‚Yes, and…‘ Co- Creativity and Applied Improvisation

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We will playfully find out about the rules of improvisation, most importantly the first rule of saying ‚yes, and…‘. To spontaniously overcome the inner urge of judging what we perceive, and focus on how to co- create and explore situational places.

In this workshop we use improvisational games, études and scenes to playfully co-create spaces in which the unknown that lies immediately before us can be discovered and explored together. I understand the term ‚utopia‘ as a literal 'non-place' or situational place that cannot yet exist because it has not yet been created by us, or that has not yet been transported from the field of the unconsciousness to the field of consciousness. A place manifests itself in the form of a situation that we create and then resolve together associatively and scenically. We will take closer looks and find out about how to use the rules of improvisation: Add new information. Don't block. Avoid asking questions- unless you're also adding information. Play in the present and use the moment. Establish the location. Be specific and provide colorful details. Change, Change, Change! And, most importantly: Say ‚Yes, and…‘.

I focus on this last principle, which fuels co-creative processes and in which the offerings of my counterpart are accepted and developed further. The principle is applicable to any other art form or situation in which people work together creatively: we will reflect about the very personal mechanisms that we unconciousnessly use when we have no other chance than react intuitivly. And we will find out whether it is possible to change our spontanious strategies to get to a place, where we can be in a true creative and co-creative flow with the approach of  beeing free of judgement to the ideas of others or even myself.
 

Equipment requirements

Comfortable clothing and shoes (no heels)

Lisa Flachmeyer

I am an actress. In my career I perform and have performed in various theaters in German-speaking countries as well as I have been involved in several theatre- performance collectives. In front of the camera I act in cinema and television formats and short films. I also work as a speaker on the dubbing of cinema and television films, series, voiceover formats, explanatory and image films and PC games. As a teacher and consultant I have worked with pupils and trainees, as well as with students of acting and teaching at various universities. I also work as a trainer for performance and rhetoric and give courses in improvisational theatre.

photo: Paul Walther

www.lisaflachmeyer.de