Online Storytelling Workshops by Vikram Sridhar From : 01/09/2022 To : 01/26/2022 Start time : 11:00 AM End time : 1:00 PM Theatre Group : ART KHOJ Faculty : Vikram Sridhar Venue : oNLINE Artkhoj in collaboration with Vikram Sridhar brings you a series of engaging and interactive online workshops on Storytelling. 9th Jan - Singing a story (Sunday) Every time we travel across the country or even when we sit with our previous generation, we hear them telling a story. And if we look closer, we hear them singing the story in a way that�s personal, emotional and comes from the heart. What does it take to tell a story, and more than that sing the story. The workshop will explore a simple way to look at the tone of folk singing, and derive energy from our collective memories to create simple stories in a way that can be sung in both English and our vernacular languages. There would be simple voice-based exercises, improv story creation and the participants will have a story song by the end of the workshop What will you learn through the workshop: Shifting from telling to adding a musical tone to a story Finding comfort with our personal folk voice Appreciating an ancient tradition of singing stories Tuning for a story from our authentic memory bank A new way to work with children and stories _______ 16th Jan - Ethological Stories and its creation (Sunday) A way of conserving our natural habitat in Indian Oral Literature Right from the Panchatantra to the Jataka tales to the innumerous folktales of the land, the story way of teaching, sharing and documenting used the animal world immensely. Though today, we see them mostly in children�s tales, the workshop will explore the philosophy, ethology and connect to the human psychology that these tales inherit. Therein the participants will create stories and oral narratives by appreciating, understanding and observing interspecies communication of animals. A keen sense of natural observation was inherent in the story makers, and using metaphors from the natural world was a common trait. This can come back into our vocabulary if we open the doors to listening to the nature around us. What will you learn through the workshop: The appreciation of animal tales for adults. Connecting with the nature around us to brew new tales. Create stories that look at our ecosystem more carefully. Convey complex human emotions using the lens of animals, birds and other living beings Creating stories that can travel to another generation Take back a story bag of tales inspired by Ethology ________ 22nd Jan - Antagonist and stories: Building strong Characters (Saturday) While the word Protagonist gets all the credit and the character arc what happens to the others in the story? The word is Antagonist. Every classic, be it a movie, book or folktale, stems from creating a strong character. Think of your favorite movie, our memory would be filled with so many characters from the movie who fills the story journey. The workshop will look at our memories of the tales we have consumed and create conscious stories for the future. The workshop explores the journey of an Antagonist to make the Story screenplay or even the Protagonist and the characters in a story relevant. What will you learn through the workshop: Antagonist psyche 360-degree view of the character Strengthening your story as a creator Adding life to the least heard character Moving the story at every juncture Creating a memorable Antagonist _______ 29th Jan: Creating Wordless Stories (Saturday) What does it take to create a story completely wordless, completely based on sounds and just using our facial muscles. We depend on our vocal vocabulary many times to convey a narrative and especially a story. What if we just have our sounds and our actions to create a story. The workshop will explore various sound patterns, facial expressions, and simple mime-based exercises Voice reactions and wordless responses create a narrative that�s completely wordless. The workshop explores the possibility of sharing stories in ways that transcend our oral vocal vocabulary and tapping our body-based expressions What will you learn through the workshop: Ways to make stories wordless Explore age-based adaptation of the same stories Awareness towards our body based expressions New ways to adapt your existing story bank Performing to an audience who don�t connect with vocabulary-based content like specially-abled children, toddlers etc. All the above workshops are suitable for Teachers Parents Writers Special educators Public/Motivational speakers Performing artists Storytellers Video Makers/Bloggers Script Writers Theatre Artists Anyone who works with stories and anyone willing to learn something new. About the facilitator: Vikram Sridhar is a Bangalore/Chennai based Performance Storyteller, Theatre Practitioner, and a Story Researcher Theatre Workshop Fees : 570 oNWARDS Important Note : Mumbai Theatre Guide takes no responsibility for outcome of theatre workshops. Interested participants may attend them at their own discretion. Are you organizing a workshop? Or is there any workshop that we have missed out?     Featured Workshops Weekend & Regular Hindi Acting Classes 3 Month Beginner Acting Program 1 MONTH CERTIFIED PLAY ORIENTED WORKSHOP Beyond the Lines with Kenneth Desai The Audition Playbook With Resh Lamba In the Moment with Naveen Kaushik    Discussion Board

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