WORKSHOPS
Best teachers from the US, Europe, Australia and Russia
ST PETERSBURG, 13 – 16 SEPTEMBER
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Timetable
All workshops cost 1500₽. Now you can prepay 500₽, thereby reserving your participation in the selected master class. The rest you pay on the spot.
13 September, Thursday

Flavien Reppert
"Read the scene! Dont write it!"
People would tend to think improv is a blank page to be filled. To me, Improv is a page, already written in invisible ink that you only have to read. Improv is not a creative effort, it's an abitliy of the artist to be present and open enough to be the receptacle and the medium of the art. In this class I'll give you Improv glasses to see everything, we'll read the scenes, the space, the objects and of course our partners. Everything is already there, there's nothing to be created or invented. There's just momentum to be revealed.
13/09
15:00 – 18:00
14 September, Friday

Noah Levin
"Say What?"
How does the audience know it's improvised? The suggestion. It's also the way that the audience member interacts with the players to become part of the show. This workshop will teach skills in incorporation of audience suggestions in creative ways, from initiation through to the end of the scene. As well, you will learn how to deflect "bad" suggestions. Great for people looking to improve MC skills
14/09
11:00 – 14:00

Frédéric Pont
"Bodies and images"
This speechless and musical workshop explores the power and the beauty of group effects and collective images. We will focus on Esthetic in scenes, and how music and collective intelligence improve emotions and messages.

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14/09
11:00 – 14:00

Nick Byrne
"Unconditional improv"
How much do you really care about your scene partner? Concerned with the idea that we know we want to embrace the offers of others, "Unconditional Improv" has a focus on our scene partner, listening, observing, endowing them, etc, BUT these are practical measures to emulate actually caring about them. They do work. We do end up caring more about each other, and focussing on each other, but we can also do a range of work that more directly and honestly causes us to genuinely care about our scene partners, our audience, and ourselves, so that practical skillsets like embracing their offers and endowing them will occur completely naturally by default. Unconditional Improv is a platform for good performance and for healthy group dynamics that influence good performance. The idea has arisen, because I realised that it was what I was doing myself in class and on stage when I am at my best.
14/09
15:00 – 18:00

Stefan Andersson
"Dialogues that matter"
In this workshop we will focus on dialogues and on creating the ones that will get the audience emotionally invested and make your characters come to life. Some interactions live on in the memory long after the story has reached its end and those are the ones we are looking for. The techniques and mindsets in this workshop are mainly focused on improvised drama, but are also very useful in improvised comedy.
14/09
15:00 – 18:00
15 September, Saturday

Tamara Maasdam
"Macro Focus"
We all know the principle of "yes and". But do we really say yes to everything? How many tiny presents go unnoticed until we say yes to the bigger, more obvious offer? Can we fuel our scene with a simple "good morning"? Can the tiniest detail drive our show? This workshop focuses on those small offers and details that make our scenes and characters rich and unique. We will slow down and zoom in on what's already there. We will discover rather than invent.
15/09
10:00 – 13:00

Ira Seidenstein
"Movement/acting/clown"
Using action, physical impulse to open and anchor ones spontaneous creatively, imagination. Exercises which are clear and concise, but, which release the subconscious.
15/09
10:00 – 13:00

Flavien Reppert
"Worst case scenario"
Deal with the worst improvisers and worst situations. Improvising implies taking risks but also commitment to your partners. We want to feel safe on stage but that oftens makes us too polite. We'll study both sides of the coin and learn how to break the rules and deal with the rulebreakers
15/09
14:00 – 17:00

Sergey Zakatov
«Заткнись!»
На мастер-классе вы познакомитесь с актерской техникой Чехова, которая поможет вам перестать быть «говорящей головой» и довериться своему подсознанию. Вы перестанете волноваться о развитии сюжета и доверитесь своему телу.

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15/09
14:00 – 17:00

Dina Mild
"Musical Improv"
Многие люди хотят научиться красиво петь и писать песни, а когда ты импровизатор, — ты хочешь всего этого, но только чтобы строчки сочинялись на ходу, желательно в рифму и желательно имели смысл и были частью сцены. На этом мастер-классе участники получат возможность раскрыть свой певческий потенциал, поучатся основам музыкальной импровизации, узнают о рифме, ритме и некоторых приемах, позволяющих делать интересные музыкальные сцены и получать от этого не стресс, а удовольствие. Будем много петь (возможно, и танцевать) вне зависимости от опыта и способностей!

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15/09
14:00 – 17:00
16 September, Sunday

Jacintha Daniela
"The different faces"
We tend to stick to stereotypes, and we tend to put other people in to stereotypes as well without actually realizing it. How many times haven't we seen on stage a women performing the typical secretary while the man is playing the bad boss of a factory? Wouldn't it be cool to see the reverse roll, going against the stereotypes? In this workshop we will challenge our brain to think different while we at the same time explore all the characters we can do by using our body and voice in a more exotic way, using combinations we hardly ever see. We will go from practicing typical high and low status to more advanced stuff, getting more concerned of what we are particularly doing with our body and voice, avoiding habits and stereotypes.
16/09
10:00 – 13:00

Alex Mikerov
«Внимание/энергетика»
Часто уделяя пристальное внимание партнеру и происходящему в сцене, мы не успеваем оставаться на должном уровне энергетики — и сцены становятся скучными; и наоборот — активно импровизируя, мы забываем обо всём на свете. Чтобы сохранить баланс, необходимо прокачать оба этих важных навыка. В этом вам помогут упражнения из чикагской школы импровизации и американской клоунады, а также упражнения по системе Сэнфорда Мейзнера. Минимум теории, максимум практики — приготовьтесь, будет громко!

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16/09
10:00 – 13:00

Noah Levin
"What's Happening Now?"
You've learned the fundamentals of scenework and practiced a few longforms. Now, free yourself from the trappings of structure and let your team react to every shared impulse. Learn tricks to make your Longform more fluid and dynamic and recognize themes that appear naturally. All this can give added theatrical meaning to your improv. Everything you know and have experienced can be channeled into strong, free, artistic improv
16/09
14:00 – 17:00

Isaac Simon
"Organic long form"
Energize and free up your long form play with this free form workshop. In this class, students will learn how to discover the show as it's happening around them, with an expansive long form editing toolkit, new ways to open scenes, and a few useful set pieces to get all the actors involved. Based on a "follow the fun" mentality, this workshop will open you up to limitless possibilities for playfulness in improv.
16/09
14:00 – 17:00

Noha Mousbah
"The Naked Improviser"
Can we allow our body to express what it feels freely, without the intellect interfering? Do we sometimes feel the need to clarify emotions for the audience, underestimating what truthful feelings convey? How much of the emotions we show on stage are truly deeply our own? In this workshop, we explore how our characters and relationships can be born and developed when we dare to be vulnerable, using the feelings we authentically carry within us. We work on creating genuine reactions that help us come deeper into our character and strengthen the character and scene authenticity towards our co-players and the audience.
16/09
14:00 – 17:00
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