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Using Twitter to Promote Your AI Business -what is your twitter name?

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Workshops in Germany
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London AIN - applied applications of improv in business
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Wishing everyone on AIN seasons greetings and all the best for 2010!! Dec 18

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Wishing everyone on AIN seasons greetings and all the best for 2010!!

December 18

Maria Trevis replied to Paul Levy's discussion 'What is Spontaneity?' in the group Ideas Cauldron

I recall how irritated I was at drama school when they suggested we 'rehearse' the improvisation! How can that be possible? Or were they just misusing the word? Are there particular perfect conditions for 'in the moment'? Out of the city, away from…

October 27

Maria Trevis might attend Belina Raffy's event

Games Constructive People Play at The Blue Fin Building (IPC Media)

October 27, 2009 from 7pm to 9pm

Join us in London on Tuesday, 27th of October from 7-9pm. What happens when Applied Improvisation meets Transactional Analysis (TA)? Well, we co-create new, enjoyable, positive experiences in the form of games. In this session led by Paul Z Jackso…

September 24

Maria Trevis commented on Belina Raffy's event 'Games Constructive People Play'

Can people without kids come? Maria

September 24

Maria Trevis commented on Belina Raffy's event 'London AIN Event: Gregg Fraley's Integrating Improv into Structured Ideation'

Sorry I won't be coming. I have my first full length solo cabaret show on the same evening. Maria

July 7

Maria Trevis replied to Leif Hansen's discussion 'Using Twitter to Promote Your AI Business -what is your twitter name?'

Hi, my Twitter name is FrauleinMaria

June 26

Maria Trevis added an event

From Head To Toe In Berlin - comedy and melody from Weimar to Weill at The Hob Pub,

July 9, 2009 from 8pm to 10pm

A Weimar-themed cabaret, comedy and song night with a sprinkling of surprises. Local cabaret chanteuse Maria Trevis entertains with the tunes penned during the world's first global financial crisis of the 1930s; escape your worries for the night. F…

June 2

Maria Trevis joined Paul Levy's group

Ideas Cauldron

A place to share the philosophy and fundamental ideas of Improvisation

March 16

Profile Information

Where do you live and work? (City)

London

Professional Skills

Acting
Cabaret (singing, dance and comedy)
Freelance Marketing
Fluent German

What is your main interest in this network?

Social, Networking, Improv Resources

What kind of person are you?

24-7

What kinds of improv-related services are you involved in?

Teambuilding, Creativity, Presentation Skills

More about you: (Short Bio or any other details you'd like people to know)

Maria trained as an actress and graduated from Drama School in 2003, she has teaching experience in a variety of training and performing arts settings. Her career experience has been in both corporate and creative environments both in Germany and the UK.

In 2008 she developed the Cabaret, Confidence and Communication workshop to offer an opportunity for participants to explore forms of communication, connection, self-confidence and combine it with her love of the traditional German cabaret scene.

London-based Maria is a Creative Producer, freelance Marketing Executive and professional Cabaret Performer/actress both solo and with the Germaniaxx. She also has an honours degree in Performing Arts, Media and German.

Reviews from Cabaret, Confidence and Communication
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“Just a brief note to thank you for the Cabaret, Confidence and Communication workshop you ran in Brighton earlier this month. It lived up to its description and delivered everything you promised!
You inspired and motivated the group in a sensitive and entirely non-threatening way. At the beginning of the session I wouldn't have believed I'd have been comfortable performing a song, making percussion noises and acting in front of a group - yet two hours later I'd done all this.”
MH (Participant)

“I found you very energetic...helping and supporting us to do some very interesting and good work in a comparatively short period of time. You were always encouraging …You had a very easy manner about you which made it easy for us to work with you and with each other...thanks you again.”
JB (Participant)

“Nice mix of activities - enlivening and fun and a little bit of pushing my boundaries with the song bit at the end. Great the way you got us started straight away...Well done!”
JP (Participant), Brighton Festival

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The most enjoyable part of this day in Brighton for me was participating in a cabaret workshop, for people to develop their creativity, confidence and communication skills led by a cabaret artist and performer Maria Trevis. In a space with 12 participants approximately 4 had been to something like this before. It proved a great opportunity for me rediscover my leadership and directorial skills when we were split into smaller groups to devise short pieces of theatre... it was so nurturing and really gave the participants the opportunity to become comfortable with the material we were working with.

By the end of the workshop all the shyness and self critique from participants had left the room mostly due to the way Maria layered elements of performance slowly on top of one another like Lego building blocks allowing the confidence in the room to build at a steady and satisfying rate…and it has given me back some of the confidence and determination to believe in myself again as a theatre practitioner.
Skye Crawford
http://www.aussietheatre.com/westend.htm

I need help with...

finding workshop opportunities in Berlin when I visit in early June.

Work Website

http://www.expressionistevents.com

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riatrev

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mtrevis@hotmail.com

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Workshops in Germany

Dear Friends
Ich komme Juni 2009 nach Berlin und ich suche Moeglichkeiten mein Workshop zu leiten. Ich kann das entweder auf deutsch oder auf englisch machen und es heisst Cabaret, Confidence and Communication. www.expressionistevents.com. Durch leichte Theater-uebungungen man entwickelt sich die Konfidenz und Kommunikations Faehigkeiten und mehr.

I am coming to Berlin in June and wondered if anyone could advise me on ways I could offer my workshop either in Berlin or nearby while I am there? P… Continue

Posted on February 2, 2009 at 8:55am —

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At 3:56pm on March 13, 2009, Martin Ciesielski said…: It´ll be about best practice sharing, how to name an impro training for succesful marketing and defining quality standards. sounds good?

At 2:41am on October 10, 2008, Tania said…: Yeah, it'll be fun! See you soon, Tania

At 2:39pm on August 10, 2008, Martin Ciesielski said…: London is always a great city to visit ;) Maybe in November - any plans to come over to Germany? ;) we plan a little Improv in Management conference from oct. 24th-26th in Berlin!

At 6:52am on February 27, 2008, Colleen Laliberte said…: Greeting Maria! We would love to have you come to Chattanooga Tennessee...This is our second year to bring Keith Johnstone to IMPROVSTOCK for a seven day intensive. Shawn Kinley and Dennis Cahill were here in 2005, and we are hoping to have them back again sometime soon.
hope you can travel to see us sometime. We will be doing some mask work here that week as well.
have fun!
colleen

At 1:44pm on February 10, 2008, Shawn Kinley said…: Hey there,,, left you a long winded message about impro in london on the forum page you started. Hope it helps.

At 7:14pm on January 27, 2008, Karen Dawson said…: Hi Maria - here is the link that I've used when learning about the conference. It promises to be interesting.
http://www.essex.ac.uk/afm/emc/fourth_art_of_management_and_org.shtm

At 5:50pm on January 23, 2008, Sven Veine said…: Hi Maria
To me it makes sense to talk about the two worlds of Applied Impro - the theatre and artistic part and the corporate part. The exiting thing is that every one of us is curious and on the move from one world to the other but with an opposite starting point. Therefore, at the conference you will find people with very much knowledge of the world of business but very little knowledge of impro and the opposite (although a few have very much knowledge of both). However, for me personally I would say that we could need more people at the conference from the corporate world, because I believe in partnerships. Regards Sven