Spreading the Transforming Power of Improvisation

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At 1:01pm on November 17, 2009, Bård Brænde said…: Hey - sorry your question has been unanswered for so long. My best way to resolve conflict is - in a VERY abridget form;

1) Make everyone involved write down what their *personal* wish for the outcome should be. Ask people to be as specific as possible on this one, and yes - they need to write it in cleartext - preferably one sentence
2) Pair people up (2 peopl only - max one group of 3 if odd numbers) and make them write their united outcome. Again - as specific as possible
3) repeat 2) if more than 5 people are involved
4) Get a flipover and make all participate in designing the final desired outcome. Your basis is 2 max 3 sentences from the grouped participants.
5) Use improv theory and games to design the road to that outcome.

Feel free to contact me again - this is a method we developen @ www.curious.no

All the best,
Bård

At 3:11am on April 20, 2009, YACOUB said…: Thats great. I am really interested in being part of this.
Do let me know what you think
Bye for now

At 8:46am on April 16, 2009, YACOUB said…: when i didnt hear from you, i thought i should ask how far you have gone with the establishment of the corporation?
i wish you the best of luck.

At 11:23am on March 18, 2009, Nadine Antler said…: Hey,
thanks for your interest in our festival. The festival works like that, that we offer seven to eight workshops (which will take this year between 22nd and 25th of October) for participants of different experience-levels. The improvisers register for these workshops and pay a workshop fee of between 145 and 165 euros which already includes the accomodation and food. The travel costs are paid by the participants themselves as well as the tickets for the shows. There is usually one free show for festival-participants every evening, but it is not guranteed that it will be an English one... Festival-participants mostly get the chance to perform in mixed shows as well, if they want to.

The shows are mostly played by improvisers who come to the festival to participate in a workshop or to teach a workshop. Very seldom we invite improvisers just to show a format that they are working on. If we decide to do this, we usually pay these improvisers accomodation and travel-costs, but no fee for the show.

There are usually about 12 shows taking place during the festival, last year we had 3-4 international ones. The rest of the shows will probably be in German again.

There will be at least one workshop in English this year again, it will be held by Kevin and Arlen from Rapid Fire (Edminton, Canada).

Any more questions? Does that help you so far?
What is your group working on?
What would you be interested in?
Best regards,

Nadine

At 6:44am on March 10, 2009, Gerry Maguire Thompson said…: Hi Raffi,

Sorry, I just read your posting from February. I'm interested, can you tell me more? Recently I ran improvisational comedy workshops with Palestinian and Israeli young people, in England. Bye for now - Gerry
www.positivecomedy.com info@positivecomedy.com

At 9:15am on March 8, 2009, Gary Schwartz said…: Raffi,
Let me know more about what you are doing with Improv. I beleive I'd be interested in seeing what kinds of improv is being done in the Mid-East. Thanks for asking.
Gary

At 7:35am on February 21, 2009, Elizabeth Tsai said…: Hi, Raffi, thank you for ur note. I think it is wonderful that u r starting this new thing in Lebanon and the whole Middle East?! The culture there is very mysterious to me.
Anyway, I have too many things in my life now that I probably need to say no for now. Our community here is going to be quite busy in bringing the WOSonOS (World Open Space on Open Space) and IAF Asia Conference (International Assoc. of Facilitators) to Taipei this year.

BTW, r u going to the AIN Asian Conferene at Tokyo from 3/19-22? I am going. And the 2 international conferences I just mentioned will be in Aug. and Oct., u r very welcomed to visit my city. If u r interested, let me know, then I will send more info to u.

Do let me how u r doing on establishing this Improv thing at Lebanon.

Cheers!
Elizabeth

At 4:20pm on February 18, 2009, Jeff Bliss said…: Raffi,
Thanks for your note. It sounds interesting. I have worked for years on the corporate side as a qualitative research consultant. It has been a great way to bring my social work skills (MSW in group work) into the private sector along with my movement/theatre artist skills.
I am always intrigued with improving the creative capacity of any person, regardless of their own estimation of their "artistic or aesthetic" abilities.
I must say I am working as a director of a alternative mental health agency in the US right now and may not be available enough to develop this venture you are undertaking, but perhaps I can help a bit. Keep me in the loop.
Best regards,
Jeff Bliss

At 6:48am on February 14, 2009, Tania said…: Hi, thanks for your message, it's not going yet but very soon I'm sure, I still need more volunteers...

Chat soon
Tania

At 7:15am on February 12, 2009, Teresa Norton said…: ok. let's start with this. in terms of the trainees, what is the need that is being addressed and how was it identified?

t.

At 6:57am on February 12, 2009, Teresa Norton said…: Hi Raffi,

Let me know what would be useful and we can see if this is a good fit.

Teresa

At 9:13am on February 11, 2009, Belina Raffy said…: Hi Raffi,

Delighted to explore collaborative applied impro possibilities with you!

Let me know the best way to connect with you.

Best wishes,
Belina

At 6:38am on February 11, 2009, Dawn Furness said…: sorry about that I was looking at the thread...

Are you looking for artists to perfrm or collaborations on running the project?
Dawn
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At 1:45am on February 11, 2009, Dawn Furness said…: H Raffi,

do you have any more info on your festival in Lyon?
Dawn
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At 2:51pm on February 10, 2009, Matthieu Loos said…: Hello Raffi !

My festival takes place in Lyon at the end of October... each year. Feel free to submit !
Email me at matthieu.loos@improetcompagnie.com, so that I discover your work.
The BiG question is : are you able to perform in french ? Our french audience is not that good in english...

Anyway, thanks for the interest !!!

Mat

At 1:27pm on February 10, 2009, Michelle James said…: Hi Raffi,

Thanks for reaching out. Always open to exploration...email me and let's chat :-)

Warmly,
Michelle

At 12:17pm on February 10, 2009, John Cremer said…: Hello Raffi
Sounds interesting.I have left you a friend request
All the best
John

At 3:34pm on February 9, 2009, Mary Alice Long said…: Dear Raffi,
CathyAnn Beaty in Minneapolis/St Paul USA and I (Pacific Northwest, Washington State, USA--have formed a partnership with the intention of playing with Interplay forms of improvisational dance, storytelling, voiceplay, dramatic forms in our work/play with peacemaking. We are seeking individuals to work with internationally. I'd love to talk with you about your work and a partnership. I don't currently have Skype set up but will be looking into it so that I can talk with others like yourself and collaborate. Please email me if you are interested in talking and lets see what is possible. Playing peace, Mary Alice

At 11:14am on February 9, 2009, Sue Walden said…: Hi Raffi -- welcome to the network! Delighted to have you aboard... and you get to be the pioneer in your country with connections to a group of people who go back over 20 years (29 in my case). I was a US pioneer, so know your challenges. Glad we are here to add credibility to your efforts.
Yes, and is taking over the world!!!
:D Sue

At 1:56am on February 9, 2009, Lieselotte Nooyen said…: Heeee, you found it! Great. And I see you did lot's of browsing around already.
I'll just bring my complete English Applied Improv book collection to Beirut if we happen to come this year:-)