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Seth and the broken sword
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Last Thursday, march 12th, fellow applied improv network member Michaela Hogeboom was elected UN youth representative on sustainability!
She won the debate against her competitor, clearly benefiting from her experience in "yes, and..." and other ...
Very interesting question, Matt, and well put. (slipping comfortably through a trap door... wow!)
I guess this one hangs over most our heads.
What people do - I did, too - is assume a nickname for more sensitive (personal, political etc.) interac...
packet of aspirin, he stumbled out of the house. As soon as he'd left the gate of the mansion, he heard a faint sound of bagpipes playing wimsical music. He noticed the fresh spring air. Forgetting about his migraine, and without really deciding t...
Hi all!
My interest in Impro was triggered by Johnstone's work on status (the Seesaw) and its link with solution focussed coaching. I have been fascinated with the concept of status since I first read the Seesaw in 2006. Unfortunately, since then...
Hi,
I am fascinated by the work he has done (like you?), too - did you read this interview with him, dated 2001:
http://improvisation.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=5&Itemid=53
(it's pretty long and hard to read offscreen, I ...
and the goblins, glowing blue in the lightexplosion, fell on their knees, faces pressed in the wet earth - "command us, master of the sword!"
Seth frowned, his mind reeling to make sense of the events that had just transpired. He swiveled the swo...
a bunch of green goblins jumping up and down. "Seth, Seth! How- " "Seth, finally we -" "Seth, why did you-" in a mix of curious, confused, angry, distrusting voices - "Silence!" a deep voice came booming down, causing the goblins to shut up and fr...
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- Where do you live and work? (City)
- Amsterdam
- Professional Skills
- Writer, coach, trainer, creativity facilitator
- What is your main interest in this network?
- Social, Networking, Finding Partnerships, Improv Resources, Looking for a soul-mate
- What kind of person are you?
- Morning, Night
- What kinds of improv-related services are you involved in?
- Creativity, Problem Solving, Life Skills
- Any niche industries, skills, etc?
- Social services
- Share a favorite 'improv epiphany'
- The more subtle the status seesaw goes up and down, the more powerful it is.
"Most improvisation is by frightened people covering up their fear. They are afraid of failing; there is no good nature. This happens to most improvisation groups - so at the normal level of shit is frightened people, all trying to be good, and all trying to be the wittiest." (Keith Johnstone interviewed, http://improvisation.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogs...)
- More about you: (Short Bio or any other details you'd like people to know)
- As a work psychologist and career counselor, Keith Johnstone's impro work on status interactions gave me a seductive first glimpse. The power and solutions I need, yet have so missed in most of the theoretical psych stuff, can emerge in working together cooperatively instead of competitively. Not in cramming more knowledge in our heads, trying to know best as an individual and convincing ('teaching') others.
Definitely the way forward for the human race! Improvisation skills help to empower a team, find that shared and real teamfocus and enable trust in self and others, feeling safe to experiment and fail. Of course, a strong shared goal is key, too.
I work in social services, and am developing my own business as a trainer/coach in the scarce freetime that is left after deducting mommy time! My firstborn son is just over a year old.
- I need help with...
- meeting people that share my fascination for the subtleties of powerful status transactions - how to help those emerge - in a training or workshop, or different setting? -, how to make room (a safe environment) for the sublety? what conditions apply, does that make it applicable only in certain (applied training) environments? when have you witnessed them emerging, which factors in that particular situation where essential in your opinion?
Also, I am very interested in the connection between Impro work and nonverbal skills, using your own body and the signals it gives you (haptonomie, bodywork). What (in a situation) enables you or others you may have witnessed to use that information optimally?
- Work Website
- http://spellfinder.blogspot.com
- Blog or other personal website
- http://spelvinder.wordpress.com
- Other contact info (Your choice for phone, email, facebook, myspace, etc.)
- tesselster@gmail.com
- How did you hear about this network?
- thru Coert Vissers solutionfocusedchange.blogspot.com, great stuff!
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Congratulations Michaela!
Last Thursday, march 12th, fellow applied improv network member Michaela Hogeboom was elected UN youth representative on sustainability!
She won the debate against her competitor, clearly benefiting from her experience in "yes, and..." and other impro techniques!
Congratulations Michaela, well done!... PS any wonderful sustainability ideas, send them to her and who knows where she may be able to take them...! I hear dining she's with… Continue
She won the debate against her competitor, clearly benefiting from her experience in "yes, and..." and other impro techniques!
Congratulations Michaela, well done!... PS any wonderful sustainability ideas, send them to her and who knows where she may be able to take them...! I hear dining she's with… Continue
Posted on March 16, 2009 at 12:56pm —
Jiskefet - inspiration for Dutch impro
I stumbled across this interview with Jiskefet's cocreator Kees Prins recently. Just wanted to share with the Dutch impro fans - very inspirational!
Sorry, it's in Dutch - Jiskefet was a very succesful dutch sitcom, that VPRO broadcast from 1990 to 2005, by three actors. Spawning many referral jokes and imitations at parties and cafes. In this interview, Kees Prins tells how they improvised all of it in front of a live aud… Continue
Sorry, it's in Dutch - Jiskefet was a very succesful dutch sitcom, that VPRO broadcast from 1990 to 2005, by three actors. Spawning many referral jokes and imitations at parties and cafes. In this interview, Kees Prins tells how they improvised all of it in front of a live aud… Continue
Posted on February 23, 2009 at 12:00am —
Comment Wall (2 comments)
- At 6:08am on February 27, 2009,
YACOUB said…
- Hi Tess, just added my picture.
- At 4:12pm on February 19, 2009,
Raymond van Driel said… - Hi Tess, welcome to the network! I totally agree on the challenge and the need to differentiate between Applied Improv and Theatresports.
Looking forward meeting you on the next AIN NL meeting.
regards,
Raymond
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