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BOOK A TELLER:
Kamini Ramachandran
 Kamini
helped found the Storytelling Association (Singapore) in early 2006,
serving as its current President (2008/09), Secretary (2007/08) and
pro-tem Secretary (2006/7), as well as organising various activities on
behalf of the SAS. Besides telling stories under the auspices of the
SAS, she is also an active teller within the Storytellers Circle (the
special interest group of the Society of Reading & Literacy) and as part
of Talespin, the adult storyteller arm of the Asian Storytelling
Network.
Presently a
Singapore resident, Kamini joined forces with Verena Tay to found
MoonShadow Stories
in Nov 2004 to
promote the lost art of the
oral narrative. Both Kamini and Verena strongly believe that children
will benefit if the beauty and wonder of storytelling is first
re-introduced to adults. Hence, they were the first contemporary
storytellers in Singapore to focus on storytelling for adults. Since
2005, MoonShadow Stories has been busy telling stories to adults and
children at various venues.
Storytelling has always been vital for Kamini
Ramachandran, from her earliest memories of her grandparents telling her
stories to her efforts in continuing this storytelling tradition with
her two young sons everyday since they were six months old.
Fluent in both English and Malay she in an
avid collector of Children’s Literature.
While she is comfortable telling stories to children using puppets,
kamishibai boards, masks and songs, she is also adept at telling stories
for adults, drawing on her preference for darker, ambiguous, other-realm
tales. Her adult storytelling repertoire includes original stories based
on personal experience and popular urban legends.
In June
2007, the Nanyang Polytechnic’s School of Media and Design appointed her
as Co-Director of its folktale animation project.
The
Singapore media is also fond of featuring Kamini’s talents as a
professional storyteller. During 2005 and 2006, she told stories on live
radio at WKRZ 91.3FM on a regular basis. More recently, she has been
interviewed on radio programmes such as ‘The Living Room’, ‘The
Breakfast Club’ and ‘Passion People’ (93.8Live) about her work as a
storyteller. The New Paper has also written a feature article on her
life as a professional storyteller.
For more
information on Kamini please go to:
http://moonshadowstories.org/KR-Storytelling%20Resume-260308.pdf
How to Contact Kamini:
● Tel:
(65)
9273 2383
● Email:
kamini@moonshadowstories.org
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