The Storytelling Festival in Skellefteå
A festival week full of the power of storytelling and delight in watching and listening.
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Berättarnätet ÖST C/o Pelle Olsson
The storytelling network East serves as a contact network for people who are interested in oral storytelling in Stockholm and its surroundings – both storytellers and listeners, and works to increase knowledge and interest in the oral storytelling art.
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Fabula Storytelling
We are a Swedish storytelling company right at the heart of the energetic development of storytelling in Scandinavia. Our performers tour all over the world with a vast repertoire of stories. Our educators train young and old, amateurs and professionals in this art, and our producers run international projects in the field of storytelling. Fabula Storytelling have a history of organizing storytellers, starting the Swedish society for Storytellers, BNS, and taking part in creating the Federation for European Storytelling, FEST. Through the years we have cooperated in projects with international groups of storytellers throughout Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
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Nordic Storytelling Centre in Skellefteå
Nordic Storytelling Centre – a resource centre for the art of storytelling Located in Skellefteå, in the region of Västerbotten in northern Sweden, Nordiskt Berättarcentrum (Nordic Storytelling Centre) was established in 2018 with the aim of creating a resource centre for the art of storytelling. Activities are carried out locally, regionally, nationally, and in the Nordic arena, as well as with connections in Europe’s storytelling network. Our activity platforms: • Storytelling as a scenic art form. • Storytelling as a way of preserving, conveying, and bringing to life our cultural heritage. • Storytelling with an educational approach and as a pedagogical tool. • Storytelling for social development. OSR – organisational social responsibility. The activity profile is based on the strong Västerbotten tradition of documentary storytelling – each person’s story is worth listening to. Nordiskt Berättarcentrum organises conferences, seminars, and workshops, produces storytelling performances and organises storytelling nights with themes such as Life Stories. Berättarkraft is a scholarship awarded annually, supported by the local energy company Skellefteå Kraft. Kvinnorum is a study circle organised in collaboration with other cultural players and educational associations, providing an arena where Swedish and Afghan women can meet, talk, and socialise. In addition, we’re working with other storytelling players in the Nordic Region to collaborate in various contexts, including festivals. Nordiskt Berättarcentrum has the responsibility of operating and developing, along with other cultural players, the annual Storytelling Festival in Skellefteå, arranged since 2009. A festival week featuring more than one hundred storytelling events, attracting about as much as 9,500 visits. We operate in local, regional and national arenas and annually present an international festival and a nordic conference with different thematic approaches towards the field of storytelling. We are engaged in research and development activities in collaboration with Umeå university and others. On these grounds we now aim to establish Nordic collaborations and partnerships for further development of storytelling from a number of perspectives. The regional theatre Västerbottensteatern has been commissioned by Skellefteå Municipality to establish Nordiskt Berättarcentrum/Nordic Storytelling Centre. The centre also receive project support from Region Västerbotten and the Swedish Arts Council. Make room for the power of storytelling and joy of listening!
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Musikteater Unna
Musikteater Unna gör minimalistiska musik- och berättarföreställningar med en scenberättare och en musiker på scen. Med storytelling, narrativ musik och gestaltning skapar de episka berättelser med ett tydligt samhällsengagemang. Teatern bildades 2010 av scenberättaren Johan Theodorsson och musikern Anders Peev med en lust att berätta dramatiska berättelser från förr men med ett modernt innehåll. Musikteater Unna spelar föreställningar både internationellt och i hela landet för vuxna, barn och ungdomar. Vi spelar i skolor och på öppna scener. 2017 började Musikteater Unna samarbeta med teaterproducenten Anna Holmlin Nilsson. Musikteater Unna har framträtt vid flera internationnella berättarfestivaler, bla i Rom, Oslo, Paris, Amsterdam, Alden Biesen, Helsingfors och Bolzano.
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Berättarnätet Sverige
BNS is an umbrella organization for the Swedish narrative movement. Our purpose is: • to act as a contact network for all types of organizations that are interested in, and actively work for the oral storytelling. • to work to create interest in, develop and increase knowledge of the oral narrative in its various applications. • to support their own member associations in their storytelling work • to support the start of narrative associations
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Berättarnätet Kronoberg | Sagomuseet – Sagobygden
It is a nonprofit organization that cares about the oral tradition and wants to contribute to the oral storytelling tradition being carried on. We want to spread knowledge of folktales and legends, while we strive to highlight people’s own stories in today’s society. We also act as a network between people who are interested in storytelling. We are located in Ljungby (south Sweden) where we run The Museum of Legends which has many activities directed both to the public and to schools. Each year we arrange Ljungby Storytelling Festival, where about 50 storytellers from around the world come to tell their best stories. During the rest of the year, we organize a variety of performances, lectures and university courses. We have educational activities ranging from 8 months to the oldest. We also hand out the Mickel Prize with which we pay attention to someone who has made great efforts to preserve oral tradition. The Storytelling Network of Kronoberg has members from all over the Nordic countries. We are also active in the work of implementing the UNESCO Convention of Safeguarding the Intangible Cultural Heritage with the Institute for Language and Folklore. We participate in the work of preservation, documentation, transfer of knowledge, training, research and practice of oral traditions and expressions.
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Alba Sverige
Nordisk ALBA Sverige – Allians för Läkande Berättande i Norden har som mål att utveckla och sprida kunskap, erfarenheter och metoder om muntligt berättande som läkande konst i Norden, samt att vara ett samlande nätverk för läkande berättare och andra intresserade.
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