WORKSHOPS des MOMENT! 2023: 11th International Improv Festival Vienna

Parallel to the MOMENT!-Festival, workshops with the international stars will be held during the day for improv enthusiasts with and without previous experience.

3 hrs WORKSHOP for BEGINNERS

3.30 – 6.30 pm
Fees: € 50 / Workshop

SING IT OUT LOUD – MUSIC IN IMPROVISED THEATRE – Fully booked!
with Gilly Alfeo
Thursday Oct. 5, 2023
TAG Rehearsal Room, Gumpendorfer Str. 67/4, 1060 Vienna

Even experienced Players often hesitate to dive fearlessly into an improvised song on stage. But the basics of a successful music performance are learned quickly. This practical overview of the elements of singing and performing music paired with targeted skill training will help to loose the inhibitions to go All-In with voice and body into the world of improvised music.
 

UNPLUG YOUR BRAIN  – Fully booked!
with Dan Seyfried
Friday Oct. 6, 2023
TAG Rehearsal Room, Gumpendorfer Str. 67/4, 1060 Vienna

Our brain is a formiddable machine to create and imagine, but sometimes it’s our own trap, our only barrier and then, we can have the feeling to work on the scene rather to enjoy it…

This workshop aims at unplugging our brains, to explore what our bodies have to suggest. We will train not to be heady or too rational, to allow your scenes to be silly, to accept and play the nonsense. Let your bodies surprise yourself and embrace their strong propositions, to just have fun, play like kids, discover new places, characters and relations, to follow the inspiration and your instinct.
 

OWN THE STAGE –BE PRESENT WITH YOUR PRESENCE – Fully booked!
with Hila di Castro
Saturday Oct. 7, 2023
TAG Rehearsal Room, Gumpendorfer Str. 67/4, 1060 Vienna

Do you feel like you’re moving around too much on stage? Do you not move enough and feel stiff? Have you even felt that you don't know what to do with your body on stage at all? 
Moving onstage is like moving in a force field. Every movement creates something. Every little change affects everything. A strong stage presence is like a magnet for the audience and for your partners. 
Using techniques from acting, Butoh (dance theatre developed in Japan) voice development and more, this workshop strives to give you technical tools and help you get rid of your fears and uncertainties so that you become powerful and comfortable with your stage presence. Once you’re comfortable, you’ll start enjoying yourself and feeling free to play with your diverse skills. 
 

BODY-TELLING  FROM IMAGINATION TO POETRY – Fully booked!
with Felipe Ortiz
Tuesday Oct. 10, 2023
TAG Rehearsal Room, Gumpendorfer Str. 67/4, 1060 Vienna

Explore the endless possibilities of physical impro.Through spontaneity games, impro exercises, and specific movement techniques, you will find how to discover and create imaginary objects and spaces and how to connect your imagination with your body taking advantage of the endless  possibilities your body can give.

In this workshop, the participants will be trained to allow their body to surprise them, taking them to unexpected places and circumstances, how to interact with imaginary spaces and objects, (they can be your best friend but also your worst enemy), this will be an important tool to avoid actor’s blockages and a limitless source of creativity and inspiration.

5 hrs WORKSHOP for ALL LEVELS

1.30 – 6.30 pm
Fees: € 80 / Workshop

THE GENDER LABORATORY – Fully booked!
with Hila di Castro 
Sunday Oct. 8, 2023
TAG Rehearsal Room, Gumpendorfer Str. 67/4, 1060 Vienna

Research shows that an average woman speaks approximately 20,000 words a day, while a man speaks only 7000. 
In fact, this research has been disproved, but how quickly it evokes our stereotypes? Since childhood, we are programmed by society to think of gender in a certain way – boys should wear blue and be powerful, while girls should wear pink and be gentle. As we progress in time, we start breaking these patterns. But they are more profound than we think. 
In order to break them completely, we must know the history of gender roles and challenge ourselves not to take the beliefs we were raised on for granted. This workshop aims to do exactly that. 
We will dive into gender theory and history before challenging ourselves to play the opposite sex on stage without judgment. We will then challenge ourselves to play scenes without ANY gender presumptions at all. 
The laboratory’s goal is to make us see the world through different gender glasses. All genders are invited!

