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- For the Jim Henson production, see The Storyteller. For the 2001 film, see Storytelling (film). For the Belle & Sebastian album, see Storytelling (album)
Storytelling is the art of portraying real or fictitious events in words, images, and sounds. Stories are told for entertainment purposes, and often to teach lessons and provide morals. Storytelling is often considered to be a crucial aspect of humanity. Human beings have a natural ability to use verbal communication to teach, explain, and entertain, which is why storytelling is so prevalent in everyday life. Traditional storytelling differs from multi-media storytelling, in that it is experienced, and forms within the mind of the audience. For example, a described dragon will be different for each audience member, while a visual representation will be more specific. Since traditional storytelling relies on the recipient's personal experience and imagination, it tends to be stronger in impact.
The youngest forms of storytelling were oral, combined with gesture and expression: words were spoken from one person to another in an effort to communicate a message or a feeling. Stories are also seen in the artwork scratched onto the walls of caves. With the invention of writing, stories were recorded, transcribed and shared over wide regions of the world, such that today, the medium most commonly-associated with storytelling is the novel. As human activities have become more refined and complex, visual stories have been presented in images carved into wood, ivory or stone, painted on canvas, recorded on film and stored electronically as digital images.
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Oscar Winner Karl Malden Dies At 97
Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:12:00 -0400
The powerful, sensitive character actor with the twice-broken nose had stirring roles on the big screen — notably A Streetcar Named Desire — and was a hit on TV in The Streets of San Francisco. He later served as a pitchman for American Express.
Londoners Pleased With Live Broadcast Of 'Phedre'
Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:31:00 -0400
The National Theatre on the South Bank in London is broadcasting its first live play out to the world from Iceland to South Africa. Academy Award-winner Helen Mirren stars in the 17th century play Phedre, written in Alexandrine verse. At an ordinary movie theatre in the London suburb of Brixton, locals give their thoughts on the play.
A Principal Ballerina Hangs Up Her Slippers
Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:07:00 -0400
American ballerina Alexandra Ansanelli came to ballet when she was 12 and went on to soar as a principal dancer in Britain's Royal Ballet. Now 28 and in her prime, Ansanelli is abandoning the only life she's known for more than a decade.
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And that's a wrap...
Mon, 25 Jun 2007 11:47:01 -0000
The Guardian Unlimited Music team is home or on its way home. For a round-up of the weekend, visit our Glastonbury special report. For all the reviews from this weekend - the Who and the Kaiser Chiefs have been added, with more to come - click here. And for all the music blog posts - new ones by Jack Penate and the Rakes have been added - visit the music blog.Oh, and here's editor Alan Rusbridger's Flickr set of the National Youth Orchestra. Everyone pitches in during Glastonbury here.GlastonburyGlastonbury 2007Festivalsguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2009 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
Mark Ronson: awesome
Sun, 24 Jun 2007 20:16:11 -0000
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Pump up the Bassey
Sun, 24 Jun 2007 18:52:38 -0000
Dame Shirley shows the Arctic Monkeys how it's done. Photograph: Carl de Souza/AFP/GettyAlex Needham gives Shirley Bassey - and her full orchestra - nine out of 10.Meanwhile, on the music blog, Hard-Fi tells us why they're playing Glastonbury even though they're not getting paid, and Alice Fisher gives her latest fashion dispatch.But wait, there's more: Have you seen the Go! Team's photo gallery?GlastonburyGlastonbury 2007Festivalsguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2009 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
Tim Sheppard's Storytelling Resources for Storytellers - Collection of articles, links, and information on the oral tradition and the art of storytelling.
Aaron Shepard's Storytelling Page - Resources for storytellers, including articles, quotes, stories, and guide to telling.
Meta Description: [ Resources for storytelling (or story telling), including the acclaimed series Gifts of Story. ]
Australian Storytelling - Offers directory of tellers by location, newsletter, articles and interviews, festival information and links.
Meta Description: [ Oral Storytelling in Australia through guilds and libraries ]
Bob Wilkins - Information on programs offered to schools. Bedfordshire, England.
Meta Description: [ Telling Tales - The Storytelling Website. With stories, storytellers, books, tapes, and more!
Resources for kids, parents, teachers, schools, writers, readers; lots to do and see. ]
Cariadoc's Miscellany: Period Sources for Story Telling - Article by David Friedman and Elizabeth Cook on period sources. Bibliography, links.
Daryll Bellingham - Articles and information on workshops and performances for schools and community development. Brisbane, Australia
International Storytelling Center - Visitor and festival information, articles, and advocacy. Jonesborough, Tennessee.
