‘Storytellers have only three things to work with: body, voice and imagination,’ observe storytellers Ashley Ramsden and Sue Hollingsworth in their book The Storyteller’s Way. As a relative newcomer to story performance, I have found unexpected joy in the physicality of storytelling - in tapping my body’s full intelligence to tell the story. As a writer who often works with academics, I find I can sometimes get lost in the head space, forgetting to connect with my body.
Body intelligence
Body intelligence
Body intelligence
‘Storytellers have only three things to work with: body, voice and imagination,’ observe storytellers Ashley Ramsden and Sue Hollingsworth in their book The Storyteller’s Way. As a relative newcomer to story performance, I have found unexpected joy in the physicality of storytelling - in tapping my body’s full intelligence to tell the story. As a writer who often works with academics, I find I can sometimes get lost in the head space, forgetting to connect with my body.