Open Dance Space

Thu Jan 11 19:43:20 PST 2007

Hi Patrica!  my first response to your question is everywhere :)    We are
in Bangkok, Thailand right now.

 any folks sharing your vision in Japan?

I am very excited about sharing our work in Japan so it is funny you mention
it.   where we have a listening at the moment (outside of BKK) is in
Singapore and have the attention of a woman who is a graduate of the Tamalpa
Institute <http://www.tamalpa.org/> in HK.   we are quite focused on
creating a foundation based out of Thailand right now and open to
negotiations as to handle our scope :)

do you ever come to the US? have any similarly-minded/experienced folks in
> the US?

I intend to return to the US in April 2008 right now - we have between now
and then to set up a tour! :)

Our co-founder of Dance Labs, Ted Ko, is in the SF bay area.  I just spoke
to him yesterday and gave him a 5 year update - he is very impressed with
our progress in Thailand and in conversations as to how we can expand our
fundraising capability.  We have a presentation to complete by the 22nd and
would be delighted if anyone on this list is open to assisting us with it.
We happen to have a substantial outreach effort ahead of us in 2007, many of
which I'm sure you would be delighted to connect with.

I'm excited and intrigued by what you offer below - and I'd like to explore
> possibilities for
> including it in our (Ithaca, NY) April celebration of National Dance Week.
> Since NDW is associated
> with International Dance Day, and we're in touch with dance networks
> worldwide who share our
> commitment to dance as a way of building bridges across chasms of conflict
> and cultural
> bewilderment, linking Open Space with dance could open a whole new
> dimention to our efforts.

thank you for the invitation!   yes - I was introduced to IDD in thailand 2
years ago - I had a great time dancing in the park thanks to our Dance
Centre <http://www.dance-centre.com/>!    I just recently learned about the
CID and a bit perplexed about their role and sending an email to them
outlining exactly where we align with their top
priorities<http://www.cid-unesco.org/html/members.html>and offering to
be of assistance.  We very much believe in their intent and
their "Dancer with no
Frontiers<http://www.cid-unesco.org/html/announcements.html>"
conference in Athens in Sept sounds exciting!

It's also something that would be good to include in an international
> gathering on integfrating the
> arts across the sustainability movement that we're starting to plan for
> the US Partnership for the
> UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development. I want to know more.
> I'll check the website you
> mention, but would love to hear from you directly.

let's talk on the phone and/or set up a conference call.   I had a colleague
of mine just send our executive overview to his contacts at the UN.  I am
meeting with him next friday and this effort of yours with the UN would be
great to mention to him.

I am curious if you've read Cultural
Creatives<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0609604678%253ftag=myspace08-20%2526link_code=xm2%2526camp=2025%2526dev-t=D2WQY839001DMT>?
i just finished it and you sound like one!   I am also curious if you take
part of the Earthdance Festival <http://www.earthdance.org> - the largest
gathering I know of at an International scale.

If others on this list are similarly interested, please let me know.

ditto!  It would be wonderful to coordinate a conference call together for
those who are interested.  We will need some assistance in creating a
reliable conf bridge - it's been a hit or miss with the technologies I've
taken on and could use some additional suggestions.

Chinarut

ps. what is your website?  I found The Green
Institute<http://www.greeninstitute.net/>and suspect this is a
different entity  as they are based out of DC and you
are out of Ithaca.

Patricia Haines
> Level Green Institute, Ithaca, NY
> Regional Coordinator and Outreach Director, National Dance Week-Ithaca
> US Partnership for the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development,
> Arts Action Team and
> Adult/Community Learning
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Chinarut <chinarut at dancelabs.com>
> To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> Sent:         Sat, 6 Jan 2007 13:22:36 +0700
> Subject: Open Dance Space
>
> > 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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