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?
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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
Listening to our heart: Storytelling to reconnect
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3rd-8th Nov 2019
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One week course
A storytelling course for those who feel exhausted or stuck in their work with a community.
Guided by Stella Kassimati and Gauri Raje
Once Upon a Lifetime
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11th-22nd Nov 2019
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Short Course
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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
Opening a window to Greek Myths
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29th Nov- 1st Dec 2019
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Weekend course
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For those eager to explore the Greek Pantheon and tell their first Greek myth
Guided by Stella Kassimati
Begin int now!
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24th- 26th Jan 2020
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Weekend course
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An Introduction to the World of Storytelling.
Guided by Ashley Ramsden
Discovering the Philosophy of Fairy Tales
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7th- 9th Feb 2020
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Weekend course
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An exploration of the essence of Steiner’s great work through the language of fairy tales.
Guided by Ashley Ramsden and Wim Wolbrink
Zeus’s Wink: Working with boundaries from myth to life
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21-23rd Feb 2020
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Short course
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An imaginative dive into the Greek myth of Demeter and Persephone for new knowledge and practice to nurture ‘right relationship’”
Guided by
Stella Kassimati and Hannah McDowall
" Thank you so much for such a nourishing and fun weekend. I learned a lot and enjoyed it immensely."
Julia Vivian. U.K
(Begin it now! 2014)
Next Steps
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23rd- 28th Feb 2020
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Short course
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So you’ve begun your journey as a storyteller but what is the territory ahead?
Guided by Ashley Ramsden
Storytelling and the clown
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28th Feb - 1st March 2020
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Weekend Workshop
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A weekend of exploring the world of storytelling through the eyes of the clown.
There are no small stories for the clown. Stories abound and reveal themselves to us when we begin to commit fully and playfully to whoever or whatever we meet in the world.
Guided by
Vivian Gladwell and Giovanna Conforto
Storytelling Beyond Words
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8th March to 3rd April & 20th April to 19th June 2020
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A 13 weeks course
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A course to meet the challenges of the 21st Century.
Guided by Roi Gal-Or and Karmit Evenzur
Begin int now!
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13th- 15th March 2020
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Weekend course
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An Introduction to the World of Storytelling.
Guided by Ashley Ramsden
Passion and Logic:
Dionysos and Apollo
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20th -22nd March 2020
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Weekend course
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A storytelling weekend exploring the power and energy, within and without, of the Greek Gods Dionysos and Apollo.
Guided by Stella Kassimati
The Trickster
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5th- 10th April 2020
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Short course
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The Trickster ~ Taking you to the Edge ~
Guided by
Stella Kassimati and Ashley Ramsden
"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!"
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Lisa Nelson, USA
Wild about Poetry
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24th- 26th April 2020
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Weekend course
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A weekend for poetry lovers and wordsmiths.
Guided by Ashley Ramsden
Applied Storytelling
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17th- 22nd May 2020
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Short course
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Story can touch and transform everything you do. Applied Storytelling will give you the translation tools to put story to work in whatever field you operate.
Guided by Ashley Ramsden
Stories through my paintbox
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29th- 31st May 2020
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Weekend workshop
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A journey through painting and storytelling in celebration of St. Francis and the wolf.
Guided by
Giovanna Conforto
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Mary-Anne Paterson
Enough is Enough!
19th -21st June 2020
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
Begin int now!
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26th- 28th June 2020
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Weekend course
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An Introduction to the World of Storytelling.
Guided by Ashley Ramsden
Speaking to the stars
1st- 8th July 2020
Short Course
Join us to explore the evolution of conciousness and questions of freedom and destiny through delving into ancient Greek myths.
Guided by
Roi Gal-Or and Stella Kassimati
Bring Your Stories to Life
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25th Sep 2020
Weekend 1:
Fri 25th - Sun 27th Sept 2020
Weekend 2:
Fri 16th - Sun 18th Oct 2020
Weekend 3:
Fri 13th - Sun 15th Nov 2020
Weekend 4:
Fri 11th - Sun 13th Dec 2020
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Shourt course
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Biographical Storytelling:4 weekends of in-depth exploration of the magical and transformative art of telling personal true-life stories.
Guided by Roi Gal-or
The Craft of the Storyteller
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Four weekend course
Weekend 1:
9th – 11th Oct 2020 Folktales/teaching tales
Weekend 2:
6th – 8th Nov 2020 Wonder tales
Weekend 3:
4th - 6th Dec 2020 Mythology
Weekend 4:
8th Jan – 10th Jan 2021 Free Projects
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4 weekends of in-depth exploration of storytelling, voice, movement, connection, improvisation, authenticity and presence
Guided by Roi Gal-Or
Once Upon a Lifetime
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15th-17nd Nov 2020
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Short Course
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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
Storytelling Beyond Words (SBW) Creative lab program 30 August - 18 September 2020
A NEW THREE WEEK RESIDENCY PROGRAMME that offers Eight professional storytellers and activists an ideal environment, nourishment, and encouragement to work on developing their new creative
storytelling based projects. Places will be limited and open by application to storytellers who are working on a specific performance or storytelling related project. We will be offering creative input, collaborative heart and brainstorming sessions, mentoring, and coaching as well as guidance in developing a strategy for publicity and promotion of the work.
With Roi Gal-Or, Karmit Evenzur (leaders of the three-month full-time course Storytelling Beyond Words at the School of Storytelling - Emerson College ) and guest teachers.
Starting in Sept 2020
For more information contact: roigalor@gmail.com
The SBW creative lab program and Storytelling Beyond Words 13-week storytelling training from which it is developed, is committed to training and creatively supporting those who wish to become - Imagineurs; imagination entrepreneurs, contemporary storytellers who dedicate their work to serve the living Earth, nature, and humanity in meeting with courage and imagination the challenges of these epic times we have been born into. We look forward to receiving your application.
With warm wishes
Roi Gal-or and Karmit Evenzur
