Avid Learning presents The Art of Performative Storytelling with Storyteller, Psychologist and Founder, StoryDustIndia Priyanka Patel.

This day-long workshop will take participants on an intensive experience of learning to perform stories. Master storyteller, Priyanka will explore the structure and elements of an effective storytelling performance for adults. Through a series of theatre games and art activities, participants will get a chance to experiment with voice modulation, expressions, gestures, and body language. The emphasis will be on becoming a powerful performer through interactive storytelling in this time and age of multiple digital platforms. Priyanka will demonstrate a selection of stories through a performance and also create opportunities for the participants to perform.

Highlights include:

-      Introduction to Performative Storytelling

-      Elements of effective storytelling

-     Learning to evoke emotions through storytelling

-     Theatre activities to adapt your voice and body language

-   How to identify your audience and adapt content

-     Applying storytelling skills to other areas of your life

Join us for an interactive session that combines narrative, movement and drama while bringing stories to life!

N.B. Please note that this workshop is for participants over 18 years of age. Participants are advised to wear comfortable clothing.

Where: Essar House – Podium, 11 KK Marg, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai – 400034

When: Saturday, 28th September 2019; 10:00AM – 4:00PM

Fee: Rs. 1200/- (including lunch)

About the Instructor

Priyanka Patel is a preserver and nurturer of stories. Her two loves, Storytelling and Psychology come together as she goes back to the age old tradition of oral storytelling to warm your hearts with Mythological tales, Folk tales, and Sufi stories. Bringing people together around the mythical hearth, Priyanka helps you travel time and explore traditions that have been a part of your everyday life. As a Storyteller, she has performed at premiere venues like Royal Opera House, Mumbai; Nehru Centre, London & Mumbai; Kalaghoda Arts festival; Prithvi Theatre Festival; The Hive, Mumbai; Haiku Jam, Bandra; Shoonya Space, Bangalore; GyanAdab Literature Festival, Pune; India Habitat Centre, Delhi; IIC, Delhi and many more. Along with running StoryDust India, she is the Program Manager for cityLAB, G5A, and is also the co-creator and Storyteller for Sounds of the Sufis.

About AVID

Avid Learning, a public programming platform and cultural arm of the Essar Group, has conducted over 1100 programs and connected with more than 130,000 individuals since its inception in 2009. Driven by the belief that Learning Never Stops, AVID’s multiple formats like Workshops, Panel Discussions, Gallery Walkthroughs, and Festival Platforms create a dynamic and interactive atmosphere that stimulates intellectual and creative growth across the fields of Culture & Heritage, Literature, Art and Innovation.

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