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Workshop Strange Sounds

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Explore the boundaries of your voice
探索你的聲音疆界
數十年來，Mark van Tongeren 持續探索數百種聲音技巧、聲響與噪音，並在他的即興演出與教學中自由運用。究竟他是怎麼做到的？現在，你終於有機會在這位頂尖聲音專家的引導下，讓你的聲音走向前所未見的可能性。
從抒情到歇斯底里，從動物聲到外星語，從新古典到……（幾…乎…聽…不…見！），從極度身體性到深層靈性，Mark 不為自己的聲音設限。邀請你一起來探索：你的聲音能走多遠？
⚠️ 注意：某些練習對部分人來說可能會造成聲帶負擔。請隨時保持警覺並為自己負責，如此你就可以安心探索！

【時間】
2025年8月28日 14:00-18:00

【地點】

活活．聚落 （106台灣台北市大安區敦化南路二段172巷5弄2號）
https://www.esliving.org/about

【課程表】

1345｜開門入場
1400｜奇異聲音介紹 + 示範
1415｜怎麼發出奇怪的聲音？Part 1：簡單的一種聲音
1445｜玩一玩：Part 1 簡單的聲音遊戲
1500｜怎麼發出奇怪的聲音？Part 2：具挑戰性的一種聲音
1530｜玩一玩：Part 2 進階聲音遊戲
1545｜— 休息一下 —
1600｜怎麼發出奇怪的聲音？Part 3：簡單的聲音組合
1630｜玩一玩：Part 3 簡單的組合遊戲
1645｜怎麼發出奇怪的聲音？Part 4：強烈對比聲音的並置（進階挑戰）
1715｜最後大玩耍！獨奏、雙人組合與自由發揮
1745｜問與答 Q&A
1800｜課程結束

【工作坊介紹】

2024 年末，TOSA 聯合創辦人兼口譯員 Sunny Chen 問我：「你怎麼做出這麼多奇怪的聲音？能不能舉辦一個工作坊教我們怎麼做？」 我立刻愛上這個主意，也因此忙碌了好幾個月。

現在，我們終於選定一個下午來面對這個挑戰。這次的目標在於學習如何發出各種不同的、非同尋常的聲音──從相對簡單且無害的，到骯髒又危險的，正是那些大多數歌手畏懼嘗試的聲音。我接受這個挑戰，不僅為了能做出奇異的聲音，更希望藉此反思自己是如何做出這些聲音的。這也引發了一連串問題：究竟哪些聲音才是奇怪的？誰能真正做到？這些聲音是否具有可轉換性？是否能被解釋？會不會有風險？我知道這其中可能存在風險，所以我們只以一個下午作為起點。雖然這不足以涵蓋所有奇怪聲音的面向，但對於探索這個迷人領域來說，已經是個極好的開始。
我提到了一些靈感來源：首先是那些我曾分別認識並多次同台演出的歌手，例如牧上晃一（Koichi Makigami）、雅普‧布隆克（Jaap Blonk）、菲爾‧明頓（Phil Minton）、保羅‧達頓（Paul Dutton）以及大衛‧莫斯（David Moss，亦組成名為 Five Men Singing! 的團體），還有陳光海（Tran Quang Hai）。當然，來自圖瓦（Tyva）的 Sainkho Namchylak 也是一個光芒四射的例子，我很榮幸多次欣賞她的演出，並於最近在台北與她合作演出（Sainkho 擔任鼓手，讓我進行主唱）。去年我原本以為終於會有機會目睹那位神秘的荷蘭女神 Greetje Bijma 的絕妙表演，卻因她取消了音樂會而落空。除此之外，還有無數傳統歌手出現在數百張專輯上，提供了無窮無盡、充滿可能性的優質素材。
今天下午，我嘗試以一種較有條理的方法（如何製造奇怪聲音？第一至第四部分）來探索那些看似無系統、雜亂無章的聲音。我們經常在完成一組聲音練習（玩一玩 第一至第四部分）後進行整理與回顧，讓部分聲音能夠休息，而另一些則能比團體練習時走得更深入。

