During
these difficult times of COVID-19 I am offering the following three
online interactive workshops each of 60 minute duration.
1. “FISHING WITH MAUI” Online Storytelling Workshop
A storytelling workshop for students in years 3 to 10
A workshop focussed on helping students to tell their own stories or personal narratives with a distinctly Polynesian / Maori influence. We draw inspiration from the life of Maui who fished up the islands - using a series of fish-hooks or memory prompts we encourage students to recall their unique life journey. Discovering that for each one of us life is a memorable odyssey made up of people, places and events. Whereas traditionally workshops have focussed on the mechanics of writing, this workshop is focussed on the creative impulse to tell stories - helping students to tap into their own well-spring of stories.
The workshop includes live performance of stories by Andy Wright plus virtual activities to create audience participation.
2. “FIVE SENSE STORYTELLING” Online Storytelling Workshop
A storytelling workshop for students in years 7 to 12
Learn how to use all five of your senses to write and tell better stories. A workshop that explores the reality of growing up with a blind mother and the role of the five senses.
My blind mother raised us to always be aware of all 5 of our senses, and not to be reliant on the single sense of sight. As a child, I remember being encouraged to close my eyes and breathe in the aromas that surrounded us. To listen carefully to the symphony of natural and supernatural sounds that surrounded us. To caress the bark of a tree, or squelch our toes through the mud on the riverbank. To savour the flavour of my grandmother's freshly baked shortbread.
3. “THE SPORT OF STORYTELLING” Online Storytelling Workshop
A storytelling workshop for students in years 4 to 10
Experience storytelling combined with aerobic exercise, the power of gesture, the retelling of history, and the pathos of personal narrative. This is the workshop that has a little bit of everything.
Sport and storytelling share a great deal of common elements. They both connect us to human experience. The joys and tribulations of sport are a distillation of human suffering and happiness. Storytelling offers the same distillation of human experience.
This workshop explores stories about sport and history. Offering an opportunity to learn the All Black "Ka Mate Haka" in a virtual environment and to learn the story of Te Rauparaha the great chief who wrote the original "Ka Mate Haka"
This is a workshop that is guaranteed fun for all ages with the opportunity to explore the physical side of storytelling and sport.
I am
also offering the following two performances each of 45 minutes
duration.
4. “JUST PUSH PLAY” online storytelling
Come and join an online storytelling session specifically for the young in body and young at heart. An opportunity to experience the playfulness of story. A selection of live performance stories, adapted for virtual interaction. With plenty of aerobic exercise and audience interactions.
Introduce yourself to the power of words and oral literacy as you experience a new way of playing. Learn and laugh at the same time - discovering the wisdom of folktales and the humour of the ancients.
5. “DRAW AND TELL” online storytelling
Join Storyteller and Illustrator Andy Wright to explore the world of stories and drawing. Introduce students to the twin worlds of visual and oral literacy as they experience the joy of drawing and telling stories.
Using his physical blackboard and his gift for telling stories in the virtual environment – Andy will take your students on a journey into a world of weird and wonderful creatures and personalities. All the while imparting some simple drawing techniques.
Students will need to attend with pencils and paper, so that they can draw the pictures alongside Andy.
For
BOOKINGS please contact:
Andy Wright, PHONE: NZ +64 3 768 5498
EMAIL: andy@storyteller.net.nz MORE INFO: www.storyteller.kiwi
I am happy to discuss timings and technical details. My prefered delivery platform is Jitsi, but I am happy to work with your school to find an online solution that works for you. I am happy to mix and match performance and workshops to create a virtual learning programme that suits your needs.
Please do not hesitate to contact me to discuss various options.