MOMENT! 2017: 6th International Improv Festival Vienna

VIENNA IS BACK ON THE INTERNATIONAL IMPROV MAP!

TAG – Theater an der Gumpendorfer Straße in Vienna produces passionate and entertaining contemporary theatre with a special focus on improv theatre and hereby proudly announces the

6th INTERNATIONAL IMPROV FESTIVAL VIENNA 2017 (Sept. 28th – Oct. 3rd, 2017)

MOMENT! IMPROV FESTIVAL’s international ensemble will perform daily shows at 7.30 pm. Each night a different set of players hits the stage and the audience can expect vivid performances unique in their matchless constellation of improv stars from all over the world alongside the TAG SPORT-VOR-ORT-ALLSTARS.

The Festival ensemble is excited to be creating incredible, unexpected and lasting MOMENTs for you!

ARTISTS LINE-UP

Mariadele Attanasio (IT)
Joe Bill (US)
Keng-Sam Chane Chick Té (RE)
Omar Argentino Galván (AR)
Inbal Lori (IL)
Amber Nash (US)
Mignon Remé (DE)
Johanna Seiler (DE)
Roland Trescher (DE)
Goran Završnik (SI)

AND THE TAG SPORT-VOR-ORT-ALLSTARS

SHOWS

MOMENT! Opening Show – Sept. 28th, 7.30 pm
MOMENT! Friday Show – Sept. 29th, 7.30 pm
MOMENT! Saturday Show – Sept. 30th, 7.30 pm
MOMENT! Sunday Show – Oct. 1st, 7.30 pm
MOMENT! Monday Show – Oct. 2nd, 7.30 pm
MOMENT! Closing Show – Oct. 3rd, 7.30 pm

WORKSHOPS

3  hrs WORKSHOP for intermediate and advanced improv players
Fees: € 55 / Workshop

Sept. 28th, 2017

Inbal Lori (IL) „NINJA – FOCUS! NOW LET GO….!“    
3.30 pm – 6.30 pm

Sept. 29th, 2017

Joe Bill (US) „PERSONAL DIAGNOSTIC: IMPROVISING AS YOU“    
3.30 pm – 6.30 pm

Are you an Improviser that often gets one of these 2 notes, “You usually play characters that are close to yourself” or “You should try to play characters that are closer to yourself”? I want to help give specificity to these 2 pieces of feedback so that you can make them more personally actionable. What does it really mean to improvise as YOU?

We will begin the workshop by declaring the feedback that each of you receives, both from others AND from yourself, and see how that’s working in serving your goals, hopes & dreams as you are improvising. We will play with the ways you can receive feedback and immediately make it actionable. I will share tools that can help unlock yourself from “being in your head”, for whatever reason.

You will do lots of scenes and have lots of interactions in exercises. I’ll offer feedback, tools & skills that can help you be more accepting, aware of and confident in the Strong, Vulnerable, Subjective & Objective PRESENCE OF YOU.

Sept. 30th, 2017

Goran Završnik (SI) „WHEN TO LEAD AND WHEN TO FOLLOW“    
10.30 am – 1.30 pm

Who shot first in Episode IV – Greedo or Han Solo? Doesn’t matter, we all remember this famous movie scene because of the incredible Cantina band. Goal of this workshop is to encourage musicians to strongly intervent, break routines, help actors when they are stuck in improv theatar. Both, Impro theater musicians and actors are welcome on this three hour research.

Amber Nash (US) „CREATING YOUR OWN FORMAT“    
3.30 pm – 6.30 pm @ Königsegggasse 10, 1060 Vienna – VHS Clubsaal

In this workshop, you can learn how to take the things that you love about improv and turn them into your own unique improv format. We will be doing a lot of talking and writing in the first portion of the class and get on our feet in the second half. So know that you won’t be on your feet improvising the entire time. This workshop is for seasoned improvisers with a minimum of 2 years improv experience.

Johanna Seiler (DE) „TOUCHING THE ART AND EXPERIENCING THE JOY OF VOCAL IMPROVISATION“    
3.30 pm – 6.30 pm @Gumpendorfer Str. 67/4, 1060 Vienna – TAG Rehearsal Room

The form of free vocal improvisation I practice and teach has many fascinating facets. As an art form in my opinion its ultimate demand is the synthesis of fully authentic vocal expression and musical mastery. As a learning ground it offers not only a path to deepened musical and vocal skills, but also to self-awareness, to personal development through discovering and overcoming hindering believes and communication patterns, to inner freedom and most of all to great joy!