【誰適合參加？】

任何對用聲音探索新可能感到好奇的人。
最少8人，最多16人

【需要準備什麼？】

你的聲音。持久力。探索的意願。
以及在發現過頭時，能夠停下來的覺察力與意願。

【語言】

英文以及中文即席翻譯

【帶領者介紹】

1992 年起，以及整個 1990 年代期間，Mark van Tongeren 開始以音樂即興演奏者與「拼貼創作者」（bricoleur）的身份，在物件劇場中進行表演。到了 2000 年代，他轉向各種音樂即興形式，與 Fred Frith、牧上晃一（Koichi Makigami）、馬友友（Yo-Yo Ma）及 Oorbeek 等音樂人合作。2010 年代，他與舞蹈的合作愈加頻繁，也讓身體表演在自身的作品中扮演更重要的角色。進入 2020 年代，他多元融合的風格已日漸跨越音樂、文化與學科的邊界。
在台灣，他與原住民、在地與外國藝術家共同演出，並帶領實驗聲音團體漪渦魚 IUooUI。他每週在台北帶領的「聲音瑜伽」課程，也是一種引導式、直覺性的即興聲音練習。

【團隊】

本次工作坊還由即席翻譯兼共同籌辦者Sunny Chen協助；以及宣傳及行政助理張惜音協辦。
報名、詢問工作坊詳情，歡迎聯繫惜音 hsiyin724@gmail.com
或者聯繫馬克 0910-382-749

【報名費用】

[原價：4000元]
2025年8月5日前
●早鳥 / 9折優惠 NT$ 3600 元
●共鳴 / 舊生 /TOSA成員/ 85折優惠 NT$ 3400 元
2025年8月6日起
●全價 NT$ 4000 元

【報名方式】

1.請透過此連結報名
https://form.jotform.com/242682423145353
2.確認報名費用後，請在三天內進行學費匯款
3.匯款完成後，
—————————————–
請以Email 聯繫惜音
—-Email：hsiyin724@gmail.com
——————————————
4.經確認款項後，將在五天內發出報名確認信件，也會與您確認行程詳細事宜

【取消政策】

我們盡量保持合理的價格。如果您在課程開始前15至30天取消報名，我們將退還50%的費用。如果您在課程開始前14天內取消報名，我們將退還20%的費用。如果您找人代替參加，我們只收取10%的行政費。

【有問題嗎？】

請隨時與我們聯繫！

STRANGE SOUNDS
Explore the boundaries of your voice

PROGRAM IN SHORT

For decades Mark van Tongeren explored hundreds of vocal techniques, sounds and noises, from which he freely picks during his performances and classes where he improvises. How does he do it? Finally there is an opportunity to broaden your vocal ability in unforeseen directions with a first class voice expert. From lyrical to hysterical. From animal to extra-terrestrial. From neo-classical to ……………………….. ( n e a r l y i n a u d i b l e ! ). From physical to spiritual. Mark does not like to set any limits to what his voice can do. Join him to find out how far you can go.
WARNING: some exercices may cause voice damage for some people. Be alert and take responsibility at all times, then you will be fine!

This workshop is hybrid: you can join in person or online. We will announce the online conditions after a week. Signing up is only in-person now. We will use a microphone but no amplification. If you do not want to be visible you can choose a spot outside the video frame.
DATES AND TIMES

August 28 Thursday 1400-1800
1345 doors open
1400 Introduction to strange sounds with demos
1415 How to make a strange sound? Part 1. Easy single sounds.
1445 Playing around. Part 1. Easy.
1500 How to make a strange sound? Part 2. Challenging single sounds.
1530 Playing around. Part 2. Challenging.
1545 – – break – –
1600 How to make a strange sound? Part 3. Combinations. Easy.
1630 Playing around. Part 3. Easy combinations.
1645 How to make a strange sound? Part 4. Juxtapositions. Challenging.
1715 Final play with solos, duos and whatever comes up!
1745 Q&A.
1800 End
LOCATION
活活聚落. Essential Living.
near MRT Technology Building.
https://www.esliving.org/classroom
FULL DESCRIPTION

