The International Improv Community in Vienna

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Location: Cache-Cache, Dürergasse 11, 1060 Wien

Schedule:
Sunday 9th of June 10:00-17:00
Doors open at 9:30 for coffee !
One hour lunch break.

Trainers: Luana Proença (her website is here)

Fee (6 teaching Hours):
- 60€ for IICV member
- 70€ for non member

Level: beginners to advanced

Description:
This workshop aims at working the awareness and spontaneity on stage.
This is a course that works the principles of Improv with expressive theatrical techniques. The methodology that Luana Proença applies aims at the units of space and time. It proposes a differential approach by combining "traditional" Impro techniques, that are taught and widespread around the world, with Viewpoints (developed by the directors Anne Bogart and Tina Landau from USA), and Physical Theater, Commedia Dell'Arte and Clown to understand the physical space: external and/or internal to our bodies to act, be in action.
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Skills:
Improvisation principles, instant scenic creation, character creation, presence, scene game and gibberish.

About Luana:
Luana Proença is a Brazilian artist graduated in Acting, with specialization in Cultural Management, and Master in Arts. She had her own Theater and Producer School in Brazil from 2008 to 2016, and a College teacher in Directing and Acting from 2014 to 2017. She is a member of the Brazilians groups Novos Candangos and Saída Sul with which she created her solo show “Aleatório”. She moved to Lisbon in September 2018 in order to begin her PhD studies continuing her research in Improv. Her Master’s work was a proposal applied for an Improv Training using Sports, Viewpoints Techniques, and Improv Games. In 2018 she started the project “Visando Impro” with which she writes a blog about Improv in Portuguese, and she also made the Improv Documentary "It was necessary to listen to other voices". She completed the Improv program at The Second City Training Center Hollywood and a few Master Classes from 2016 to 2018. In Europe, she has been a member of the Improv Groups Lilimprov and Codfish Waters, and also in The SIN (an European Improvisation Network), and the cast of international Improv shows as "Room 3" (Dance, Improv and Tarot) with the improvisers Amy Lamier and Jamie Graham from USA. She created the monthly project Impro.Lab, where she teaches and coordinates Improv Master Classes, and also the Project Jelly Jams with Stephen Thornton (USA) in Lisbon. She also translates “Status” magazine to Portuguese. Her background is also in Dance, Physical Theater, Dramaturgy and Animation Theater. She teaches and performs internationally with her theater and improvisation workshops and shows. She has published the books "Our Direction on Stake: Directing is Part of Improvising" (2021), "Have you ever wondered if...? Questions for Teaching Impro" (2020) written with 11 other female improvisers from the Feminist Pedagogical Laboratory La Otra Escena, and "Essays on Improv" with members of the European Impro network The SIN. She is one of the creators minds, curator and manager of IRREVERENTE - International Impro Festival of Lisbon. Luana was Dramaturgy and Performative Techniques teacher at Chapitô Circus School in Lisbon. In 2023 she taught workshops and performed in Lisbon (Portugal) , Canberra (Australia), and Brasília (Brazil).
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Photograph policy: Please be aware that photos will be taken during the open session for social media and newsletters. Before any photos are taken, we ask participants for their consent and provide an opportunity to opt out.
Code of Conduct: We are a safe, inclusive Vienna-based international community seeking to explore, play, practice, and perform improvised arts in a group setting. In treating this space with integrity and professionalism, we are committed to facilitating a harassment-free space for all persons regardless of cultural background, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race, etc.
Therefore, the International Improv Community of Vienna will not tolerate any form of bullying, harassment, or inappropriate comments (online or in-person). Repeated violations of our guidelines can and will result in warnings, removal from sessions, or cancelation of membership.