepts indirectly, and provide opportunities for discovery and problem-solving.
Join In

In this workshop participants experience strategies for audience participation that are suitable for a variety of audiences and age groups. They learn how to select and prepare stories and poetry for active participation.

Storytelling and Cinema

In this weekend retreat, participants compare the most ancient form of oral tradition, storytelling, with the most modern form, cinema, in order to discover common characteristics: powerful plot, convincing characters, and engaging the attention of a live audience.
The Mysterious World of Story

Stories seem to have a life of their own.  They sometimes develop in unforeseen ways and move in unintended directions. In this weekend retreat participants will use active imagination to “listen” to their favorite stories through dialog and visualization. They will create new stories or improve a story from their repertoire by asking the story for guidance.