andre besseling's Page

Where do you live and work? (City)

Amsterdam

Professional Skills

Improv-teacher
player specialised in long form and corporate performance
trainer of improv-teachers
Author of the book: Theater from scratch', a dutch book about the history, theory, practical exercises and long form-formats

What is your main interest in this network?

Education, Social, Networking, Finding Partnerships, Improv Resources

What kind of person are you?

Day

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

Teambuilding, Creativity, Innovation, Problem Solving, Communcation, Life Skills, Change Management, Presentation Skills

Any niche industries, skills, etc?

training of people who want to becoma a teacher, and the application of improv-skills to non improv-trainers

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

Started improv in 1987 after a workshop from Keith Johnstone. I was involved and active in setting up theatersports in Holland and pioneered a lot with long forms. I wrote a book to spread the word and to stimulate other forms than just theatersports. In 1989 i started with applied theatre for organisations. First it was written out, than from 1992 on i started to do corporate improv-shows. And i am still having fun doing it. Currently I am busy writing a book about applied iimprov fot trainers

I need help with...

ideas how to apply improv in trainiing sesseiions.

Work Website

http://improcentrum.nl

Blog or other personal website

http://maranza.nl

Skype Name (Skype.com is the most popular free internet audio/text chat and more)

andrebesselinng

Other contact info (Your choice for phone, email, facebook, myspace, etc.)

andre@improcentrum.nl