About The Course:   

This two-session workshop will focus on guided improv exercises to help you build confidence in your storytelling ability and loosen your inhibitions. Through a variety of interactive games and exercises, you'll gain inspiration to be more spontaneous, find your authentic voice, and as a result, develop a deeper connection with any story, personal or traditional, that you choose to work on in future.  You’ll learn how to take risks and fail — but gracefully, and with wild abandon.  And you'll have fun! 

This course is open to anyone who has taken an introductory storytelling course, from Storytelling Toronto or elsewhere.

About Christel Bartelse:

Actor, storyteller, writer, creator and teacher, Christel got her start in comedy and improv with the physical comedy duo, The Burnt Marshmallows (Canadian Comedy Award Nominees).  She has also created and written six award winning solo shows  and has toured them all across Canada, the U.S. and the U.K.  Christel is Co-Producer and Co-Host of the Toronto storytelling show "But That's Another Story" and has told her stories on several personal story stages across the Toronto area.   She teaches numerous workshops in improv, physical comedy, and solo creation around the city and is a faculty member of Humber College, The Toronto Film School and George BrownCollege.