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Kathothsava 2006- World Story –telling festival
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Kathalaya is hosting Kathothsava ’06-Festival of Storytelling for the second consecutive year. The event will not only showcase different forms of storytelling but also bring together international and national storytellers, writers, film and theatre personalities to endorse this art and generate interest among the youngsters.
Objective of the Event
The young generation is deprived of the rich traditional folklores and even the art of storytelling is gradually dying. In the traditional joint families, the grandparents used t o play a dominant role in narrating tales and there was no institutionalizing this simple art form. With the changing socio-economic structure of society, children are more and more drawn towards technology, gadgets and the like for entertainment.
The main objective of Kathalaya is to popularise folklores and revive the dying art of storytelling using different forms like puppetry, masks, toy theatre, chitrakathas, origami apart from theatre and body language. So far Kathalaya has been the foremost organisation in its effort to integrate storytelling into curriculums and has re-invented storytelling finding a modern application for this ancient art.
Kathothsava ’06 will be a month-long program involving schools, school children, teachers and parents. Many film and theatre and film personalities like Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah, Rahul Bose, Mahesh Dattani are participating in this program.
Festival of storytelling (July 1st to 15th, 2006)
Storytelling Performances at schools (July 1st to 15th)– Kathalaya will conduct storytelling performances across fifty schools (for classes I-IX) in Bangalore. The aim of the program is to create awareness among children about the importance of reviving storytelling and folk arts. The performances also aim to highlight the importance of storytelling as integral tool in education among teachers and school principals. There would also be a training programme with the teachers by the International story tellers.
Tell a Tale Contest– Teams from across fifty schools will participate in this contest where each team will enact a narrative piece of their choice,. The focus will be on Indian tales and folk forms. Prelim rounds will be held around July 22nd-23rd. The finals will be held at the mega ‘katha Mela’ storytelling event at Kanteerava stadium.
Katha Mela– Kathothsava’s grand opening will commence with Katha Mela at Kanteerava stadium on July 29th. The Tell a Tale Contest will be judged by dignitaries like Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah and Amol Palekar. Other dignitaries who will participate in Katha Mela will be Rahul Bose, Gulzar, Shefali Shah and Nandita Das. The dignitaries will share their thoughts and experiences with the audience.
Performances by International and National Storytellers– Kathothsava will showcase the different forms of storytelling by National and International tellers at on July 30th. The tellers include Edgar Ortiz (Costa Rica), Avijit Dutt (reputed artist with Yatrik theatre group, Delhi) and a folk performer.
Potter mania– Harry Potter being the contemporary Rage among youngsters, nothing could be a more exciting and appropriate finale to Kathothsava other than Potter mania. The children will use different storytelling forms to enact their favourite extracts form the books of Harry Potter. Children will be encouraged to use storytelling skills they have learnt to perform a contemporary tale of all times – ‘Harry Potter’. The event will be held on August 5th. The venue is to be decided shortly.
There will also be a special quiz for parents. The event will provide parents with a ‘back to school’ experience where they will walk down the memory lane and re-live their childhood stories…
Teacher Training Workshop by Edgar Ortiz– The workshop will cover more than 42 points to deal with teaching storytelling, etiquette, worksheets, choosing the right type of stories, Methodologies, timelines, sample lesson evaluation techniques, Body language, Activities, games, movements, websites, planning the story, Developing characters, moods, tones and much more with a 20 page manual on storytelling.
About Edgar Ortiz- Edgar is a professional storyteller and performer from Costa Rica. He has learnt the art and techniques of telling from world famous dancers and actors. Edgar combines Yoga, acrobatics and body language to tell his tales. He has won several accolades for his performances in various parts of the world.He has participated in Story festivals at the USA, Jamaica, New York, China, Havana, Canada, India and Singapore, Argentina and Holland . He participated in India's first International storytelling festival Kathothsava '05
Dates:August 2nd and 3rd, 2006 Time: 9am to 4pm Venue: Ashirwad Community Centre,St.Marks Road No of participants - maximum 15 per day
For registration contact Kathalaya on 26689856
Performances in bookshops - Kathothsava '06 will carry the magic of storytelling into bookshops as well...Edgar Ortiz, will perform at leading bookshops and libraries on August 6th...and the stories will live on...
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