Priyanka Patel
storyteller, curator, producer
With over 15 years of experience as a Psychologist and an Arts and Culture practitioner, Priyanka engages with the arts to create environments where people can access their best selves. She performs as a storyteller and works with artists through a variety of mediums.
Through her former company, The Looking Glass, Priyanka has worked with arts enthusiasts, schools, NGOs, and corporates, using traditional and contemporary performing arts, as well as oral storytelling. She has worked as a resident counsellor at Shishuvan School, headed the Performing Arts Academy at Salaam Bombay Foundation, and been the Senior Lead at G5A Foundation for Contemporary Culture. She has also toured nationally and globally as a storyteller and co-creator with the performance, Sounds of the Sufis.
Currently she is running her initiative, Storydust – being a catalyst for storytelling in all its forms.
Links to earlier performances:
1. Rajasthani Folk Performance:* https://youtu.be/mCpGheZJO5k?feature=shared
2. Sufi Song and Storytelling Performance: Sounds of the Sufis Teaser – https://youtu.be/e1b4j23cJK0 and Sounds of the Sufis Introduction – https://youtu.be/SP73VGHiuI8
3. Storytelling for Adults: Earth, Moon, and the Stars – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFxwNcwy3c0&t=23s
4. Talk for Avid Learning: Storytelling the age of Technology https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJcejJwngzI