BIF days 2014

Get personal. Be serious. Go Wild!

Now with additional offer: Because of the big interest in our BIF programme, we have added another workshop to give everyone the possiblity to take part in BIF. This offer includes all BIF elements such as Welcome Jam, access to shows and panel etc. The workshops consist of one workshop day on the topic of "Be serious", taught by Jill Farris from unexpected productions, Seattle/USA and two workshop days on the topic of "Film genres", taught by Lorenz Kabas from Theater im Bahnhof, Graz/Austria. All infos and registration: eva@culturalis.de

It’s all about you. The focus of BIF week and BIF days in 2014 is you, the improviser. The core of our program is how to use your story more intensely for your acting than before, to develop deeper characters through sincerity and to allow free play to yourself. Thus, the program takes up the slogan of IMPRO 2014: say yes – to yourself.
At BIF days, you can choose one of the three offered workshops, at BIF week you don’t have to decide - here, all three workshops are included in the program. BIF week has a length of seven and BIF days a length of four days, both happen during IMPRO 2014 which runs March 21st to 30th. The BIF program offers improvisers from all over the world the opportunity to collect impressions, impulses and make new contacts at one of the biggest festivals of this kind. In mixing workshops, shows and specials like a panel, BIF reaches even more improvisers that gather in Berlin to network, improve their skills and last but not least have loads of fun!

Workshop: Get personal

Inbal Lori, Three Falling, Tel Aviv, Israel
Improvisers invent themselves on stage; they are their own writers, actors and directors. This is why improvisers need to know themselves. Each one of us is a bank full of stories, memories, opinions and knowledge - this is the best material we can work with. But how do we incorporate our personal self into our scene or character? In “Get personal” we will experience how to dig inside in order to bring great things out to the stage. How to stay connected, believable and organic by using our personal self.
Inbal Lori is a member of the Israeli Improv-Ensemble “Three Falling” and has been successfully teaching at the Gorilla’s improve-school. Inbal will be a member of the festival-ensemble for the third time and will be showing her Solo-Show at the IMPRO.

- Basic skills in improvisation are necessary, preferably a minimum of two years of improv experience.

• 27.03.2014 - 30.03.2014
• 3 shows
• 11 hours of workshop, focus: Get personal with Inbal Lori (Three Falling, Tel Aviv, Israel)
• Panel discussion
• Workshop presentation
• 195,- Euro

Workshop: Be serious

Randy Dixon, unexpected productions, Seattle, USA
Improv is generally known as a fast-paced, light theatre genre. Many of us, who are improvising for a longer time, are searching for more depth in their improvisation – something different from the easy and funny scenes. Performing in serious, dramatic scenes is not only a challenge for the player; it also goes against the expectation of the audience. But if you can endure it, there's a great veracity emerging from the power and suspense of serious scenes. And of course, true comedy always has an earnest core.
Randy is co-founder and creative director of “unexpected productions“ from Seattle.
Randy is one of the most experienced teachers for Improv-theatre worldwide and influenced the creative development of the Gorillas. He is a regular member of IMPRO.

- Basic skills in improvisation are necessary, preferably a minimum of two years of improv experience.

• 27.03.2014 - 30.03.2014
• 3 shows
• 11 hours of workshop, focus: Be serious with Randy Dixon (unexpected productions, Seattle, USA)
• Panel discussion
• Workshop presentation
• 195,- Euro

Workshop: Go Wild!

Amber Nash and Kevin Gillese, Dad's Garage, Atlanta, USA
In their "Go Wild" workshop, Amber Nash and Kevin Gillese will lead an exploration of how to be completely unencumbered on stage. We've learned all the rules, we may have even mastered them, now let's see what happens when we break them! This is a workshop about saying no, not using your environment, taking suggestions you never should take and doing all the things that you're not supposed to. There's only one rule that is sacred: have as much fun as you can. Using their combined 30+ years of improv experience as a guide, Kevin and Amber will ask the question: which improv laws can be broken, and which ones can't? By the end of the "Go Wild" workshop, you'll have your own answer.
Amber Nash worked as improv performer, teacher and director at “Dad’s Garage” in Atlanta for over 15 years and has been Education Director for over five years. She played and taught all over North America, e.g. for Second City and iO in Chicago.
Kevin Gillese had been creative director for Rapid Fire Theatre (Edmonton/ Canada), before he moved to Atlanta to work in the same position for Dad’s Garage. Kevin is probably best-known for inventing and touring with his hit improv shows “Kill the Dog” and “Scratch” all across Europe.

- Basic skills in improvisation are necessary, preferably a minimum of two years of improv experience.

• 27.03.2014 - 30.03.2014
• 3 shows
• 11 hours of workshop, focus: Go Wild! with Amber Nash and Kevin Gillese (Dad's Garage, Atlanta, USA)
• Panel discussion
• Workshop presentation
• 195,- Euro

Cost

Cost: 195,- Euro
only with payment and registration until nov. 30th 2013: 180,- Euro
Including all elements of the BIF days.
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. This will cause extra costs, which will be paid by the participant. All participants who book a hotel through us will be accommodated at Hotel Freiraum Berlin, Wiener Straße 14, 10999 Berlin.

Contact

Die Gorillas/ Culturalis kulturmanagement
Eva Bosse
eva@culturalis.de
www.improfestival.de

Conditions for participation in the BIF days workshops

Reservation of workshop in order of registration plus receipt of payment
Transfer of 50% of the workshop fee until dec. 31st (first come, first served!), second 50% until February 22nd of 2014.

Rescission/refund:
More than 6 weeks before workshops: full refund.
More than 4 weeks before workshops: 75% refund.
4-3 weeks before workshops: 50% refund.
3-2 weeks before workshops: 30% refund.
2-1 week(s) before workshops: 10% refund.
Less than 7 days before workshop: no refund.
Participation in the workshops on your own risk, there is no insurance protection by Gorillas.
Exact rooms of workshop t.b.d.
Please add the information whether or not you want to book the accommodation in the hostel into the
field "Bemerkung" of the registration form.

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