October 2017
The Wild Thing
The Wild Thing Re-Entering the Body’s Natural Wilderness Physical Theater & Somatics Workshop This workshop combines somatic awareness work with the beauty of martial arts, butoh-influenced contemporary dance, the contemplative wonder of quigong and the raw expression of Action Theater improvisation. Each day will start with sensory awareness work and gradually build into dynamic movement and voice exploration. The body and voice have always been connected through our breathing, nervous and muscular systems. In this workshop, you will re-enter the…
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The Audience As Predator
StageFright/ Lampenfieder Weekend Workshop read more . . .
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2018 Performance Tactics
Performance Tactics Ensemble Improvisation Training 12 - 24 February 2018 • Berlin, Germany Performance Tactics is a 10 day improvisational ensemble performance training. Participants begin improvising together on the first day and continue to build ensemble performance skills each and everyday thereafter. You learn how to compose, support & enhance your partners' work, as well as, add punch to the ensemble choreography. How and when to enter the performance space will be articulated; how to generate the most impact spatially…
Find out more »White Walls & Electricity # 10
Fri & Sat • 23 & 24 February 2018 • MIME Centrum • Berlin 7 strangers get together as an ensemble. For 10 days, they practice improvising, discover similarities and differences, bump into conflicts and smash out solutions. A process of trial and error, of taking risks, taking chances, testing their selves and others. In two evenings of performances, they exhibit the product of their work. Instant composition. Real Time. Moment to Moment Improvisation. What enfolds before your eyes unfolds…
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NOW! Festival 2018
NOW! Festival 2018 https://vimeo.com/257789166 Action Theater™ & Improvisation 2-6 May 2018 Berlin, DE NOW! Festival 2018 nowfestberlin@gmail.com Workshops: Sten Rudstrøm, Ta(l)king Your Head Off! Silvia Sauer, Sound Exploration Seke Chimtungwende, Ensemble Improvisation Kate Hilder, Coming To Your Senses Trinidad Martinez, Real Movement Yuko Kaseki, Intensity & Reduction Kelbert, The Comet & Its Tail Rahel Comtesse, Spontaneous Singing Sandrine Hudl, Viewpoints Ingo Reulecke, Realtime Composition Markus Hoft, Playful Physics in Duet Shinichi Iova-Koga, Imagined Space & The Quotodian Body Peter Krempelsetzer,…
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2018 August Month-long Training
06 -31 August 2018 Monday - Friday 10-16, weekends free Final Performance: Saturday, 01 September 2018 Action Theater™, a body-based improvisation training, expands individual expressive range, builds ensemble perception, and offers performers a clear, structured form in which to play with abandon. The training elevates vocal, verbal, and physical performance artistry, hones awareness and increases personal vocabulary. We dive into the world of embodied presence and explore the agility of the imagination through exercises that are simple, playful, and challenging.…
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Fooling Time
Fooling Time, a 7 day Action Theater ™ instant composition & embodied voice intensive ensemble training, gives you the skills to improvise with clear, decisive action. Connecting body, breath and voice, you begin improvising on the first day and continue to build ensemble performance skills each and everyday. You learn to contribute to the on-going liveliness of each improvisation, to trust yourself, your partners and your intuition. Essential tools for clarity & commitment on stage and sharp performances. Skills included…
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NOW! Festival
NOW! Festival 2019 Action Theater™ & Improvisation Vom 1. - 5. Mai kommt das 7. NOW! Festival nach Berlin, in die Uferstudios. Eine unglaubliche Vielfalt verschiedener Stile der Improvisation werden in fünf Tagen voller Workshops und Performance gebündelt. Das Thema des diesjährigen Festivals ist „Zweifel“: die Welt plagt uns mit überwältigender Vielfalt von Wahlmöglichkeiten, ob im Bereich von Politik, Konsum oder Religion. Wie treffen wir eine Enscheidung? Durch Bewegung, Stimme, Sprache, ob Solo oder im Ensemble, werden sich improvisierende Künstler*innen…
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August Intensive
THIS WORKSHOP in Action Theater™ body-based improvisation is for those who wish to develop vocal, verbal and physical performance skills. Exercises isolate and invite exploration of the formal elements of time, space, shape and compostion. The explorations quiet the conceptual mind, hone awareness, strengthen and expand listening and communication potential. You increase your ability to hold and express emotion, enliven imagination, recover lost personal material and play. There is a rigor in the work that asks you to examine your…
Find out more »On Purpose Unknown
August Intensive Performance. An evening of improvised performance with Sten Rudstrøm and participants from the 2-week training.
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