To all Story Lovers! An alle, die Geschichten lieben! Pour Tou.t.e.s qui aiment les contes !
Come and join us for magical days of music, workshops, storytelling and so much more!
(L’atelier et les histoires sont en anglais – mais nous proposons volontiers un soutien linguistique ; la base est d’avoir des connaissances de base et de pouvoir se faire comprendre en anglais).
(Workshop und Geschichten sind auf Englisch – jedoch bieten wir gerne auch sprachliche Unterstützung an; Grundlage sind Grundkenntnisse und Verständigungsmöglichkeit auf Englisch.)
Through story, music and walking, we will be crossing borders, visiting places in between, and journeying to the far reaches of imagination, dream worlds and beyond.
Over 4 days of workshops, we will be exploring the role of the ancestral. As the days shorten and the nights get longer, the twilight and the fireside offer quiet times to reconnect to a deep ancestral wisdom that speaks in riddles, poems, songs, and story. It will be a time of reflection, of looking inwards, while dropping deeper into space and location. We will be walking the territory of story, song, or memory. Establishing a rhythm of connectivity, finally balanced with the weather, and the land.
Join us, to nourish our bodies, minds and spirits. Discover the energy of place, wild plants, craftswomanship, and most of all, stories to live with in these times of chaos and upheaval.
Full Programm (pdf-version available here to download and print)
>> all events can be attended separately, please let us know you’re coming:
sophie.mauch@praesent.studio or 076 563 563 0
>> please note that times can slightly vary. plenty of breaks are included in the workshop times, and a light lunch is available Tuesday to Friday.
Tuesday 19/11/2024
Connection, Time & Role of the Ancestral
9-13h: Workshop with Anna: Mapping connection and time, and understanding the role of the ancestral. Through finally tuned exercises, ritual, poetry, and story we will journey to meet the ancestors.
14-18h: Afternoon with Stacey and Sophie: Refreshing time travel through the streets of Le Locle, followed by Voice, Sounds & Music in Stories and Bilingual Storytelling
19-21h: The Coat and its Stories, with Sophie and others, by the fireplace
Wednesday 20/11/2024
Mapping the Internal, Sensation & Feelings
9-13h: Workshop with Anna: Mapping the internal, through understanding and working with sensation and feelings: the Skin, Flesh, Muscle, and Bone of a story – moving the story into our bodies
14-18h: Philosophy and poetry of time: Visiting the watch museum Château des Monts, followed by input and exchange with and among storytellers
19-21h: Informal story jamming session, by the fireplace
Thursday 21/11/2024
Mapping Space and Location
9-13h: Workshop with Anna: Mapping space and location, walking the territory of a story, asking how does your story travel across the landscape? How does the land speak through you and your story?
14-18h: Experiencing outdoors with Jane: Outing to the border zone, to listen to the wind, the trees, and the rocks
19-21h: On weaving and knitting: If you like, come and make your own coat (it may well be accompanied by stories and a drink), by the fireplace
Friday 22/11/2024
Underground: What’s behind
9-13h: Workshop with Anna: Mapping the history of a story. Researching its background and what each of your characters bring to a story.
14-18h: Deeper levels: Visit to the Moulins Souterrains – underground mills. Reflections on light and electricity, the night turned day, with Sophie
19-21h: Stories developed over the week coming alive: opportunity to tell your story, by the fireplace
Saturday 22/11/2024
In and Out of Time
Suggestion around 16h
Visit to the Musée des Beaux-Arts, including Tchin-Tchin Performance with Michael Günzburger (starting 17.30h)
19.30h: Story Night!
An evening packed full of bewitching stories and music. Jane travels to the coast of Scotland, with tales of shapeshifting women taking to the seas. Stacey will enchant with her story: ‘The Lady of the Lake’ who emerges from the water with a herd of cows. And Anna will share ‹The Handless Maiden’ who travels through a magical forest where time stands still.