WORKSHOPS des MOMENT! 12th International Improv Festival Vienna 2024

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

TRUTH IN IMPROV
with Antonio Vulpio
Thursday Oct. 3, 2024
TAG Rehearsal Room, Gumpendorfer Str. 67/4, 1060 Vienna

Improvisation arises from observing the context. The suggestions embodied by ourselves are just one part of it: the other actors, the stage, the people watching us, and above all, the emotions that surface within us, everything is necessary to create. The word Αλήθεια – Truth, in Greek, carries the meaning of unveiling, discovery. And this is what we will seek in our scenic exploration. Not a „brilliant idea“ to deliver to the scene, but rather an attitude of deep listening that allows us to „unveil“ little by little what our scene tells, and progressively understand the reasons and desires that drive the actions of our characters.

IMPROV FUNDAMENTALS
with Kevin Gillese
Friday Oct. 4, 2024
TAG Rehearsal Room, Gumpendorfer Str. 67/4, 1060 Vienna

This workshop is a crash course in improv basics including: listening, making offers, building ideas together, and an introduction to spontaneous storytelling. If you’re new to your journey into improvisation, this is the perfect workshop to familiarize yourself with the building blocks of improv so you can get out there and start improvising!

SYNC AND FOLLOW
with Raschid Daniel Sidgi
Saturday Oct. 5, 2024
TAG Rehearsal Room, Gumpendorfer Str. 67/4, 1060 Vienna

What makes a good impro player? People often answer: the surprising ideas or a certain comic talent. But when we describe the magic moments of an impro scene, we often talk about moments of invisible understanding and great interplay.

This workshop focuses on those moments when it seems as if the players are absolutely connected on stage. Leaving aside for a moment the search for the punchline and original ideas, we look instead for techniques of organic development and playing together. Clearly, all this takes place not only as a concept in our brains, it is rather a sensitively understanding the moment. So let’s have fun in searching for the magic of being in sync.

CHARACTERS OUTSIDE IN – fully booked!
with Hila di Castro
Sunday Oct. 6, 2024
TAG Rehearsal Room, Gumpendorfer Str. 67/4, 1060 Vienna

I love those moments when my character suddenly comes to life and I feel like it’s the character, not me, in the scene. There are two main approaches to creating improvised characters: Outside In focuses on the character’s physical attributes and uses these to understand who they are on the inside; Inside Out focuses on personality traits, wishes, hopes and fears as the foundation for the character’s appearance, voice and physicality. Since we are creating characters in a split second, most of the time we end up starting on the outside and stopping there – or we simply act as ourselves in each and every scene, without changing anything on the outside. This means we are missing out on the fun and the impact of playing round, layered characters, who are rich and interesting both inside and outside. In this workshop, we will learn how we can use the outside to quickly dive deep and find the inside of the character as well as practice key internal elements that are so compelling, we do not have to actively change our voice, body, face or accent in order to achieve different and unique characters

3 hrs WORKSHOP for INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED IMPROVISERS

3.30 – 6.30 pm
Fees: € 50 / Workshop

HUT UP AND ACCEPT – fully booked!
with Paula Galimberti
Friday Oct. 4, 2024
Rehearsal Room, Cache Cache, Dürergasse 11, 1060 Vienna

In this work-shop we will work with the silence and how important is to measure the words that we use in an Improv, and also how important are the moments that we don’t need to use words at all. We will develop some tools to achieve that, we will work with the here and now more than ever. Listening to our body language, and giving value to everything we do when we don’t talk.

SABOTEURS
with Antonio Vulpio
Tuesday Oct. 8, 2024
TAG Rehearsal Room, Gumpendorfer Str. 67/4, 1060 Vienna

Discovering improv fills us with the exhilarating potential of creating magic onstage. Yet, as we become entrenched in rules, our focus shifts from being present to adhering to them. Too often, we’re ensnared by concepts and preconceptions, diverting our attention from what truly matters: being in the moment, attuned to our partners, the audience, and the situation. In these moments, we control only ourselves, choosing to embrace surprises and challenges offered by our partners, even when their behavior is negative, controlling, or completely random. We recognize our interconnectedness and embrace the joy of the unexpected, refusing to be derailed by our negativity. We crave surprise, provocation, and the sheer delight of the unknown.
 

5 hrs WORKSHOP for INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED IMPROVISERS

1.30 – 6.30 pm
Fees: € 80 / Workshop

THE TAO OF IMPROV – fully booked!
with Kevin Gillese
Saturday Oct. 5, 202
Rehearsal Room, Cache Cache, Dürergasse 11, 1060 Vienna

The Tao of Improv – is all about using contrast as a way of discovering the good stuff in a scene. Call it what you want: irony, opposites, breaking the pattern. This is my personal approach to improvisation. When everything is sad, find a reason to be happy. When everything is in chaos, find the order. When the scene has gone too long, find an ending!

“Whatever is flexible and flowing will tend to grow, whatever is rigid and blocked will wither and die.” – Tao Te Ching

NĀṬYAŚĀSTRA FOR IMPROVISERS – fully booked!
with Balasree Viswanathan
Sunday Oct. 6, 2024
Rehearsal Room, Cache Cache, Dürergasse 11, 1060 Vienna

Nāṭyaśāstra aka the greatest book ever written is a collection of more than 6000 Sanskrit verses written by Bharata Muni (sage Bharata) between 500 BC and 500 AD. It forms the foundation of all classical Indian art forms and covers everything an actor or improviser would ever need – on-stage and off. In this workshop, we will cover a few crucial translated verses, bring them to life with exercises for the eyes, hands and breath and mostly silent scenes.
 

3-day WORKSHOP for ADVANCED IMPROVISERS

SCHNITTSTELLE – The International Showcase Ensemble  – fully booked!

Oct. 3 – 8, 2024

TAG and Hila di Castro will cast a group of advanced players who’ll have the possibility to train with Hila di Castro during the MOMENT! Festival 2024 and perform AFTER NIDNIGHT on stage on Saturday Oct. 5, 2024.

AFTER MIDNIGHT

Human interactions are fascinating – when do we tell the truth and when do we hide it and why, how do we effect one another emotionally and how are we getting effected, how we can just grab a moment with someone to the fullest and leave a our mark on the other person.
In this workshop we will create scenes that would be gentle, vulnerable and heart breaking along with crazy, strong and powerful ones. We will juggle between comedy and drama with letting truth and authenticity leads us.

We will work on:

• emotional action and emotional re-action (the source of acting)
• bold strong choices – those kind of choices that make the scene exhilarating.
• „Don’t drop your baby“ – make your idea and your partner idea work together
• creating safe space for intimacy
• being comfortable in our own skin – vulnerability and authenticity

Training Sessions:
Thursday Oct. 5, 2024, 11.00 am – 3.00 pm
Friday Oct. 6, 2024, 10.00 am – 3.00 pm
Saturday Oct. 7, 2024, 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