Storytelling with Archetypes
Organised by Chwedl, a Welsh Network for Women Storytellers
Book: hello@chwedl.org
This course is for storytellers who wish to find new ways of engaging with traditional material.
‘I am excited by storytellers who have an insatiable curiosity. How do we make new connections with the material we craft and tell, how can we be the best we can be? Storytelling with Archetypes bursts open barriers to creativity. That’s what I call an exciting weekend!’ Nell Phoenix
Throughout this course we will be discovering how archetypes can help us understand and define character, language, ourselves as storytellers and relationships with the audience.
Storytelling for true beginners
We will be exploring what makes up traditional repertoire, learning tips and techniques to lift stories off the page and discovering our own storytelling voices.
Nell teaches on-your-feet style classes where participation in group, partner and solo work ensures quick and easy development of skills. The course ends with a celebration showcase of the students’ storytelling.
Nell runs 10-week courses and weekend introductions to aspects of storytelling:
- Storytelling for Beginners
- Beyond Beginners
- UnLeashed
- Back to Basics
- No Holds Barred
Teacher Training
Teachers are in a unique position to enhance learning through storytelling.
Nell’s storytelling workshops for teachers are lively, practical events. Nell teaches easily-grasped techniques to lift the tales off the page, to re-tell the story in your own words and to share the story with your own vision and voice.
The workshops aim to:
- Teach the basic stepping stones of oral storytelling
- Empower the teachers as storytellers
- Encourage the teachers to use storytelling as a creative teaching tool
Nell also runs one-to-one mentoring sessions.
Other Workshops for Adults
Nell is also available for half-day, whole day or regular workshop sessions. The workshops are suitable for skills enhancement, inset days and workshop demonstrations. Nell has taught teachers, librarians, priests, Drama students, actors and parents.
‘May you keep on weaving the yarn of your mesmerising stories forever and ever…’
Jaspreet Khan, British Council workshop, India