Late 2024 TOSA co-founder and interpreter Sunny Chen asked me: how do you make all these strange sounds? Can’t you give a workshop showing us how to do them? I immediately loved the idea and it kept me busy all these months. Now finally we picked an afternoon to tackle this problem. The goal will be to learn how to make a number of unusual, strange sounds. From the relatively easy and harmless down to the dirty and dangerous: the things that most singers shy away from. I pick up this challenge to not only make strange sounds, but also to reflect upon how I make them. And this will lead to questions such as: which sounds are strange? Who can actually make them? Are they transferrable? Explainable? Is this going to be risky? I am aware that it may be, so we start with just a single afternoon. Never enough to cover a substantial of strange sounds, but great as a start to map this fascinating area.
I mention a few inspirations: first of all the vocalists that I met separately, and in quite a few cases performed with: Koichi Makigami, Jaap Blonk, Phil Minton, Paul Dutton and David Moss (who also assemble as a group called Five Men Singing!), and Tran Quang Hai. Of course, Sainkho Namchylak from Tyva is a shining example I have had the pleasure of witnessing many times, and perform with in Taipei recently (Sainkho taking to the drumkit and letting me do the vocals). Last year I thought I would finally have a chance to witness our elusive, Dutch diva extraordinary, Greetje Bijma – but she cancelled the concert. Then there are numerous traditional singers on hundreds of albums: it’s some of the best stuff with endless possibilities.
This afternoon I try to present a sort of orderly way (How to make a Strange Sound? Part 1-4) to approach what is really without system or order. We frequently take stock after going through a set of sounds (Playing Around Part 1-4), allowing some voices to rest and others to go deeper than we can go as a group.
FOR WHOM?
Anyone curious to make new sounds with the voice.
The maximum is 10 people on-site. More people can join online, we will announce the details within a week.
WHAT YOU NEED
Your voice. Stamina. Willingness to explore.
Readyness to stop when you go too far.
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Please bring a drink or snack for the break-time.
LANGUAGES
English + Chinese
YOUR TEACHER
In 1992 and throughout the 1990s, Mark van Tongeren began performing as a musical improviser and bricoleur in object-theatre. In the 2000s he switched to all kinds of musical improv, playing with the likes of Fred Frith, Koichi Makigami, Yo-Yo Ma and Oorbeek. The 2010s saw more dance collaborations and also a greater role for the performing body in his own work. In the 2020s, his polystylistic approach transcends musical, cultural and disciplinary borders ever more. In Taiwan, he performs with indigenous, Taiwanese and foreign artists and leads his vocal experimental group IUooUI. His weekly Voice Yoga class in Taipei is a guided, intuitive improv-session of sorts.
SUPPORTING TEAM & CONTACT
This workshop is also brought to you by interpreter and co-organiser Sunny Chen, who interprets for sound workshops and is inspired by sound to continue the exploration; by administrative assistant Hsi-Yin Chang, who is a sound healing practitioner and also creates music.
▲ For any questions about the contents, and to register please contact Hsi-Yin (speaks Chinese and English):
Email: hsiyin724@gmail.com or call Mark: 0910 382 749
PRICING
Full price NT$ 4000
Up to Tuesday August 5 only
Early Bird / 10% off NT$ 3600
Resonance / Old students / TOSA members 15% off 3400
After this date:
Full price NT$ 4000
REGISTRATION
1.Sign up through this form: https://form.jotform.com/242682423145353
2. Make a transfer within 3 days and contact Hsi-Yin via email (hsiyin724@gmail.com)
3. We will confirm with you within 5 working days that you have completed the registration!
PAYMENT
Please check out the form to sign up. Make a transfer within three days to:
Bank code: 822
Name of bank: China Trust
Beneficiary: Mark Christiaan van Tongeren
Account number: 163540306745
Send an email to Hsi Yin (hsiyin724@gmail.com) including your name, the last 5 digits of your account number and the transferred amount after your payment. We will confirm reception within 3 working days.
CANCELLATION POLICY
We try to keep prices reasonable. we will return 90% of the fee if you cancel 31 – 60 days prior to the workshop.
We will return 50% of the fee if you cancel 30 – 15 days prior to the workshop.
We will return 20% of the fee if you cancel within 14 days prior to the workshop.
If you find a substitute for your spot, we will keep 10% of the administration fee.
DISCLAIMER
By signing up you automatically acknowledge your understanding that this workshop may involve potentially disrupting body-work and emotionally charged sessions with a deep impact on your well-being. It is understood that you yourself best know of any risks (physical, emotional, psychological) and that there is no pressure or obligation to do each and every exercise.

 

 

Workshop Heart Sutra and Nokyo Reciting

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Heart Sutra and Nokyo Reciting

共鳴般若：心經與Nokyo唱誦工作坊

a modern way to receive the blessings of reciting

透過念誦獲得祝福的一種現代方法

Mark 談他的Nokyo’s：

自2022年底以來，我幾乎每天都寫一篇「Nokyo」，這是從日本的經文或經典（okyo）衍生而來的。心經無疑是最著名的經文範例。這些誦經以多種方式激活身心：它們共鳴，調節呼吸，跟隨各種節奏模式，並逐漸深入我們的內在。有些誦經富有挑戰性且速度快，另一些則非常緩慢：就像把一個稜鏡放在你的聲音周圍，以聽、看和感受它的所有色彩。

在一天之內，你將體驗念誦、吟誦和唱誦的全然效果，而不必擔心這些文本是否符合你的宗教信仰。意義在非話語的層面上產生，或者根本不再重要。這裡有很多空間來了解身體化知識和非二元性。

