The School of Storytelling, Emerson College
Welcome to the longest running Storytelling centre of its kind. Since 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."
Roi Gal-Or co-founder of the International school of storytelling
Storytelling Beyond Words 2024 Graduation Celebration Weekend!!!
18th -19th May 2024 @Emerson College
Save The Date (and watch this space!)
Upcoming Courses
Storytelling Beyond Words
Our Flagship Course
23 feb -23 May 2025 (1 week easter Break 12 April - 21 April)
This full time, 12 week training in the art and craft of storytelling aims to prepare you to carry the spoken word and a lively imagination into your communities and places of work, to meet the challenges of these times.
Guided by Roi Gal-Or and Karmit Evenzur
If this is your first visit to this work...
12 - 14 July 2024
And 25 - 27 October 2024
Weekend Workshop
This is the ideal course to lead you into something completely new, something you’ve never done before, but want to start now: Storytelling.
This course is one of the recommended first steps into Storytelling at the School of Storytelling, Emerson College.
Guided by
Stella Kassimati
'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)
"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
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 13th - Sun 15th Sept 2024
Weekend 2: Fri 11th - Sun 13th Oct 2024
Weekend 3: Fri 15th - Sun 17th Nov 2024
Weekend 4: Fri 13th - Sun 15th Dec 2024
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. Suitable for Beginners and professional storytellers.
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The Craft Of The Storyteller - 4 weekends course of in-depth exploration of the Art of Storytelling.
Folktales:
Fri 27th - Sun 29th Sept 2024
Wonder Tales: 1st - Sun 3rd Nov 2024
Mythology Fri 6th - Sun 8th Dec 2024
Personal project: Fri 10th - Sun 12th Jan 2025
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. Suitable for Beginners and for storytellers with some experience.
Begin it Now!
25 - 27 October 2024
Weekend Course
This is the ideal course to lead you into something completely new, something you’ve never done before, but want to start now: Storytelling.
This course is the recommended first step into Storytelling at the School of Storytelling, Emerson College.
Guided by Stella Kassimati
Spontaneous Storytelling –
The Quest
7 - 9 June 2024
Weekend Workshop
Sharing stories is one of the most precious gifts we can offer our family and friends, creating memories that last a lifetime.
Let’s journey together through earthy landscapes and dream worlds, foraging for story seeds as we embark on our quest to find the stories yet unheard, but longing to be told.
Guided by Danyah Miller and
Arthur Dyer
Begin it Now!
24 - 26 January 2025
Weekend Course
This is the ideal course to lead you into something completely new, something you’ve never done before, but want to start now: Storytelling.
This course is the recommended first step into Storytelling at the School of Storytelling, Emerson College.
Guided by Stella Kassimati
Storytelling Beyond Words (SBW)
Creative lab program
Dates to be announced. Register your interest at storytellingbeyondwords@gmail.com
Creative lab artist residency programme
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.
Guided by Roi Gal-Or and Karmit Evenzur