Meta Description: [ International Storytelling Center, Jonesborough TN, promotes the power of storytelling and its creative applications to produce positive change in our society for healthier communities, more effective workplaces, and enriched human lives. ]
John Shield's Storytelling Site - Articles and stories written by a retired storyteller.
National Story Project with Paul Auster - Read or listen to stories that aired from 1999 to 2001 on National Public Radio's Weekend All Things Considered
Story Arts Online! - Heather Forest's site for teachers, librarians, and students explores the use of storytelling in the classroom to enhance speaking, listening, reading and writing skills.
Meta Description: [ Educational Web site, designed for teachers, librarians, and students,explores the use of storytelling in the classroom to enhance speaking,
listening, reading and writing skills. ]
Story-Telling.com - Seasonal and holiday stories, links, and information on The Storybook Lady's performances. Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Meta Description: [ Story-telling.com - the Story-Telling Center is an internet storytelling resource center with a bookstore, online seasonal stories and folktales, reference lists of internet storytelling communities, storytelling organizations and information about storytelling and storytellers. ]
Storypower.com - Doug Lipman's site offers articles, Hasidic stories, newsletter, and information on his storytelling seminars.
Meta Description: [ Storytelling and supportive coaching. Articles, bibliographies, events, publications, and the experiences of others. ]
StorySave - Project to preserve the voices of elder Canadian storytellers. Audio downloads and CDs available.
Meta Description: [ StorySave's aim is to make high quality recordings of the voices of elders among the Canadian storytelling community available for transmission on the Internet and on CD ]
STORYTELL Discussion List - Mailing list hosted by the School of Library and Information Studies at Texas Women's University.
Meta Description: [ TWU School of Library and Information Studies Director's Welcome page. ]
Storyteller.net - Articles, list of tellers, written and recorded stories, and event listings.
Meta Description: [ Storytelling, Storyteller, Stories, how to, listen to stories, read stories, find tellers and storytellers. ]
Storytelling -- It's News! - National Storytelling Network's compilation of articles in the media about storytelling.
Meta Description: [ From classrooms to boardrooms to operating rooms, storytelling is being used as an effective communications tool. There have been articles about storytelling in many publications including The New York Times,
The Harvard Business Review, The New England Journal of Medicine,
The LA Times and US Ne... ]
Storytelling and Videoconferencing - Selected writings on folklore from Professor Eric Miller
Storytelling Power - Stories, articles about storytelling, and story resources.
Meta Description: [ Storytelling Power ... stories and story resources to add power to your life your career and your community. - Theater & Performance Careers ]
Storytelling Webring - Hub for links to storytelling events, resources, and organizations.
Meta Description: [ Sites throughout the WWW featuring Storytelling resources, organizations, events, and the tellers themselves. All dedicated, at least in part, to the vocal art of telling stories. Enjoy! ]
Suite 101: Storytelling - Articles on the technical aspects of storytelling.
Meta Description: [ ,Storytelling opens our hearts, minds and souls. Stories teach, inspire, and bring people and communities together. - dewey decimal 808.543398.09 ]
Tech Head Stories - Essays on combining storytelling and technology.
Meta Description: [ McLellan Wyatt Digital, digital storytelling, content strategy, video biography, digital art, digital education, information design, Saratoga Media Arts, Saratoga Springs, web design, digital video production, stories and leadership, organizational storytelling, storytelling ]
The Storyteller and the Listener E-Magazine - E-magazine publishes two guest essays a month on storytelling in the local community for the purposes of peacemaking, healing, reconciliation and bridge building.
Meta Description: [ Essays on story and narrative in peacemaking, healing, bridge building and reconciliation in the community. International and noncommercial. ]
The Storytelling Show - Radio program focused on women's storytelling. Vancouver, Canada.
Meta Description: [ Women's Storytelling Show, CFRO Co-Op Radio 102.7 FM, women's storytelling in all it's variations ]
Time Slips - Storytelling project with people with Alzheimer's disease and their caregivers.
Meta Description: [ An interactive, intergenerational, storytelling project with people with Alzheimer's. ]
Tonsil: Musings from an Itinerant Story Listener - Weblog on storytelling issues.
WIStory.org - Information and links to storytellers, guilds, and storytelling events in Wisconsin.
Woman with Black Shawl - One-woman outdoor drama written and performed by Sharon Hatch French, from mixed Navajo/Paiute and Anglo blood. Includes a gallery, schedule and online shop.
Meta Description: [ WOMAN WITH BLACK SHAWL, One-Woman Outdoor Play, adapted from the show Anasazi, the Ancient Ones. Drama written and performed by Sharon Hatch French ]
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