BIF week
The holistic improv experience: Body. Heart. Mind.
After the great success of the BIF days in 2012, the
Berlin International Improv Festival IMPRO expands its „BIF“-section in
2013 and offers you a holistic approach to improvisation with
workshops, shows, a lecture, a panel discussion and a jam session,
focussing on the three dimensions „Body, Heart and Mind“.
With this
topic we would like to set the focus on you, the improviser, as central
element of the improvisation. How does each of those „parts of you“
affect your improvisation and what is the unique access to improvisation
that each of them offers to you? By combining all three elements in one
week you will not only be able to make distinctions between those forms
of approach, but also to combine them and become a more versatile
improviser.
Spending a full week as BIF-participants at the
IMPRO 2013 will extend the possibilities to connect with fellow
improvisers from around the globe and give you an insight to new
developments and ideas that are currently discussed in the improv scene
worldwide.
SCHEDULE
monday, march 18th | |
16.00 | Welcome-Meeting at the Ratibor theatre. You receive your BIF-Week passes and all necessary information for the upcoming week. |
20.00 | Show of IMPRO 2013 (Choose from one of several festival shows) |
tuesday, march 19th | |
11.00 | Workshop Section I, part 1 (3 hours) |
20.00 | Show of IMPRO 2013 (Choose from one of several festival shows) |
wednesday, march 20th | |
11.00 | Workshop Section I, part 2 (3 hours) |
20.00 | Show of IMPRO 2013 (Choose from one of several festival shows) |
thursday, march 21st | |
11.00 | Workshop Section II, part 1 (3 hours) |
16.00 | Lecture: by Randy Dixon |
20.00 | Show of IMPRO 2013 (Choose from one of several festival shows) |
friday, march 22nd | |
11.00 | Workshop Section II, part 2 (3 hours) |
20.00 | Show of IMPRO 2013 (Choose from one of several festival shows) |
saturday, march 23rd | |
11.00 | Workshop Section III, part 1 (3 hours) |
16.00 | Panel discussion: „Cultural differences in improv“ |
20.00 | Show of IMPRO 2013 (Choose from one of several festival shows) |
sunday, march 24th | |
11.00 | Workshop Section III, part 2 (3 hours) |
16.00 | BIF-Jam Session |
LECTURE
Randy Dixon, often referred to as "The Godfather of improv", will talk to you about his very own interest and approach in improvisational theatre. Laying out the aims and possibilities that improv as an art form can offer, he will also talk about its limits and possible ways to overcome them.
WORKSHOPS
Section: Body. Bodytelling.
Workshop with Bruno Dreyfurst, Inédit Theatre, Strasbourg, France
We constantly speak with our body without realizing it. We
nonverbally express much more than we think, as we actually almost have
full conversations without talking. Bruno will place the emphasis of the
workshop on how to be aware of the nonverbal „language“ of the body and
how to have conversations of this other kind. Finally, the workshop
will focus on the connection of this knowledge with the „spoken word“,
making it a fruitful base of your improvisations.
Bruno is a member
of the group „Inédit Théâtre“ in Strasbourg. He has been invited to the
Berlin festival several times and also was a part of the French National
Team during the Theatresports World Cup in Germany in 2006.Basic skills
in improvisation are necessary, preferably a minimum of two years of
improv experience.
Section: Heart. What a feeling!
Workshop with Alieke van der Wijk, Troje, The Netherlands
Anything happening on stage is based on a feeling. But how can I
become aware of it? How can I find this feeling and use it well-targeted
within the scene? Alieke will be working on the development of several
moods, emotions and feelings in this workshop and reflect on how they
can change your scene. Love and Hate, Sorrow and Happiness, Euphoria and
Disappointment – the emotion turns improv into theatre.
Alieke van
der Wijk is a part of the group „Troje“ from Amsterdam where she and her
partner Henk van der Steen work as improv-teachers,
business-consultants and coaches with a special interest in the
connection of theatre and communication.
Basic skills in improvisation are necessary, preferably a minimum of two years of improv experience.
Section: Mind. Why improvise?
Workshop with Maja Dekleva, Kolektiv Narobov, Slovenia
In the improv scene we tend to forget to ask ourselves WHY we are
doing it. There is a lot of time devoted to HOW, little less to WHAT,
FOR WHOM, WHERE and WHEN, but the most deprived area is the place of
reason and intent. It doesn’t matter if our WHY is connected to fun,
personal growth, political aspects or pure joy in art creation – it
always makes sense to keep asking ourselves this question and shape our
work depending on the answer. In the “mind” section of the workshop we
will be reflecting on this question through discussion and stage work.
Maja
Dekleva works in the field of contemporary theatre as a director and a
performer. She is the artistic director of Kolektiv Narobov, an artistic
collective based in Ljubljana, Slovenia, but working internationally in
great expands.
Basic skills in improvisation are necessary, preferably a minimum of two years of improv experience.
PANEL DISCUSSION
On saturday, all BIF participants will be able to discuss with international colleagues, which impact cultural differences have on improvisation. Are there distinct „cultural“ styles of improv? The ability of improv to connect people around the world and support intercultural exchange is well-known in the improv world. How can this be used in other contexts? How can improv use that ability but also cultural diversity at the same time? 4 international artists from the festival cast of IMPRO will discuss this matter.
BOOK
Cost: 295,- Euro
Including all elements of the BIF week.
If you
would like us to book you a hotel room (together with fellow BIF
participants), please contact us immediately for more information and
booking. All participants who book a hotel through us will be
accommodated at Hotel Freiraum Berlin, Wiener Straße 14, 10999 Berlin
Contact and information:
Die Gorillas
Carola Krischker
carola@die-gorillas.de
Six festivalshows, panel, workshop presentation
16.-22.3.2015
Place: To be announced
All Workshops are held in english.
Cost: 295,-€ (option: lunch on 3 days costs additionally 20,-€)
Only with payment and registration until nov. 30th 2014: 280,- Euro