Würzburger Improtheaterfestival e. V.

Level: ohne Level / level-less Sprache / language: English

This workshop is a journey into the colorful, explosive, experiental world of speech. Text is more than information. Words are more than mental constructs. Language is an actually body experience. Each letter, each word, the sensations in our mouths, tongues, teeth and breath can be the driving force of our improvisations. Our body sensations don’t hesitate, they don't contemplate what should or needs to be said, they lead us. Giving attention to your body experience will change every „I don’t know“ into endless imagery. In this workshop, Sten Rudstrøm guides the participants to connect their language, voice and body. No longer be limited by what you think you should say. You will allow yourself to be led by the experiencing of language.

This workshop is not your classic impro theatre class. Be prepared to expand your horizons.

Sten Rudstrøm (Berlin/Germany) has been working in the field of improvisation for the last 30 years. He teaches and performs internationally, founded the European Action Theater Ensemble and is a member of Streugut, an improvisation ensemble with artists from different discipilines. In 1986, he met Ruth Zaporah (developer of Action Theater) and has continued to work with Action Theater since that time, now being is one of the few Certified Senior Teachers. With Satu Palokangas, he has developed „The Core of Expression“, a somatics and improvisation embodiment training that tours internationally.

Shawn Kinley says about Sten's work: „For more than 30 years as an improviser, I am always looking for the state of ease and flow with my mind, body and heart. Too often those elements are out of sync on stage, leading to performance that is more work than play. Sten Rudstrøm's workshop is filled with eye opening insights and exercises that create full being fluidity. If you have the chance to participate in one of his workshops, do it. Your entire being will be happy that it did!“