Hi Patrica! my first response to your question is everywhere :) We are in Bangkok, Thailand right now. <br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
any folks sharing your vision in Japan? </blockquote><div><br>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
<a href="http://www.tamalpa.org/">Tamalpa Institute</a> 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 :)<br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
do you ever come to the US? have any similarly-minded/experienced folks in the US?</blockquote><div><br>I intend to return to the US in April 2008 right now - we have between now and then to set up a tour! :)<br><br>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.
<br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I'm excited and intrigued by what you offer below - and I'd like to explore possibilities for
<br>including it in our (Ithaca, NY) April celebration of National Dance Week. Since NDW is associated<br>with International Dance Day, and we're in touch with dance networks worldwide who share our<br>commitment to dance as a way of building bridges across chasms of conflict and cultural
<br>bewilderment, linking Open Space with dance could open a whole new dimention to our efforts.</blockquote><div><br>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
<a href="http://www.dance-centre.com/">Dance Centre</a>! 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 <a href="http://www.cid-unesco.org/html/members.html">
top priorities</a> and offering to be of assistance. We very much believe in their intent and their "<a href="http://www.cid-unesco.org/html/announcements.html">Dancer with no Frontiers</a>" conference in Athens in Sept sounds exciting!
<br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">It's also something that would be good to include in an international gathering on integfrating the
<br>arts across the sustainability movement that we're starting to plan for the US Partnership for the<br>UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development. I want to know more. I'll check the website you<br>mention, but would love to hear from you directly.
</blockquote><div><br>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.
<br><br>I am curious if you've read <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0609604678%253ftag=myspace08-20%2526link_code=xm2%2526camp=2025%2526dev-t=D2WQY839001DMT">Cultural Creatives</a>? i just finished it and you sound like one! I am also curious if you take part of the
<a href="http://www.earthdance.org">Earthdance Festival</a> - the largest gathering I know of at an International scale.<br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
If others on this list are similarly interested, please let me know.</blockquote><div><br>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.
<br><br>Chinarut<br><br>ps. what is your website? I found <a href="http://www.greeninstitute.net/">The Green Institute</a> and suspect this is a different entity as they are based out of DC and you are out of Ithaca.<br>
</div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Patricia Haines<br>Level Green Institute, Ithaca, NY<br>Regional Coordinator and Outreach Director, National Dance Week-Ithaca
<br>US Partnership for the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, Arts Action Team and<br>Adult/Community Learning<br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: Chinarut <<a href="mailto:chinarut@dancelabs.com">chinarut@dancelabs.com
</a>><br>To: <a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a><br>Sent: Sat, 6 Jan 2007 13:22:36 +0700<br>Subject: Open Dance Space<br><br>> Hi! I'm new to this list and open space was introduced to me at the Asia
<br>> Commons <<a href="http://www.asia-commons.net">http://www.asia-commons.net</a>> thanks to Allison Hewlitt's stand to<br>> bring something so great to Asia! This all wouldn't be possible if it<br>
> weren't for Michel Bauwens' encouragement I be completely open to surprises<br>> and attend - well this and then some! :) I've been since mingling in Ted<br>> Ernst's "Mystery of Open<br>
> Space<<a href="http://www.omidyar.net/group/openspaceresearch/news/7/?min_score=-9999&show=1&page=2">http://www.omidyar.net/group/openspaceresearch/news/7/?min_score=-9999&show=1&page=2</a>>"
<br>> thread on <a href="http://o.net">o.net</a> and he suggested I share my thoughts with the entire OS<br>> community. It's a pleasure to meet you all!<br>><br>> If you are someone who has applied and/or researched open space in the
<br>> domain of dance with the intent to transform how many of us see and/or<br>> relate to dance and open up new spaces, this email is for you!<br>><br>> My stake in open space: In our community, dance is as much a conversation
<br>> as our spoken conversation and there is something to be said if you bring<br>> people together without agenda to play and experiment with dance in a way<br>> that parallels open space methodology.<br>><br>
> As a result, I've been leading an effort called Dance<br>> Labs<<a href="http://www.dancelabs.com">http://www.dancelabs.com</a>>on a volunteer basis for the past 5<br>> years following a thread I never knew
<br>> existed. It's only recently become a full-time effort shortly after<br>> releasing our work <<a href="http://chalat.dancelabs.com">http://chalat.dancelabs.com</a>> under a creative commons<br>> license. We have a short, edited
1.5 min video<<a href="http://trailer.dancelabs.com">http://trailer.dancelabs.com</a>><br>> summarizing 4 months of effort gearing how we participate with children.<br>> This makes things much more concrete, gives us much to ponder, and builds
<br>> much excitement to move forward with!<br>><br>> So it's clear where we're at - we've suspended weekly gatherings in the<br>> spirit of focusing on fundraising this year - our sustainability is at stake
<br>> and we have this month to sort things out. We have an Arts Festival in<br>> Bangkok end of February as a canvas to try any new ideas discussed here on<br>> this list. My intent in sharing is to keep our momentum going so any input
<br>> you have outside of our question below is appreciated and we will take<br>> discussions off list as it makes sense.<br>><br>> One challenge we have is identifying what it takes to catalyze the<br>> interactive dance process - what we have discovered is akin to going back
<br>> and forth between the open space format and an agenda-driven workshop-like<br>> format with intervals as quick as 5 minutes. One way this looks is an<br>> experience we had planning a complete session (2 hrs), letting our
<br>> participants have a say in the matter, and it ending up being a very dynamic<br>> process integrating a larger subset of content than our agenda with their<br>> presence! (research<br>> detail<<a href="http://www.dancelabs.com/program/chalat/#FormatDesign">
http://www.dancelabs.com/program/chalat/#FormatDesign</a>><br>> )<br>><br>> This is much more fulfilling than a static workshop format as many of you<br>> can imagine!<br>><br>> Now is this a natural process of open space?
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