在早晨，我們用輕柔的練習來準備身體、心靈和聲音。我們喚醒感官，放鬆那些僵硬或堵塞的通道。逐漸地，我們將聲音和波動的能量置於舞台中央。從那裡開始，我們探索Nokyo：你將會收到一本包含挑選過的Nokyo的小工作手冊（包含在工作坊內）。我們將從一些非常簡單的念誦開始，逐步發現更多的可能性。在一天結束時，你將掌握許多Mark的Nokyo唱誦的基本步驟。我們最後會組成小組，自行選擇並誦讀你所選的Nokyo。

 

【其他人怎麼說】

Nokyo唱誦已經被介紹到幾個身心工作者的團體中。他們認為這是一個幫助他們的身心工作擴展到聲音領域的非常有用的方式。某工作坊主持人如此描述這種體驗：

「一年前，Mark van Tongeren 來到我們學校，給我們進行泛音唱法的實踐介紹。一天結束時，他為我們的學校介紹了一個Nokyo，供我們吟誦。在去年秋天的葡萄牙僻靜營，我們探索了這個Nokyo。當大家作為一個團體一起吟誦時，可以聽到層次分明的聲音合而為一，形成一種空間感的體驗。此外，也有許多個體層次的經驗。例如，它會促使身體釋放緊張感，特別是在喉嚨後方沿著脊椎的部位。對於那些不習慣唱歌、平時只是用聲音進行日常溝通和分享訊息的人來說，這是一個非常寶貴的機會，可以遠離常規、發現自己獨特的聲音，並作為一種與手臂和手的動作密切相連的表達方式，因此也與肩頸有關聯。」

 

【時間】
2025年8月22日 （週五）10:00-17:00
【行程】
10:00 – 10:15 抵達
10:15 – 10:45 暖身、聲身共鳴練習
10:45 – 12:15 心經與Nokyo唱誦 I： 如何讀或念誦Nokyo?
12.15 – 13.15 午餐時間
13:15 – 15:45 Nokyo唱誦 II：「365 函節奏」
15:45 – 16:00 點心時間
16:00 – 17:00 Nokyo唱誦 III：其他詮釋方法, Q＆A
【地點】 東梨學院藝文空間 （大同區迪化街一段256號, Taipei, Taiwan）
https://www.facebook.com/TungLeeAcademy

 

 

【誰適合參加？】

沒有任何限制！

【語言】

英文以及中文即席翻譯

【帶領者介紹】

Mark van Tongeren 是一位聲音探索者，對藝術、科學和靜修傳統的交互作用有著深厚的興趣。Mark 在戲劇、音樂和舞蹈製作領域擁有超過30年的經驗，並擁有萊頓大學創意與表演藝術學院的博士學位。他練習瑜伽已有約25年，並在大約12年前創立了一種結合藝術表演工具的瑜伽形式。自少年時期以來，他便開始嘗試、研究並參與多種聲音、音樂和表演實踐，並不斷擴展他的「聲音詞彙」。對他音樂和思想影響深遠的是多媒體藝術家 Michael Vetter（1943-2013），Vetter 曾在日本擔任多年禪僧。1990年代初，Mark 開始接觸 Vetter 對日本經文（「okyo」）誦經的激進重新詮釋。

【團隊】

本次工作坊還由即席翻譯兼共同籌辦者者李紀辰協助，她負責聲音工作坊的翻譯，並受聲音的啟發，繼續探索相關領域；以及行政助理張惜音協辦，本身也是聲音療癒師，熱愛唱歌和創作音樂。

報名、詢問工作坊詳情，歡迎聯繫惜音 hsiyin724@gmail.com

 

【報名費用】
全額費用：6250元
2025年8月5日前
●早鳥 / 9折優惠 NT$ 5600 元
●共鳴 / 舊生/TOSA會員/經濟需要支持的藝術家 85折優惠 NT$ 5300元
2025年8月6日之後
●全價 NT$ 6250 元

費用包含
● 含約20篇Nokyo的手冊，您可以帶回家練習。手冊將包含新的Nokyo，所以去年參與過的學員若有興趣再次加入，也會學習到新的Nokyo。
● 簡單茶點

費用不包含
● 午餐，但附近有很多好選項！

 

 

【報名方式】

1.請透過此連結報名

https://form.jotform.com/242612129392353

2.確認報名費用後，請在三天內進行學費匯款

3.匯款完成後，請聯絡惜音

—-Email：hsiyin724@gmail.com

——————————————

4.經確認款項後，將在五天內發出報名確認信件，也會與您確認行程詳細事宜

【取消政策】
我們盡量保持合理的價格。如果您在課程開始前31至60天取消報名，我們將退還90%的費用。如果您在課程開始前15至30天取消報名，我們將退還50%的費用。如果您在課程開始前14天內取消報名，我們將退還20%的費用。如果您找人代替參加，我們只收取10%的行政費。

