Braiding stories is a means of making meaning shine.  The multiple levels of an older story can become relevant and deeply personal, when incidents, unusual or ordinary, in our lives can be seen as mythic and life changing.  Laura will tell one traditional tale as the ground of our exploration.  Discover the way the experience of the story triggers memory and reveals multiple meanings of a story, lived, imagined or remembered. Learn unique aspects of storytelling preparation, insights into how to tell a successful story, and the trick to the braiding of stories as a revelation, a delight and a reconnection to the nature of story, ecology, and self understanding. This is a workshop that is potent for experienced storytellers, writers, educators, therapists, ministers, healers, beginners, lovers of tales, and anyone who is seeking to have a deeper sense of what it is to live in the world today.

Instructor bio: Visit Laura’s website

Called “riveting” by the New York Times, and “luminous” by The Soho Theater in London, Laura Simms is an award-winning storyteller who performs, teaches and conducts story projects worldwide. Simms combines ancient myth with her own true-life narrative, which she has performed at venues including the Lincoln Center, the Belfast International Theater Festival and the historic Town Hall theater in New York.  Laura is the artistic director of the Hans Christian Andersen Storytelling Series in New York’s Central Park and the founder of The Center for Engaged Storytelling.  She has received the Brimstone Award for Engaged Storytelling, Sesame Street’s Sunny Days award for work with children worldwide, and the NSN ORACLE Circle of Excellence and Lifetime Achievement awards.  She is author of multiple award-winning recordings and books.

“A perennial favorite everywhere.”  – Daily News, NY

$80. Register at https://americanschoolofstorytelling.com/event/braiding-stories-laura-simms/