As a goal-driven project intended to enhance the quality of artistic interventions in the context of territorial disparities and reinforce social inclusion and well-being, ImproLANDS combines a variety of innovative elements at play at different levels.
To begin with, by bringing together international improv artists and hosting communities living in remote areas, the project stratifies three experimental dimensions:
- it takes place in different spaces;
- artists employ an array of improv techniques;
- local activities involve various types of groups and local contexts.
The improv labs are a crucial part of the ImproLANDS’ ‘learning by doing’ process involving the local communities.
Along with the participatory video, they constitute a powerful way to integrate the locals’ inputs, stories, and points of view into artistic practices and outputs.
Organised by each partner organisation at the local level, they are meant to activate the resources of the individuals and the relationships within the group, encouraging existing abilities to emerge, creating conditions for resilience learning and positive change as the participants take ownership of themselves.
The partners plan to carry out a total of 24 improv theatre laboratories (6 improv labs in each country) engaging local and neighbouring communities.
Let’s deep dive into some of the collaborative actions already implemented in partner countries since the start of the project…
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Getting ready for spanish residency
As the Spanish residency, set for September 3rd to 9th, is fast approaching, Las Cosas Que Hacemos is tooling up to welcome talented artists from partner organisations, Accademia56, Shoshin, and SMouTh. Over six days of intensive collaboration, the participants will work on an uplifting audiovisual documentary and create an impactful show that sheds light on…
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Italian Residency
The first transnational artistic residency of ImproLANDS took place from June 24th to 30th across five municipalities (Belforte del Chienti, Caldarola, Camporotondo di Fiastrone, Cessapalombo, and Serrapetrona) in the ‘Unione Montana dei Monti Azzurri’ in the Marche Region. Mindful of the revitalising impact of locally-rooted cultural initiatives in their earthquake-affected territories, the administrations joined forces…
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Improv Theatre lab in Pieca – Italy
The 26th may in Pieca, the amateur theatre troupes of Artisti Filodrammatica Pian di Pieca and Artisti Filodrammatica Ripe San Ginesio found themselves venturing into the unknown, embracing the spontaneity and creativity that comes with improvisation. For these seasoned performers, used to the safety of scripts, the labs were a revelation. Through name-exchange games, concentration…
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Improv Lab with S…passi di Salute project
A particularly moving chapter of the improv labs held in the Marche Region was the unexpected partnership with the S…passi di Salute project, which supports breast cancer survivors through Nordic Walking. Under the gentle guidance of Fabio Ambrosini, these incredible women explored the connection between their emotions and their physical bodies through improvisational theatre. In…
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First Improv Theater lab in Italy with the Marche Civil Protection volunteers
Last March 17th marked a milestone as the ImproLANDS Italian Team kick-started the first Theatre Improv Lab!Taking place in Belforte del Chienti, in the heart of the Macerata province, nestled within the inland areas of the Marche region in central Italy, this workshop was realised thanks to the precious support of the 5 municipalities of the Unione Montana dei Monti Azzurri…
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Gender Inequalities in the Cultural Sector. Round Table of Experience Sharing.
On May 10th, the ImproLANDS project, together with Europe Direct Unione Montana Marca di Camerino organised an online round table entitled Gender Inequalities in the Cultural Sector. Round Table of Experience Sharing.The event was a meaningful platform to address gender inequalities in the performing arts sector by listening directly to the voices of female and non-binary artists and those daily working in the…
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First Improv lab in Greece
In the city of Larissa, more than 20 young people with an interest in the performing arts under the guidance of our amazing partner Synergy of Music Theatre (SMouTh) approached the concept of ‘change’ through theatrical improvisation and the synthesis of the performing arts.Both personal experience and spontaneous expression were the material with which the participants, through collective processes, created…
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Improv theatre lab in Caldarola and Pieca – Italy
The ImproLANDS project is making a significant impact in Italy by giving visibility to the earthquake-affected inland areas of the Marche Region where communities are still healing from the devastation of 2016. In 14th april 2024 two workshops took place simultaneously in Caldarola with the Civil Protection Corps and in Pieca with the amateur theatre…