 

【有問題嗎？】
請隨時與我們聯繫！

 

【責任歸屬】

報名此工作坊代表你了解:

1) 工作坊可能會有劇烈肢體運動，引起身體跟心理的衝擊。

2) 工作坊中的每項活動都不是強制性的，你必須衡量自身狀況(身體/心理/情緒)來決定要不要參與。

3) 你會對自己的身體及心理狀態負責，主辦方不承擔任何相關的傷害、損失及賠償責任。

 

 

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION

Mark about his nokyo’s:

Almost every day since the end of 2022 I write a nokyo, which is derived from Japanese okyo’s, or sutra’s. The Heart Sutra is by far the most famous example of an okyo. These recitations activate body-mind in many ways: they resonate, regulate the breathing following all kinds of rhythmic patterns, and gradually sink down deeper into our being. Some are challenging and fast, others extremely slow: as if you put a prism around your voice to hear, to see and to feel all its colours.

During one day you get to know the wholesome effect of reciting, singing-speaking and chanting, without having to worry if the texts fit into your religious convictions or not. Meanings arise on a non-discursive level or are simply not relevant anymore. There is much space for getting to know embodied knowledge and non-duality.

In the morning we prepare body, mind and voice with gentle exercises. We awaken our senses and soften the channels that are rigid or blocked. Gradually we put the voice and energies of vibration centre stage. From there we start exploring the written nokyo’s: you receive a small workbook with a selection of nokyo’s (included in the workshop). We will start with some very easy nokyo’s and gradually discover more possibilities. By the end of the day you have a good grasp of many of the basic procedures or Mark’s nokyo reciting. We finish by making small groups and chosing nokyo’s that you select yourself.

WHAT OTHERS SAY:

Nokyo chanting has been introduced to several schools of practitioners, who find it a very useful expansion into the sonic realm of their body-mind pratices. One workshop hostess described the experience as follows:

One year ago Mark van Tongeren visited the school to give a practical introduction on overtone singing. At the end of the day he presented our school an Okyo for chanting. This Okyo we explored in chanting during the retreat in Portugal last Autumn. There was the spatial experience in chanting, hearing the layers of sound unified when chanting as a group. And there were many more individual experiences. Like how it provokes in the body a release of tension specially from the back of the throat along the spine. Or for those not used to singing and using the voice other than for daily communication and sharing of information it was very valuable to discover the own unique voice free from conventions and as a means of expression closely connected to the hands and arm movements, and therefor also the neck and shoulders.

 

DATE & TIME

Friday August 22
10:00 – 17:00

 

TIME SCHEDULE 

10:00 – 10:15 arrival
10:15 – 10:45 warming up, vocal-body resonance
10:45 – 12:15 Heart Sutra & Nokyo Chanting Part I: How to Read or Recite Nokyos?
12.15 – 13.15 lunch break
13:15 – 15:45 Nokyo Chanting Part II: the ‘365 Algorhythms’
15:45 – 16:00 tea time
16:00 – 17:00 Nokyo Chanting Part III. . Q＆A

 

LOCATION

Dongli Academy
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/EQxyJ2N8qFDG4MJa/
大同區迪化街一段256號, Taipei, Taiwan
02 2768 8777
Dong-li Academy is a gallery run by artist Jimi Wen in the Dadaocheng area. The place used to be a musuem about comfort women. Jimi hosted many music events over the past few years.

 

FOR WHOM

No restrictions

 

LANGUAGES


English + Chinese

YOUR TEACHER

Mark van Tongeren is a sound explorer with a deep interest in the synergy of arts, sciences and contemplative traditions. Mark has over 30 years of experience in theatre, music and dance productions and holds a PhD from Leiden University’s Academy of Creative and Performing Arts. He practices yoga for some 25 years, created a form of yoga that integrates artistic-performative tools about 12 years ago. He has played and experimented with and studied numerous kinds of voice / music & performance practices since he was a teenager and continues to expand his ‘voca-bulary’. A great influence on his music and thinking was multi-medial artist Michael Vetter (1943-2013), who spend many years as a Zen monk in Japan. In the early 1990s Mark became acquainted with Vetter’s radical reinterprations of Japanese sutra (‘okyo’) recitations.

SUPPORTING TEAM & CONTACT

 

This workshop is also brought to you by interpreter and co-organiser Chi Chen Lee, who interprets for sound workshops and is inspired by sound to continue the exploration; by administrative assistant Hsi-Yin Chang, who is also a sound and wellness practitioner, with an interest in singing and creating music.

