Improvisation in the exploratorium berlin
Free improvisation in the various arts – in music, dance, poetry, theatre and the visual arts – is at the heart of exploratorium berlin’s work. We see improvisation as a kind of artistic colloquial language that is just as suitable as an introduction to music-making as it is as a high-level art form.
We offer the whole range: concerts, workshops & courses, ensembles, open sessions, discussions and a library.
Have fun browsing through our program!
Our Highlights
learn: weekend workshops
Improvisation as a path to survivability and joie de vivre
Facilitator: Zoë Tomruk
young explo: for families
Workshop for children aged 3–6 with an accompanying adult
Facilitator: Zoë Tomruk
learn: offers for groups and further trainings
Anyone can learn to improvise!
Facilitator: Matthias Schwabe
learn: weekend workshops
Improvisation: in music, dance and elsewhere
Facilitators: Simon Rose, Ingo Reulecke
young explo: for families
Ear Sharpeners and Sound Seekers – Games with Music and Movement
Workshop for children aged 2–6 years with an accompanying adult (2 groups)
Facilitator: Hada Benedito Mateo
stage: Improvisation International
Sophie Agnel Solo || Agnel – Edwards – Noble Trio
Sophie Agnel, John Edwards & Steve Noble
learn: weekend workshops
Musikalische Materialforschung im Wunderland der Improvisation
Facilitator: Eiko Yamada
learn: weekend workshops
Rhythmus in Bewegung – Zusatztermin
Workshop für Frauen
Facilitator: Judith Thimm
young explo: for families
Play with Dolphins & Jellyfish: Summer holiday course
Holiday course for children aged 6–12 with an accompanying adult
Facilitator: Zoë Tomruk
young explo: for kids
Dancing – Discovering – Inventing
Summer holiday course for children aged 8–12
Facilitators: Mariola Grzyb, Keo Luana Strauss
Why improvisation?
Improvisation offers the opportunity to invent music, and to do so without notation. Moreover, this form of creativity is special because it takes place in a group setting. Like in a good conversation, the players develop ideas, which they would not have been able to find otherwise, by inspiring each other.
In the exploratorium we focus on so-called free improvisation, which needs neither scales nor harmony or rhythm schemes. The sound as such is the basis of music invention.
Lerning improvising and improvising learning is about collecting experiences in forming music, understanding music „from the inside out“ and getting involved in the musical flow. That requires alertness in every moment and intense listening to the other players as well as to the collective musical process.
Free improvisation means taking responsibility and contributing your own impulses while simultaneously adapting to a collective at any moment. Learning this is learning for life. To experience this in concert means to participate in a special adventure.
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Address
exploratorium berlin
Zossener Straße 24
10961 Berlin (Kreuzberg)
Marheinekeplatz (Bus 248, 20m)
U Gneisenaustraße (Bus 140, U7, 200m)
U Mehringdamm (Bus M19, U6, U7, 900m)
U Hallesches Tor (Bus M41, Bus 248, U1, U3, U6, 1000m)
Office Hours
Mo – Di 10.00 – 14.00
Mi 14.00 – 18.00
Do – Fr 10.00 – 14.00