Open Dance Space

[Chinarut]

Hi!  I'm new to this list and open space was introduced to me at the Asia
Commons <http://www.asia-commons.net> thanks to Allison Hewlitt's stand to
bring something so great to Asia!  This all wouldn't be possible if it
weren't for Michel Bauwens' encouragement I be completely open to surprises
and attend - well this and then some! :)   I've been since mingling in Ted
Ernst's "Mystery of Open
Space<http://www.omidyar.net/group/openspaceresearch/news/7/?min_score=-9999&show=1&page=2>"
thread on o.net and he suggested I share my thoughts with the entire OS
community.  It's a pleasure to meet you all!

If you are someone who has applied and/or researched open space in the
domain of dance with the intent to transform how many of us see and/or
relate to dance and open up new spaces, this email is for you!

My stake in open space:  In our community, dance is as much a conversation
as our spoken conversation and there is something to be said if you bring
people together without agenda to play and experiment with dance in a way
that parallels open space methodology.

As a result, I've been leading an effort called Dance
Labs<http://www.dancelabs.com>on a volunteer basis for the past 5
years following a thread I never knew
existed.   It's only recently become a full-time effort shortly after
releasing our work <http://chalat.dancelabs.com> under a creative commons
license.   We have a short, edited 1.5 min video<http://trailer.dancelabs.com>
summarizing 4 months of effort gearing how we participate with children.
This makes things much more concrete, gives us much to ponder, and builds
much excitement to move forward with!

So it's clear where we're at - we've suspended weekly gatherings in the
spirit of focusing on fundraising this year - our sustainability is at stake
and we have this month to sort things out.  We have an Arts Festival in
Bangkok end of February as a canvas to try any new ideas discussed here on
this list.   My intent in sharing is to keep our momentum going so any input
you have outside of our question below is appreciated and we will take
discussions off list as it makes sense.

One challenge we have is identifying what it takes to catalyze the
interactive dance process - what we have discovered is akin to going back
and forth between the open space format and an agenda-driven workshop-like
format with intervals as quick as 5 minutes.    One way this looks is an
experience we had planning a complete session (2 hrs), letting our
participants have a say in the matter, and it ending up being a very dynamic
process integrating a larger subset of content than our agenda with their
presence! (research
detail<http://www.dancelabs.com/program/chalat/#FormatDesign>
)

This is much more fulfilling than a static workshop format as many of you
can imagine!

Now is this a natural process of open space?

Any direction(s) you feel we may proceed in from here is welcome!

Chinarut

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