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1) Kavita Gupta 3) Nidhi Gujral
/ Pip &
Squeak
1 Kavita
Gupta is a theatre artist and storyteller.
She directs Mirror Workshops,
which provides theatre training for children.
Mirror Workshops' tagline
is, "Discovery of the inner being". Kavita uses theatre techniques
to help children increase their self-confidence and develop their
personalities. She tries to create
out-of-the-box experiences for workshop participants, so the participants can
come out of their shells and perform expressively and spontaneously.
Kavita's background in the study of Mass Communication and the
Montessori teaching method helps her to interact with young people. A voracious reader, she carries written tales
everywhere she goes. She combines her
theatre experience with the storytelling art to not just tell stories, but to
perform them, bringing the characters to life. Kavita
regularly performs in bookstores and schools.
She acts in other directors' stage productions. And, of course, she herself often directs
children in stage productions.
Storytelling and acting are the needs of the hour, as digitization is
taking over many children. We need to
give children the experience of their own imaginations, because their lives
and thought processes have in many cases become too structured from the
outside. Contact info: 91630 43709 mirrorworkshops@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/mirrorworkshops 2 Priyanka Chatterjee. Dr.
Priyanka Chatterjee, popularly known as Golpodidi (the 'Story Lady'), is an
award-winning Storyteller, 2X TEDx Speaker, Mentor, Social Journalist,
Cultural Engineer, Education Consultant, Whole-School-Tranformation Specialist,
Design Thinker, and founder of Arts4Change International. Touching
1.5 million+ lives with 20+ years of experience across 40+ countries, she
blends design thinking, applied theatre, and storytelling to spark dialogue
and drive personal, organisational, and social transformation. An
engineer-turned-MBA gold medallist and alumna of the International School of
Storytelling (UK), her work spans Fortune 500 firms, educational
institutions, grassroots communities, and global arts platforms. The REX Karmaveer Chakra awardee believes:
“Change your story. Change your life.” Video
Recordings TEDx
Talk, https://youtu.be/tM0JzoZrblY Video
1 (Showreel), https://youtu.be/MHzS9hK4aT8 Video
2 (with Adults), https://youtu.be/ohF7bre9cdc Video
3 (with Children), https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTLFvXjkoqe Video
4 (Applied Theatre), https://youtu.be/DAQZHrhlchI Social
Coordinates Facebook,
https://www.facebook.com/golpodidi.priyanka Instagram,
https://www.instagram.com/golpodidi.priyanka Linkedin,
https://www.linkedin.com/in/golpodidi-priyanka Contact
Info 9830472605 chatterjee.priya@gmail.com 3 Nidhi Gujral / Pip & Squeak Nidhi is a finance professional
by qualification, but the storytelling bug in her was always struggling to
surface having grown up among books and stories. It finally (and thankfully) had its way
once motherhood happened to her and she started enjoying going back to her
own childhood tales with her son.
That's when she decided to venture into storytelling as a profession
and discovered her natural affinity towards children. Thus, in the year 2019 Pip & Squeak was
born. As Pip & Squeak, she uses her
stories to facilitate literacy, encourage thinking, incite creativity, and
make learning fun by often coupling them with stories, and engaging crafts
and other activities -- all to provide an experience that delights kids and
parents alike. Pip & Squeak has since
performed (online and offline) in numerous renowned schools, libraries, and
children's carnivals. Nidhi has also collaborated with
some publication houses where she retells folktales and even lends her voice
to their audio libraries. Her self-developed STEM (Science,
Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) module has appealed to and helped
several children. Here she brings an
element of fun to these important subjects by emphasising their applications
in everyday life through stories and hands-on activities. The results being, the children often don't
even realise when the knowledge and skills are etched in their minds! Recently conducted programmes
include: "But why?" This series of 12 workshops
mostly consisted of "Pourquoi stories" ("Why?
stories"). The series is
conducted with an intent to bust some myths and to educate children on the
fun facts of the selected animal. Each
story session is combined with an activity and the children are invited to
exhibit their creativity, all of which reiterates the learnings of the
session. STEM workshops These Science, Technology,
Engineering, and Mathematics workshops are perfect blends of stories, and
activities based on stories, that teach age-specific concepts in order to
ensure long-term retention. A photo is here. Videos -- https://youtube.com/c/PipSqueakstories Contact 98300 21457 pipandsqueak19@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/pipnsqueak https://www.instagram.com/pip_nd_squeak 4 Shreya is a trained storyteller,
a story lover, and a firm believer in the power of stories. She is
the founder and director of Katharangam. Contact 99002 34613 katharangam.storytelling@gmail.com 5 Sristi Sengupta. With over 12 years of experience
in performing arts and 6 years of experience especially in oral storytelling,
Sristi has worked with multiple international brands to deliver the joy of
stories and holistic learning to children, as young as 3 years of age! She
has collaborated with brands such as FirstCry Intelli, Craqit (UK), and
Crossword Bookstores for storytelling, story-reading, and story-enacting
sessions to educate young minds in social and emotional intelligence. She has designed and delivered
workshops for children of all age groups to foster in them a sense of
community, engagement, empathy, and harmony. She has worked with esteemed
schools such as The Heritage School (Kolkata), Delhi Public School, and
Rampurhat. Her gigs take her many places and she loves to travel because
that's what brings her the inspiration for her stories. Sristi also explores performing
arts from a therapeutic and healing angle. She works with experiential
storytelling and spirituality to help initiate healing on a core level and
restore pillars of faith and self-worth. She is also an author: her debut
novel has received several accolades for the impactful use of fiction. All
that moves her often becomes her poetry. Sristi finds inspiration in books
and music to enliven every day. Photos of Sristi's recent
storytelling work with young people are at https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Sristi_Sengupta_Photos_1.pdf and https://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Sristi_Sengupta_Photos_2.pdf Contact info Email: sundrop.storytelling@gmail.com Phone/Whatsapp: +91 80130 09009 a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a
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