▲ For any questions about the contents and registration, please contact Hsi Yin (speaks Chinese and English):

Email: hsiyin724@gmail.com


 

PRICING

Full price 6250

Up to Tuesday August 5 only:
Early Bird / 10% off 5600
Resonance / Old students / TOSA members / poor struggling artist: 15% off 5300

After this date:
Full price 6250

Included:
Workbook with about 20 nokyo’s that you can take home to practise
This workbook will contain new nokyo’s so students who followed last year’s workshop can learn new nokyos if they would like to join again.
We’ll provide some basic tea, coffee and snacks. Feel free to bring your own.

Not included:
Lunch. There are several options nearby.

 

REGISTRATION and PAYMENT

  1. Sign up through this form: https://form.jotform.com/242612129392353

  2. Make a transfer within 3 days and contact Hsi-Yin via email (hsiyin724@gmail.com)

  3. We will confirm with you within 5 working days that you have completed the registration!

Please make the transfer to: 

Bank code: 822.

Name of bank: China Trust

Beneficiary: Mark Christiaan van Tongeren

Account number: 163540306745

CANCELLATION POLICY


We try to keep prices reasonable. We will return 90% of the fee if you cancel 31 – 60 days prior to the workshop. We will return 50% of the fee if you cancel 30 – 15 days prior to the workshop. We will return 20% of the fee if you cancel within 14 days prior to the workshop. If you find a substitute for your place, we will only keep 10% of the administration fee.

QUESTIONS?

Get in touch with one of us!

Workshop Improvise! Catch the Spirit of the Moment

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IMPRO!

即興！

Catch the Spirit of the Moment

唱入當下

即興! 將經過考驗的即興演奏技巧與「即時作曲」相結合，這種方法讓一群荷蘭即興演奏家聞名全球。你的帶領者Mark van Tongeren是一位自學成才的即興表演者，對探索自我、自我表達和團體動態充滿著極具感染力的熱情。像任何優秀的小丑一樣，他並不幼稚或天真，而是讓成年人改變他們看待世界和自我的方式，創造出全新的聲音語言、新的溝通方式，乃至新的自我表達方式……直到你開始思索：那個「自我」究竟是什麼？

 

 — 感受

離開你的舒適圈

【時間】

11/27（週三）- 11/28（週四）

每天 10:00-17:15

【地點】

台北寶藏巖國際藝術村

臺北市中正區汀州路三段230巷底

寶藏巖聚落位於公館區，距離公館捷運站步行即可到達，地理位置十分便利。

 

【當日行程】

11月27日

10:00-12:30（2.5小時）
          投入! 第一次即興課程

          +反思! 探索即興作為一種存在與身心健康的方式

12:30-13:30（1小時）
           休息

13:30-16:00（2.5小時）
           我們使用的方法。遊戲、溝通、技巧
           應用和測試這些方法

16:00-16:15（15分鐘）
           休息

16:15-17:15（1小時）
           自由即興 #1 

 

11月28日

10:00-12:30（2.5小時）
           投入! 新的即興活動

        +反思!  一些答案，更多的問題，再次探索…

12:30-13:30（1小時）
           休息

13:30-16:00（2.5小時）
           磨練方法
           如何丟失自己並重新找回自我？
           新的遊戲與技巧
           關於存在、存有與身心健康

16:00-16:15（15分鐘）
           休息

16:15-17:15（1小時）
           即興 # ∞
           最終反思

活動舉辦方保有異動時間權利。

【工作坊詳細介紹】

2003年，Mark與Phil Dadson (NZ)、Makigami Koichi (JP)組成「人聲雜耍」（Vocal Acrobats）三人組到紐西蘭巡迴演出後，來到台灣。台北藝術大學的鍾明德教授給予Mark表演和工作坊的自由，並從Mark的想法中挑選了一句話來告訴他在台灣該做什麼： 「抓住當下的精神」（Catch the Spirit of the Moment）。這句話至今仍像當年一樣清晰。

如何活著、行動、創作，同時完全活在當下？如何什麼都不做，卻又什麼都做？如何學會相信某種流動會來到你的身邊，會穿過你的身體？如果根本沒有流動，而你計劃的一切都出錯了呢？因為你一開始就錯了嗎？或是因為其他人打亂了你對即興創作需要走向何處的想像？

訓練某些技巧是一回事，而且是很大的一回事。在這個兩天工作坊，我們會交替進行真正的即興創作，同時建立音樂和其他技能。了解即興是什麼和可以是什麼是另一件事。範圍幾乎是無限的。

