UK storyteller Giles Abbott to hold workshop and perform at book fair in Kolkata
The workshop is part of Abbott's The Art of Storytelling India tour 2016.
Giles Abbott started storytelling in 1999 in response to a sudden and serious, but not total, sight loss in 1998.
He performs regularly at major storytelling festivals (Festival at the Edge, Beyond the Border, Westcountry Storytelling Festival, Whitby International Folk Week).
He was awarded the solo commission (adult) for Edge 2007, for which he composed a new telling of the Irish epic “Deirdre”.
Giles was resident storyteller at the Chelsea Community Hospital Schools from 2005-12 and works every week in primary and secondary schools, mostly, but not exclusively, in London.
In 2007, he was awarded a British Telecom “Speaking & Listening” Award for a project undertaken for Dubasha Foundation, using storytelling as a mechanism to help children of third generation Guajarati descent to increase their confidence and bilingual ability.
In Kolkata, he will be holding the workshop for teachers, trainers and anyone interested in the art of storytelling and will also perform at the Book Fair on Feb 4 as part of the Kolkata Literature Festival.
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