November 14, 2010 Chennai
The Chennai storytelling Association (CSA) is a project of the World
storytelling Institute (WSI). On November 14, 2010 was the inaugural
meeting of the Chennai storytelling Association at Anita Ratnam's dance
space in Chennai. The meeting was hosted by Eric Miller of WSI and
Anita Ratnam.
It was an informal morning of meeting that was actually a reunion of
about 25 people who have attended storytelling workshops of the WSI
for the past 3 years, discussion about storytelling as well as the
importance of storytelling to each individual present. A primary mission of
the CSA will be to develop and share lesson plans for training people
(children and adults) in the art of storytelling in English and Tamil.
Since Anita grew up listening to
stories from her "kadhai vaadhyaar," she has always been interested in
storytelling and weaves her performances with
many narratives, both personal and from different cultures and
mythology. She conducted some exercises in
breathing and how to express certain reactions that lend drama to
storytelling.
Photos: Lalitha Venkat
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