I (Esther Eij) want to invite artists from all kinds of artdisciplines (performing and non-performing!) to join me in a 6 session research on the balance between groupwork and individuality.
WHEN: 1, 8, 15 oct. + 3, 10, 17 dec. 2015 between 13.00-15.30
Each cycle of three will end with an open session in wich we share our findings with others.
WHAT: In group improvisation there is always a balance to be found between the group and it’s individual members. This makes group improvisation an exciting way to research the role of the individual in the process of the group.
In the sessions I want to focus on the questions:
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- What does it mean to work as a group?
- What does it mean to be an individual within a group?
- How do the two influence each other? And how does group improvisation influence the solo work?
- How do you want it to influence your individual work?
Themes that we will focus on are e.g.:
leading-following
initiating, waiting, timing
taking and giving space, time, attention, focus.
solo work- group work
WHO: To research this, I would like to work with a group of artists from different disciplines, performing and non-performing! The mix between artists who more often work alone (e.g. visual artists, writers) and performers who mostly work in relation to others (e.g. musicians, dancers, actors) will create a rich context to look at both interdisciplinary improvisation principles and your own artistic practice.
HOW: It’s my intention to work with the same group of people for these 6 sessions, so we can find the time to explore and experiment and maybe develop a way of working that helps us use our individual qualities during group work.
Please announce yourself if you would like to join in by writing a comment to this blogpost (below) or emailing me directly esther@bureaueij.nl.
Participants contribute between 5-10 euro p.p. per session as a Carpet donation for helping to keep the studio open all year for improvisation research. For more info on the Carpet Sessions: What are the Carpet Sessions? / Where is the studio?
About me:
I come from a theatre background, teaching, directing, performing. More and more i started to focus 
my work on how we communicate with one another, how we interact, and how we experience ourselves and the ones around us. I call this:Practising Communication. Under that name I organise different forms of conversations,Socratic Dialogues, training- and improvisationsessions, performances in daily live.
Hope to see you in october. And please share this invite!
Interdisciplinary Instant Composition 
Where?
On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 09:07 AM, Interdisciplinary Instant Composition wrote:
bureaueij posted: “I (Esther Eij) want to invite artists from all kinds of artdisciplines (performing and non-performing!) to join me in a 6 session research on the balance between groupwork and individuality.
WHEN: 1, 8, 15 oct. + 3, 10, 17 dec. 2015 Each cycle of “
Hi Robert, Thanks for asking. Sorry, in the initial post I forgot to put in this link, wich will tell you more about the Carpet Sessions and the location.: https://instantcomposition.wordpress.com/carpet-collective/
The studio is in the center of Amsterdam.
Esther
Is it possible to only join the last three? The first three don’t fit with work
Hello Job, it’s great that you are interested. But for now i want to start and work with the same group of people. If, at the end of the first three, we decide there is room for more people for the second half, I will let you know. Hope to see you there at some point.
Esther
hi esther, i’d love to join too and am available all sessions except thursday 15th. i dance and sing, have a theater background. and think it’s an interesting subject, especially since working in a trio lately where we are so used to shift to someting new all together in stead of leaving a solo…
warm greetings, kristien
Hello Kristien, you are very welcome to join! See you on the 1st of octobre.
Esther
hallo esther… Het gaat mij lukken om aanwezig te zijn bij je onderzoek. Volgens mij kan ik er alle 6 sessies bij zijn.
tot donderdag in ieder geval.. johnny
Hallo johnny, fijn! wees welkom, en tot donderdag!
Hello Esther, I would like to join you on Thursday. I am a dancer/choreographer/theatre maker/improviser! Best. Deborah
Dear deborah, you are most welcome. See you on thursday
Hoi Esther, ik doe graag mee met je onderzoek en hoop dat dit nog kan! Groeten van Marion
Hallo Marion, je bent welkom. tot donderdag
Beste Esther EIj, ik kom mogelijk vandaag, in elk geval volgende week.Er staat een incorrect email adres vermeld van jou op deze site.