我們將使用引人入勝的樂曲和結構，從有趣和娛樂性到挑戰性和複雜性。無論你擁有或缺乏什麼程度的經驗和信任，你都可以帶著許多新的想法和發現回家，發現當你完全沉浸在演奏中時，你還能成為什麼樣的人。讓我們認真玩樂！

 

 

【誰適合參加？】

任何人都可參加。只要你有足夠的好奇心和自信，去與他人一起唱歌、演奏、製造噪音或動作、跳舞、寫作、畫畫。

(最少 8 人，最多 16 人）

 

 

【語言】

英文以及中文即席翻譯

 

 

【帶領者介紹】

1992 年及整個 1990 年代，Mark van Tongeren 開始以音樂即興演奏家及物件劇場（object-theatre）創作者的身份演出。2000 年代，他轉向各種即興音樂，與 Fred Frith、Koichi Makigami、馬友友 和 Oorbeek 等人合作。2010 年代，他與更多舞蹈團體合作，也讓肢體表演在他自己的作品中扮演更重要的角色。到了 2020 年代，他的多元風格更加跨越音樂、文化和學科的邊界。在台灣，他是三人組合 ALLSYMT 的一員，與原住民、華人及國外藝術家合作演出，並領導他的聲樂實驗團體漪渦魚

(IUooUI)。他在台北每週舉辦的聲樂瑜珈課程，是一種有引導的、直覺的即興。

 

【支持團隊】

本次工作坊還由即席翻譯兼共同籌辦者者李紀辰協助，她負責聲音工作坊的翻譯，並受聲音的啟發，繼續探索相關領域；以及行政助理張惜音協辦，本身也是聲音療癒師，熱愛唱歌和創作音樂。

報名、詢問工作坊詳情，歡迎聯繫惜音 hsiyin724@gmail.com 

或直接透過手機聯繫Mark 0910382749

 

 

【報名費用】

全額費用：9500元

到10月20日

超早鳥優惠 / 75折：7125元 

學生；經濟方面需要支持的藝術家（需提供證明） / 75折：7125元

到11月6日

早鳥優惠 / 85折：8075元 

TOSA會員 / 年長者 85折：8075元

雙人報名 / 早鳥外加95折：7600元

舊生優惠 / 7折：6650元

11月6日之後

原價 / 9500元

雙人報名 / 95折：每人9025元

 

 

【報名方式】

1.請透過此連結報名

https://form.jotform.com/242682423145353

2.確認報名費用後，請在三天內進行學費匯款

3.匯款完成後，請聯絡

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請以Line、Email 擇一聯繫惜音

—LINE ID: hsiyinchang

—-Email：hsiyin724@gmail.com

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4.經確認款項後，將在五天內發出報名確認信件，也會與您確認行程詳細事宜

 

 

【取消政策】
我們盡量保持合理的價格。如果您在課程開始前31至60天取消報名，我們將退還90%的費用。如果您在課程開始前15至30天取消報名，我們將退還50%的費用。如果您在課程開始前14天內取消報名，我們將退還20%的費用。如果您找人代替參加，我們只收取10%的行政費。

 

 

【責任歸屬】

報名此工作坊代表你了解:

1) 工作坊可能會有劇烈肢體運動，引起身體跟心理的衝擊。

2) 工作坊中的每項活動都不是強制性的，你必須衡量自身狀況(身體/心理/情緒)來決定要不要參與。

3) 你會對自己的身體及心理狀態負責，主辦方不承擔任何相關的傷害、損失及賠償責任。

 

 

 

 

 

PROGRAM IN SHORT

Impro! blends tried and tested techniques of improvisation with instant composing, a method that lent a group of Dutch improvisers worldwide fame. Your guide Mark van Tongeren is a self-taught improviser with a contagious passion for charting new territories of self-, self-expression and group dynamics. Like any good clown, he is not childish or naïve; he lets adults change the way they see the world and themselves, by creating new languages of sound, new ways of communicating, new ways of being yourself … until you wonder: what is that self? 

       feel 

Leave your comfort zone

 

DATES AND TIMES

Wednesday + Thursday November 27 + 28

10:00-17:15

11/27（週三）- 11/28（週四）

10:00-17:15

 

LOCATION

TREASURE HILL VILLAGE  

台北寶藏巖國際藝術村

Treasure Hill village is conveniently located in the Gongguan area in walking distance from the MRT Gongguan.

 

TIME SCHEDULE AND CONTENT

November 27

10:00-12:30

Dive! First improv sessions

Reflect! Explorations into improv as a mode of being and well-being

12:30-13:30   – – – break

13:30-16:00

Methods we use. Games, communications, skills.

