The Amsterdam Storytelling Festival: Raphael Rodan in Amsterdam

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learn how to find beauty in pain In order for the pearl to become the beauty that it is, it has to undergo an interesting process. It all starts with a grain of sand that enters a shell of a mollusk. It creates a wound. And in the darkness of the ocean, the irritation, the pain of that wound, slowly transforms into a beautiful pearl. In this workshop, we will take a close look at a painful memory - a wound in one’s life - and in a safe environment we will learn how that can lead to the creation of a precious story. This workshop is recommended for people with previous storytelling experience. You don’t have to be a professional, but it shouldn’t be your first time telling a story either. [kop3]Bio[/kop3] Raphael Rodan is an award-winning theatre director and storyteller who has been living in the Netherlands since 2012. He studied at the School of Speech and Drama in Harduf, Israel, and at the Actors’ Temple in London. In Israel, he worked as a theatre director with young Arab and Jewish actors, using theatre as a bridge for communication. [kop3]About the Amsterdam Storytelling Festival[/kop3] When it gets dark and cold outside, it means one thing: it’s time to gather and warm our hearts with stories. This year, The Amsterdam Storytelling Festival invites you to meet The Seer — not as a fortune teller, but as a listener of truth. Blind to appearances and distractions, The Seer notices what others overlook, seeing what cannot be seen with ordinary eyes. Through performances, talks, and workshops, the festival opens space for stories that dare to explore the uncomfortable, the unseen, and the unknown. From inner worlds to the edges of life and death, from visions to imagination… unspoken truths, looming disasters, secrets behind the masks. The Seer knows. Who dares to listen?