3 hrs WORKSHOP for INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED IMPROVISERS

3.30 – 6.30 pm
Fees: € 50 / Workshop

HOW DO WE TELL OUR STORIES? – Fully booked!
with Matt Baram
Friday Oct. 6, 2023
Rehearsal Room „Cache Cache“, Dürergasse 11, 1060 Vienna

This workshop will explore the ways in which we weave narrative style into our scene work. We’ll discuss examples of plays and touch on theme, stage work, and craft. Then we will get up on our feet and use these new tools as a foundation to help us deliver narrative scenes that burst with form and theatricality.

HOW TO SAVE A SINKING SHIP – Fully booked!
with Lena Försch
Sunday Oct. 8, 2023
TAG Rehearsal Room, Gumpendorfer Str. 67/4, 1060 Vienna

We all know how much fun improv is when the show is going well. Anything seems possible, everyone is having a good time… and our partners have never looked better in their lives! But what about when things get a bit shaky? When communication suddenly becomes a struggle? A moment ago we felt confident and happy, now we find ourselves on a slippery slope of insecurity and doubt that will make us long for the sweet relief of the fading lights. Disconnected from our partners and the audience we wonder: when did things start to go downhill? And how could we have turned them around?

In this workshop we will find ways of staying in good spirits even when we feel like we want to surrender. We will steer our ships into open water and learn how to cope when the waves get higher. By letting go of how we think things „should be“ and fully committing to our scenes we will make them captivating no matter how rough it gets!

5 hrs WORKSHOP for INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED IMPROVISERS

1.30 – 6.30 pm
Fees: € 80 / Workshop

RADICAL IMPROV ACTING – Fully booked!
with Naomi Snieckus
Saturday Oct. 7, 2023
Rehearsal Room „Cache Cache“, Dürergasse 11, 1060 Vienna

Find the joy, not fear in silent moments in improv. How little do we need to say to convey what we are feeling from our heart. This workshop is for improvisers that want to collaborate with their fellow improvisers to find humour in the truth and truth in the humour.

3-day WORKSHOP for ADVANCED IMPROVISERS – Fully booked!

SCHNITTSTELLE – The International Showcase Ensemble

TAG and Felipe Ortiz will cast a group of advanced players who’ll have the possibility to train with Felipe Ortiz during the MOMENT! Festival 2023 and perform STORIES OF A SMALL TOWN WITHOUT MEMORY on stage on Saturday Oct. 7, 2023

This workshop is a journey through the complex world of magical realism exploring different tools that can help you dive into this amazing and powerful universe. From it´s origins till the present. We will explore the basic characteristics, the elements that are part of this world like: time, space, characters, politics and the wonderful nostalgic atmosphere.  what is magical realism in our cultures? How can I improvise In this genre ? What are the most important examples of magical realism in different art expressions?  The answers of this questions are some of the things we want to discover.

Oct. 5 – 7, 2023

Fee: € 190

Training Sessions:
Thursday Oct. 5, 2023, 11.00 am – 3.00 pm
Friday Oct. 6, 2023, 10.00 am – 3.00 pm
Saturday Oct. 7, 2023, 10.00 am – 3.00 pm
TAG Rehearsal Room, Gumpendorfer Str. 67/4, 1060 Vienna

DISCOUNTS

If you apply for more than one Workshop you’ll get a discount!

Classic Workshops
2 Workshops: -5% discount on the total price
3 Workshops: -10% discount on the total price
4 Workshops: -15% discount on the total price
5 Workshops: -20% discount on the total price

3-day Workshop SCHNITTSTELLE – The International Showcase Ensemble
plus 1 Classic Workshop: -0% discount on the total price
plus 2 Classic Workshops: -5% discount on the total price
plus 3 Classic Workshops: -10% discount on the total price
plus 4 Classic Workshops: -15% discount on the total price
plus 5 Classic Workshops: -20% discount on the total price