Applying and testing methods.

16:00-16:15  – – – break

16:15-17:15

The Jam #1.

 

November 28

10:00-12:30

Dive! New improv sessions

Reflect! Some answers. Many more questions.

Dive again….

12:30-13:30   – – – break

13:30-16:00

Sharpening Methods. How to lose and find yourself again? 

New games and skills.

About modes of existence, being, well-being.

16:00-16:15   – – – break

16:15-17:15

Jam # ∞

Final reflections.

 

We keep the right to make changes to the time schedule.

FULL DESCRIPTION

Mark arrived on Taiwan’s shores in 2003, coming back from a tour in New Zealand as the Vocal Acrobats – a trio with Phil Dadson (NZ) and Makigami Koichi (JP). TNUA’s professor Chung Mingder gave Mark carte blanche for performances and workshops, and picked one phrase out of Mark’s ideas about what to do in Taiwan: “Catch the Spirit of the Moment”. That phrase still stands as clearly as it did back then. How to live, act, create while being completely in the present? How to do nothing, and yet everything? How to learn to trust that a certain flow will come to you, will move through you? What if there is no flow at all and everything you planned goes wrong? Because you started out wrong? Or because someone else messes up your imagination of where this improvisation needs to go?

Training certain skills is one thing, and a big one at that. We will alternate true improvisation with building musical and other skills. Understanding what improvising is and can be is another. The scope is virtually endless.

We will work with fascinating pieces and structures, ranging from fun and entertaining to challenging and complex. No matter what level of experience and trust you have / you lack, you will be able to go home with plenty of new ideas and discoveries of who else you can be when you indulge yourself completely in playing. Serious playing!

 

FOR WHOM?
Anyone who is curious and confident enough to sing or to play or to make noise or to move-dance-write-draw  with others.

(Minimum: 8, maximum:16 people)

 

LANGUAGES
English + Chinese  

 

YOUR TEACHER
In 1992 and throughout the 1990s, Mark van Tongeren began performing as a musical improviser and bricoleur in object-theatre. In the 2000s he switched to all kinds of musical improv, playing with the likes of Fred Frith, Koichi Makigami, Yo-Yo Ma and Oorbeek. The 2010s saw more dance collaborations and also a greater role for the performing body in his own work. In the 2020s, his polystylistic approach transcends musical, cultural and disciplinary borders ever more. In Taiwan, he is part of trio ALLSYMT, performs with indigenous, Chinese and foreign artists and leads his vocal experimental group IUooUI. His weekly Voice Yoga class in Taipei is a guided, intuitive improv-session of sorts.

SUPPORTING TEAM & CONTACT
This workshop is also brought to you by interpreter and co-organiser Chi Chen Lee, who interprets for sound workshops and is inspired by sound to continue the exploration; by administrative assistant Hsi-Yin Chang, who is also a sound and wellness practitioner, with an interest in singing and creating music.

▲ For any questions about the contents and registration, please contact Hsi Yin (speaks Chinese and English):

Email: hsiyin724@gmail.com
Line ID: hsiyinchang

or Mark: 0910382749

 

PRICES

Full price 9500

Up to Sunday October 20

Super Early Bird / 25% off 7125

Students & poor Struggling

artist (with proof) / 25% off 7125

Up to Wednesday November 6

Early Bird / 15% off 8075

TOSA members  & seniors / 15% off 8075

Bring a friend / 5% off each 7600

Old students / 30% off 6650

After November 6:

Full price 9500

Bring a friend / 5% off each 9025

REGISTRATION and PAYMENT

  1. Sign up through this form: https://form.jotform.com/242612129392353
  2. Make a transfer within 3 days and contact Hsi-Yin via email (hsiyin724@gmail.com)
  3. We will confirm with you within 5 working days that you have completed the registration!

Make a transfer within  3 days to: 

Bank code: 822

Name of bank: China Trust

Beneficiary: Mark Christiaan van Tongeren

Account number: 163540306745 

 

CANCELLATION POLICY
We try to keep prices reasonable. we will return 90% of the fee if you cancel 31 – 60 days prior to the workshop.

We will return 50% of the fee if you cancel 30 – 15 days prior to the workshop.

We will return 20% of the fee if you cancel within 14 days prior to the workshop.

If you find a substitute for your spot, we will keep 10% of the administration fee.

 

DISCLAIMER

By signing up you automatically acknowledge your understanding that this workshop may involve potentially disrupting body-work and emotionally charged sessions with a deep impact on your well-being. It is understood that you yourself best know of any risks (physical, emotional, psychological) and that there is no pressure or obligation to do each and every exercise.