on March 27, 2008On 7 March a stimulating Connecting Conversation took place at the Walter Maas Huis, in a series on Artistry and improvisation. The theme ‘Memory’ proved very fertile. Afterwards I wrote a reflection on this day, from the experience of reading the book On Dialogue by David Bohm.
How does musical improvising affect communication between people? What kind of insights can it bring?
Two experiences in the last weeks have brought me some direct and perhaps startling challenges relating to musical improvising and how this stimulates communication between people, bringing insight, but also stirring up fear and at times a desire to reject artistic […]
on February 25, 2008On the 4th of February I conducted workshop about the theme ‘sitting not knowing’ at the Walter Maas Huis. I introduced the idea that you can begin an improvisation in different ways. You can enter an improvisation for instance as sound, as communication, as looking for rhythmic patterns, as an exercise, as a slightly dramatic personage leaving your chair, as a performance with meaning included and so on.
