Event

The Storyteller's Compass

The Storytellers' Compass uses conversational storytelling to create a mosaic of stories and ideas. Participants "play" hexagonal cards representing stories ranging from personal experiences to world tales. As the conversation evolves, the cards form unique patterns of stories. By the end of the 4-hour experience, participants have a deeper understanding of their own living body of text and a method for organizing many short stories into one thematically integrated composition.

David Novak's background in theater arts includes Shakespeare, clowning, creative dramatics, playwriting and directing. He began telling stories l978. He is a veteran of the National Storytelling Festival and co-founder of the innovative "National Yakkers Theater Ensemble." David has performed at major storytelling festivals across the country including Timpanogos, Tejas, Winter Tales, Hawaiian Talking Island Festival and more. His aesthetic education programs have taken him to the Lincoln Center Institute, the Los Angeles Music Center On Tour, the Aesthetic Education Institutes in Rochester and Utica, NY, Deleware Institute for Arts Education and more.
In 1995/96 David was Master Storyteller on the development team for the Disney Institute in Orlando, Florida.