Embodied storytelling: exploring movement in storytelling
Jo Blake and Simon Palmer (UK)
“What you say, you say in a body; you can say nothing outside this body.
You must awaken while in this body, for everything exists within it”
As storytellers, we can sometimes forget that our bodies speak as loudly as our words, and that there is so much play, depth and creativity to be found through noticing how we move. In this workshop, we will explore a range of approaches and processes for working with body and movement within storytelling. The emphasis is on learning through embodied exploration. Bring your questions, your wonderings, your limitations and capacities, and let’s see what happens.
What you will need:
A story! Please come with a myth, fairytale or folk tale in mind.
Wear comfy, loose clothing that you are happy moving in.
Jo Blake
Jo has been a professional storyteller for over 25 years. Her practice sits at the intersection of both storytelling and dance, and traditional and contemporary practices. Her work champions the transformative power of embodied myth and acts of narration as cultural therapeutics. Jo has a PhD in Emergent Storytelling Practices from the University of Chichester and an MA with Distinction in Dance Theatre from Trinity Laban. She is co-founder of the Anima Mundi School of Storytelling and is an Associate Lecturer at the University of Northampton.
Simon Palmer
Simon was born and raised in Essex, UK, and trained in contemporary dance in Leeds. His passion for storytelling spans movement, voice, and puppetry, shaping a multidisciplinary performance career of more than twenty years. Simon has appeared in several works for Maresa von Stockert/Tilted Productions, and continues to collaborate regularly with both Luca Silvestrini’s Protein Dance and Theatre-Rites, as a dancer, actor, puppeteer and singer.
