Beyond enemy lines
Advanced storytelling course in Israel/Palestine
Dates: 18 April – 28 April 2012
On December 25 1914 during the First World War some of the German, British, and French soldiers, already sick and tired of the senseless killing, disobeyed their superiors and fraternized with "the enemy". "You no shoot, we no shoot." Thousands of troops streamed across a no-man's land strewn with rotting corpses. They sang Christmas carols, exchanged photographs of loved ones back home shared stories about their lives.
How is it possible that soldiers embraced men they had been trying to kill a few short hours before? Sitting in the trenches at Christmas Eve, sharing a custom, a celebration, a story, they were able to lower their guns and to meet as human beings. Can we in today’s world use the power of stories to overcome the images of the enemies we create in our souls?
In this ten days course, located in the heart of the Galilee, each of the participants will receive a folk story invoking questions related to this theme of (overcoming) images of enemies. Through techniques, exercises and personal coaching sessions we will craft the story for a captivating storytelling performance. In this process of crafting each participant will search for the connections of the story to his or her personal life in order to bring colour by deepening the emotion in the telling.
Tuition fee: 250 pounds
Accommodation and food on the campsite is available for low price at the location of the course. Rooms are for rent for the ones that prefer a higher standard of accommodation.
Course carrier: Raphael Rodan
Raphael was born in the ancient land of the Galilee. He currently lives in the UK and works in the UK, Europe and the Middle East as a storyteller, workshop leader and actor who uses the power of storytelling to create a bridge between diversities in order to overcome conflicts. He is the Founder of ‘Jiser El Adam’, an international storytelling-for-peace project located in the Galilee in Israel.
For more info please contact Raphael at:
raphaelosun@gmail.com
