There is not even any need to say how essential time – duration, tempo, rhythm, timing – is as an element of every improvisation. However the duration is not always the matter of completely free artistic decision, but sometimes it is due to given circumstances. We’ve noticed, that Berlin offers much more opportunities to stage short improvised pieces than the longer ones.

We believe that improvisations purposefully designed for longer duration are an exciting field for research, which brings different challenges, opens different perspectives and invites different ways of working/rehearsing than working with (series of) micro-scores of 15 or 30 minutes. Many artists are already fully engaged in this exploration and their work and their reflection on this topic have inspired this project.

We don’t want to propose any theses or answers. Our wish is to provide the space for open questions and for a multitude of possible approaches.

For the first season of “60_minutes” performance series, starting in 2015, impro.per.arts invited several improvising artists to a common exploration of time.

As a result for our call for improvised performances of at least 60 minutes duration, we are happy to present a series of cross-media solo, duet and ensemble pieces, which are mapping different modes and stages of artistic investigation into our topic.

If you wish to join the project, please contact Jagna Anderson, the curator of the series
team (at) impro-per-arts.de

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