Welcome to the School of Storytelling, Emerson College, the longest running centre of its kind.
Founded in 1994, we continue to run courses and welcome people from all cultures, backgrounds, genders, ages and experience.
What is Storytelling?
We are all born storytellers. Storytelling is how we make sense of the world, who we are, where we are going and how we communicate this to others, personally or professionally.
Storytelling underpins everything we do: entertainment, education, healing, activism.
Our belief systems are stories, every algorithm tells a story. The myths, legends, folk and fairy tales that every culture has left behind are all "the distilled essence of human experience."
Upcoming Courses
Storytelling Beyond Words
Our Flagship Course
7th to 26th March & 12th April to 18th June 2021
A 13 weeks course to meet the challenges of the 21st Century.
Guided by Roi Gal-Or and Karmit Evenzur
Storytelling Beyond Words (SBW)
Creative lab program
18th January - 7th February 2021
Creative lab program
CREATIVE LAB is a NEW three-week residency programme from our Storytelling Beyond Words course leaders Roi Gal-Or and Karmit Evenzur. It offers storytellers and activists an ideal environment, nourishment and encouragement to work on developing their creative projects.
'This course has shone a light on my path, which stood in darkness.
The connection, empathy, strength, and richness I felt from being a part of an incredible community is more than I could hope to receive in a lifetime…and yet I received it in 4 weekends! This course has been life-giving.'
Nana Tomova. U.K
(Bring Your Stories to Life! 2019)
Once Upon a Lifetime
15th-27nd Nov 2020
(This Course will also run again from 8th-19th Nov 2021)
Short Course
the meeting place of biographical stories and traditional wonder tales
A creative and inspiring storytelling journey of weaving together traditional and personal stories into one performance.
Guided by Roi Gal-Or
The Storyteller at Play
8th-10th January 2021
Short Course
Reconnect to your irrepressible joy.
Guided by Ashley Ramsden
Enough is Enough!
29th- 31st January 2021
weekend workshop
This weekend we will explore, through myth, our connection to Nature and where disrespect and insatiable desire might lead us.
Guided by Stella Kassimati
and
Giovanna Conforto
Fire, Foraging and Folktales
Winter Weekend:
30th-31st January 2021
Spring Weekend
1st-2nd May 2021
Summer Weekend
14th-15th August 2021
Weekend Workshop
This weekend is part of our Fire, Foraging and Folktales series. Each weekend will have a different storytelling and foraging focus according to the season’s mood, delights and characters.
Guided by Fergus
and Arthur
Begin it Now!
5th-17th February 2021
Weekend Workshop
An Introduction to the World of Storytelling.
Guided by Ashley Ramsden
Pomegranate seeds: To accept or not to accept?
19th- 21st February 2021
Weekend Workshop
An imaginative dive into the Greek myth of Demeter and Persephone for new knowledge and practice to nurture ‘decision making’
Guided by Stella Kassimati
and
Maria Zourari
"I loved being around people from so many different backgrounds and countries.
Deep immersion into deep stories. Yeah! I feel like my brain is different!"
Lisa Nelson, USA
Shiva and Dionysos
12th- 14th March 2021
Weekend Workshop
A weekend exploring the powers of Shiva and Dionysos, Gods of love and ecstasy with deep links to the natural world across two great mythic traditions - Indian and Greek.
Guided by Stella Kassimati
and
Gauri Raje
The Trickster
29th March -2nd April 2021
Short Course
The Trickster ~ ways to survive these treacherous times ~
Guided by Stella Kassimati
and
Ashley Ramsden
The Power of the Divine
21st- 23rd May 2021
Weekend Workshop
An exploration of the Power of the Divine, overlaps and differences, and the relationship between Gods and humans in Greek and Indian myths.
Guided by Stella Kassimati
and
Gauri Raje
The Craft Of The Storyteller - 4 weekends course of in-depth exploration of the Art of Storytelling
Folktales: Fri 10th - Sun 12th Sept 2021
Wonder Tales: Fri 8th - Sun 10th Oct 2021
Mythology Fri 5th - Sun 7th Nov 2021
Personal project: Fri 10h - Sun 12th Dec 2021
Part-time Course
story structure, voice, gesture, movement, audience awareness, improvisation, authenticity, and presence. Discover how storytelling can transform our own lives and the communities around us.
Guided by Roi Gal-Or
Bring Your Stories to Life - 4 weekends of in-depth exploration of the magical and transformative art of telling personal true-life stories.
Weekend 1: Fri 17th - Sun 19th Sept 2021
Weekend 2: Fri 29th - Sun 31st Oct 2021
Weekend 3: Fri 26th - Sun 28th Nov 2021
Weekend 4: Fri 7th - Sun 9th Jan 2022
Part-time Course
Working creatively with our perception, understanding, and interpretation of personal experiences. transforming and polishing the raw diamonds of memories into the invaluable gifts of precious gem stories as gifts for ourselves and others.
Guided by Roi Gal-Or
Once Upon a Lifetime:
the meeting place of biographical stories and traditional wonder tales
8th-19th November 2021
A Two-week course
(11 Days)
A creative and inspiring storytelling journey, of weaving together some traditional initiation stories of trials and transformation together with your own personal stories to one performance.
Guided by Roi Gal-Or
