- Jan Blake is one of the leading storytellers, and has been performing worldwide since 1986.
- “Simply speaking, storytelling is the art of telling stories so that you will never go away without listening to the end. It requires active listening. It returns us to our childhood when we were eagerly waiting for the story with a happy ending.”
- Specializing in stories from Africa and the Caribbean, she has a reputation for dynamic, witty, and exciting storytelling.
- In addition to performing at all the major storytelling festivals, she works regularly with the British Council, leads storytelling masterclasses for emerging storytellers, gives workshops for teachers and school children, and devises teaching tools through storytelling for the TEFL market
- Jan is co-founder of The Company of Common Sense, a storytelling company dedicated to the teaching, dissemination, and performance of stories on a global level, inspired by the 10th century eco-fable The case of the Animal Versus Man before the King of the Jinn.
- She is the 2011 recipient of the biannual Thuringe Machen Preis, awarded to scholars or performers who have devoted their lives to the service of storytelling.
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