{"id":1658,"date":"2013-08-02T08:35:09","date_gmt":"2013-08-02T06:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eva-isolde-balzer.com\/project_eva\/?page_id=1658"},"modified":"2024-07-19T10:40:36","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T09:40:36","slug":"tools","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eva-isolde-balzer.com\/project_eva\/?page_id=1658","title":{"rendered":"Improvisation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>IMPROVISATION<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Improvisation had been a strong focus of my work from 2004- 2020.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eva-isolde-balzer.com\/project_eva\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/beneath-the-warmth.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1423\" title=\"l_projects_impro_beneath\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eva-isolde-balzer.com\/project_eva\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/beneath-the-warmth.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2557\" height=\"1438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eva-isolde-balzer.com\/project_eva\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/beneath-the-warmth.jpg 2557w, https:\/\/www.eva-isolde-balzer.com\/project_eva\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/beneath-the-warmth-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eva-isolde-balzer.com\/project_eva\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/beneath-the-warmth-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eva-isolde-balzer.com\/project_eva\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/beneath-the-warmth-460x258.jpg 460w, https:\/\/www.eva-isolde-balzer.com\/project_eva\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/beneath-the-warmth-688x386.jpg 688w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2557px) 100vw, 2557px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201eImpro collective\u201c is a technic of free physical group improvisation developed by Jean-Pierre Dupuy. Dupuy has been Eva\u2018s teacher since 1998. \u201eImpro collective\u201c is based on the thought, that everybody is more or less doing theatre, full-fills more or less one or several roles, is wearing one or several masks. This human ability\/tendency to \u201eact\u201c \u2013 this \u201epersona\u201c ( from latin persona: theatrical mask, one of the elements building up the personality) &#8211;&nbsp; is given space through a free group improvisations of long duration. \u201eImpro collective\u201c is a playground for the subconsciousness.<\/p>\n<p>In her own approach to \u201eImpro collective\u201c, Eva is much influenced by the teaching of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bettinamainz.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bettina Mainz<\/a>, with whom she worked intensively for several years. Mainz\u2018s work \u201eBody of Becoming\u201c is associated with the sharing movement and amerta movement practise of Suprapto Suryodarmo. It describes a process of continuous movement of research and understanding, of being and becoming, of knowing and not-knowing. It works with the principle of following \u2013 of the parallelity of receptivity and action, of holding and letting go of focus and openness and allows an artistic expression of a high presence. See also the performance&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eva-isolde-balzer.com\/project_eva\/?page_id=336\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201ebeneath the warmth of a smile\u201c<\/a>&nbsp;with Bettina Mainz.<\/p>\n<p>Eva has initiated a Berlin based group in 2008 with Laura Werres. She has been collaborating with the collective artvif, which unites artists who work with \u201eImpro collective\u201c in Li\u00e8ge (Belgium), Caen (France) and Berlin.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/video\/xtqwfg_ne-pas-ou-la-tentation-de-l-invisible_webcam#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">T<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/video\/xtqwfg_ne-pas-ou-la-tentation-de-l-invisible_webcam#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">railer<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/gleterrier.canalblog.com\/albums\/improvisation_collective_2012\/index.html#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&nbsp;P<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/gleterrier.canalblog.com\/albums\/improvisation_collective_2012\/index.html#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hotos<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eva-isolde-balzer.com\/project_eva\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/DSC_0075.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1411\" title=\"l_projects_impro_slide1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eva-isolde-balzer.com\/project_eva\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/DSC_0075-300x168.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eva-isolde-balzer.com\/project_eva\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/DSC_0075-300x168.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.eva-isolde-balzer.com\/project_eva\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/DSC_0075.jpeg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201eJe ne suis pas un lapin\u201c 2012 was an improvisation project in the public space.&nbsp;It was a one week research-collaboration with \u201erekocompagnie\u201c in september 2011, in Caen\/Normandy, France. It was part of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.danseperspective.com\/repliques\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">R\u00e9pliques 2012<\/a>. For more information:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/rekocompagnie.canalblog.com\/archives\/2011\/08\/31\/21910304.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/rekocompagnie.canalblog.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Currently Eva is organising together meet MIMOSA twice a month informal sessions of collective improvisation at Baerwaldstudio, Berlin.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; IMPROVISATION Improvisation had been a strong focus of my work from 2004- 2020.&nbsp; \u201eImpro collective\u201c is a technic of free physical group improvisation developed by Jean-Pierre Dupuy. Dupuy has been Eva\u2018s teacher since 1998. \u201eImpro collective\u201c is based on the thought, that everybody is more or less doing theatre, full-fills more or less one &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eva-isolde-balzer.com\/project_eva\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1658"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eva-isolde-balzer.com\/project_eva\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eva-isolde-balzer.com\/project_eva\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eva-isolde-balzer.com\/project_eva\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eva-isolde-balzer.com\/project_eva\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1658"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.eva-isolde-balzer.com\/project_eva\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2454,"href":"https:\/\/www.eva-isolde-balzer.com\/project_eva\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1658\/revisions\/2454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eva-isolde-balzer.com\/project_eva\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}