<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Hi there Catherine,</div><div><br></div><div>This last Friday and Saturday Improbable had a two day open space:" Honouring the elders: if theatre is a community who are it's Elders?" </div><div><br></div><div>It was an amazing two days. The main thing we had to make sure was.. The space was warm and the acoustics weren't <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">too bad. Although one person said maybe 1.5 hour sessions were too long i reminded them if they had been shorter all those reports wouldn't have been finished and people could take a nap any time they wanted. We agreed if there has been a nap area with comfy chairs they would have believed that was possible more. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">We agreed that maybe one definition of Elder could be "someone who does what they are are going to do" lots of reports thoroughly implemented. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">Sessions</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">Were ones like "death the last taboo", "hair dye" and " Aaah bless them! Sex and old people" </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">Never seen people talk so deeply so fast and so much laughter in one open space! Two days was absolutely great and it was sustained bh different people coming in for just one of the two days all getting lot from it. Trust that older people are just as capable of taking responsibility as anyone else. Consessions can just be patronising. One of the sessions talked about treating old people like "old people" means they end up behaving and feeling like old people all very invigorating! Helps to mix sond youngsters in there too that's how the stories happen of their own accord.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">Best </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">Phelim </span></div><div>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On 21 Nov 2010, at 09:12 PM, Catherine Pfaehler <<a href="mailto:c.pfaehler@bluewin.ch">c.pfaehler@bluewin.ch</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PersonName">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:
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organisation of seniors) to briefly present OST to them on Tuesday, Nov. 30<sup>th</sup>.
Most of them are 55 years old or older. They want to have a one-day-event
dealing with their future and their image. At the same time, my contact tells
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were still working, and most of them think that a whole day is too long for
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facilitating OST for seniors, and how to deal with the above contradictions,
i.e. how to give enough time for storytelling when at the same time one entire
day might be too long for them to attend. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial">I will be out of my office for a week now, but would
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