Reclaiming Forgotten Voices

Fresh from the International School of Storytelling (Storytelling Beyond Words - England), Alyssa Curtayne presents her graduation performance: Reclaiming Forgotten Voices. 

We can learn a lot from birds. From the darkness within the egg they crack the shell; helpless and dependent upon their parents for survival. They sing before they fly. But what happens to the birds whose voices are silenced, who don't sing for fear of persecution? Why do we swallow our tongues, close our hearts and fear to speak?

For many of us it's harsh words, criticism or judgement that closes us down. For others, it's a fear of stepping into our own power and becoming who we were born to be. How much of it is intergenerational trauma that we've internalised as shyness or introversion and a way to keep us safe?

How can we break through the walls of silence that have been imposed either by…