"Studio" is an exciting new series of zoom meetings in which you are invited to learn new skills and develop old ones. We encourage beginners and those with experience to join us in exploring new ways to express your ideas. AI is grateful to Arts Council England for their support of the Studio Series.
2 Sessions: 22 June | 29 June
Is there a story you dare not tell…yet? Is there a story you often tell which has lost its fire and needs rekindling? This Studio is an opportunity to explore a story: opening it up with questions, shaking it loose by trying different ways of telling it. Above all, it’s about listening to how the story can be told, by you, at this time.
Storytelling Studio is open to all who would like the space to work on a story with the help of an experienced guide and companions.
A few things to prepare ahead of the session:
• Bring an idea for a story you want to work on (or think of an idea for a story you want to work on). It can be a scene or a short story - that is about 5 minutes long
• Prepare some A4 paper and pens
• Set yourself up somewhere quiet with the possibility of standing up and moving around a bit
Prices:
£10 FOR THE SESSION
£5 CONCESSIONS
Vergine Gulbenkian
Vergine Gulbenkian was drawn to performance storytelling as a direct and essential form of communication in 1991, after studying drama.
Her interest led her to research the rich Armenian oral tradition- co-producing a documentary video ashugh (epic singer) tradition in Armenia.
The shows she creates are based on traditional tales and epics and she performs them in venues that have included the South Bank centre, the Battersea Arts Centre, the British Museum, the Barbican Pit and the Soho Theatre.
She has received commissions from Festival at the Edge and Beyond the Border Storytelling festivals.
Vergine was ‘Storyteller in Residence’ for a project called Storytelling across cultures, bringing traditional tales to schools and community centres in Oxfordshire. She works with Museums, performs regularly at international storytelling festivals and works in schools, sharing the joy of telling and listening to stories with pupils and teachers.
We will welcome new participants at the second session if you missed the first one. Email tato@armenianinstitute.org.uk if you have any questions about the sessions.
Zoom Meeting details:
Meeting ID 813 0364 0672
Invite Link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81303640672