Connie Regan-Blake

Storytelling:  A Way of Living

Connie Regan-Blake brings humor, wisdom and the heart of story to diverse settings around the globe; school cafeterias, impoverished African villages, festival stages and corporate boardrooms.  She is a storyteller who listens - finding the universal threads of stories in a shared humanity.  For Connie, storytelling is more than a profession, more than art.  It is a way of being in the world.  Connie’s approach is practical and hands-on, drawing on intuition, humor and the five senses.  As a teacher, she creates a community of appreciation, welcoming deep listening and telling in an encouraging, compassionate, creative and playful atmosphere.  

During this 5 day Institute you will:

*Discover how to work with delight and integrity in service of story, both on stage and in the business of storytelling.

*Explore the living, breathing interaction between teller and listener.

*Practice being in the present moment, embodying the story for authentic, vibrant, and inspired storytelling.

*Examine the business of storytelling

 

 Bring a questing mind and an open heart.

READ5830-050, 1-2 credit hours

Aug. 7-10 National Storytelling Conference Experience

Students in this Institute will attend the 2008 National Storytelling Conference in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, and will experience the workshops, master classes, talks, panels, performances, and informal networking and mentoring available there. They will create and document an individual plan of learning experiences, supervised by the ETSU Instructor of record, Dr. Joseph Sobol.

Since 1978 the National Storytelling Conference has remained the premier annual professional meeting and celebratory gathering of the American storytelling community. For further information, schedules, and registration forms for the National Storytelling Network Conference in Gatlinburg, visit http://www.storynet.org/Events/Conference/2008/