Sten Rudstrøm is giving a weekend workshop in Helsinki!
What is it that makes a good improviser? More than anything it is the ability to take risks, to be willing and able to follow the improvisation into the unknown.
That “ability,” that able-ness is where the work is. I might be completely willing to improvise but not have the ability to do so. I acquire that ability by practicing letting go of things, ideas, agendas, plans, etc. It’s a challenge because basically human beings do not like change; we seek stability and safety. Our behavior is dominated by an ego-self. But to improvise I have to seek instability, insecurity and a lack of safety. I have to let go of what I think is right and surrender to what I sense, what the improvisation calls for. To truly improvise I must follow what arises inside of the improvisation, not lead it to what I desire. This is where the brilliance comes in. The saying “yes” to each moment as it arises regardless of my mental disengagement, accepting the first step regardless of the outcome, surrendering to the hidden joy smoldering underneath. I do not wish to be “good” when I improvise, I wish to be open. I do not wish to entertain the audience, I wish to play host to the spirits that enter me. I do not wish to create a good show, I wish to follow the show that arrives and trust that this acceptance will do the crafting. I practice and practice and practice yet I never rehearse. If there is one thing I am “rehearsing,” then it is the action of letting go, of repeatedly falling into the abyss of nothing-ness, getting comfortable with the uncomfortable, sensing the presence of what is and accepting its embrace regardless of the heat or ice, regardless of the approved or disapproved, regardless of the “me” that wants something different.
Time: 31.5.-1.6. at 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Early Bird price 130€ until 30.4.2025
Regular price 160€
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