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 * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