Well, we cannot go all the way during the limited time we´ll have together for now … but we will definitely get to the joy part – in structured as well as in free ensemble improvisations. You will explore the roles of accompanying (supporting), soloing (leading) and of equal communication – which are as important in improv as in other areas of life – and you will experience or deepen your connection to your voice, your musical inspiration and intuition.

You are very welcome to join – whether you are an experienced improviser / vocalist or completely new to the subject.

Oct. 1st, 2017

Mignon Remé (DE) „DRAMATURGY IN LONGFORM“    
11 am – 2 pm @Gumpendorfer Str. 67/4, 1060 Vienna – TAG Rehearsal Room

This workshop is for improvisers with longform experience (intermediate and advanced) who want to experiment with and improve the quality of the narrative, character development and the arc of suspense. This may sound very theoretical but is actually a very hands on approach to telling good stories for 30 minutes or longer.

Mariadele Attanasio (IT) „ME & YOU“    
11 am – 2 pm @ Königsegggasse 10, 1060 Vienn – VHS Clubsaal

This workshop is those who want to know more about relationships create on stage: it is for those who want to get to know better their partners on stage and to increase intimacy; it is for the actors who want to know themselves anche the others better, in order to live a more authentic relationship during their performances. Fleeting romance are born and die: or they turn into more lasting relationship, that become exciting and unique: stories that involve passion, brotherhood, hatred, love, friendship: This workshop will guide you around the world of these stories, through a maze of emotions whit the purpose of teaching you hap to menage them to build up funny, exciting and one-off stories. The workshop aims at: playing whit emotion, getting familiar whit new dramaturgical technique, overcoming the fright generated by true emotions, getting closer to your partners.

Keng-Sam Chane Chick Té (RE) „‚FANM‘ (‚women‘ in kreol )“    
3.30 pm – 6.30 pm @Gumpendorfer Str. 67/4, 1060 Vienna – TAG Rehearsal Room

I’m working on this new format that only involves female players. I’ve been collecting for the past 6 months interviews about the way woman act in improv answering the questions as: What do we usually see on stage? What is the stereotypical way of acting? What are the roles that we never see them playing? And through those interviews I’ve collected some similar responses. This what i’m going to use for the workshop and the format. We will work on „what is feminity in a scene?“ and how we can flip this vision completely to free the acting. This is not an act of feminism, but a real question on how we as men and women see each other as players. The show we’ll required both men and women, and we’ll be seen in a “ a la ronde “ style of improv,but putting the emphasis on women in society.

Roland Trescher (DE) „FEED YOUR STAGE PIG – SOLO IMPROVISATION“
3.30 pm – 6.30 pm @ Königsegggasse 10, 1060 Vienna – VHS Clubsaal

Years ago I was fascinated by the feeling of doing a “solo harold” without knowing how to do it. Within the following years I learned and discovered techniques and approaches to feed my stage pig. Without offers from other team mates I have to face my own ideas, impulses and intuition to guide me through my characters and stories. In this workshop you will explore tools and techniques to get you into this flow. You will meet again basic improv – but this time you apply it to yourself. Teamwork with your “inner” team.

For players at mid level and experienced level.

Oct. 2nd, 2017

Omar Argentino Galván (AR) „REALITIES LEVELS – MAGIC REALISM“    
3.30 pm – 6.30 pm @ Königsegggasse 10, 1060 Vienna – VHS Clubsaal

Omar Argentino Galvan shares his particular and evolving work always researching dramaturgy paths and performing resolutions not generally explore in the Improv. The poetic movement. The magic realism as an excuse and inspiration to learn and generate new shows. Ghosts, the not living characters, the reelection of empty space, reality planes, imaginary object 2.0 and sound painting strokes.  A key workshop to discover and understand a Latin American style of improvisation as a theatrical expression.
 

5 hrs WORKSHOP for intermediate and advanced improv players
Fees: € 85 / Workshop

Location: to be announced

Oct. 4th, 2017

Keng-Sam Chane Chick Té (RE) „GIBBERISH“    
10 am – 3 pm @ Gumpendorfer Str. 67/Esterhazyg. Theater entrance, 1060 Vienna – TAG Stage

In this workshop, I take participants through some of the core principles of commedia del arte. On how through your body language, and gibberish you can actually tell a story. We’ll look at areas like: How can I perform without talking my native language? How a movement or a facial expression can transform your story? How do we elaborate a scene without talking, but only with your body expression?

Improvisation Skills Focus:
Character
Body Expression
Space
Timing