National Dutch Theatersports Weekend Well, I’m almost recovered from my first National Theatersportweekend in the Holland. For years improv groups from all across the Netherlands have been coming together at the Stayokay in the town of Elst for a weekend of workshops, improv demos, performances, playing games, eating, dancing, almost anything you can think of except… sleeping.
There was an amazing amount of energy from 200 improvisers set free for a weekend of fun and play. Spontaneous chanting, drumming, and several rounds of “the wave” rippled through the dining room at dinner. There was a costume parade for this years theme of “supermarket” that had groups of scanners chasing bar code groups around and bag ladies in plastic bag skirts defended by a super-man character with a cape that I didn’t quite understand – not to mention most of it was in Dutch.
I was an honorary guest of several friends who were improvisers, I just happened to be in Amsterdam that week for work. I’m not exactly sure how I got there, but it was many conversations and slow yes-anding that did it in the end. It started with a short visit after a train trip and ended up being the beginning of a 48 hour adventure that took me to the weekend, staying overnight, a mad early morning trip to the airport and flight home to San Francisco.
And, oh so worth it. So to my Dutch friends -
Dank je Wel. Tot Ziens! And, of course – whatever happens at theatersportweekend, stays at theatersportweekend.
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Rich Cox, Business and Performance Coach, combines years of experience in business, finance and technology with his extensive work in leadership communication and improvisational theater. Rich teaches innovation and leadership communication with organizations worldwide including improvImpact, Stanford University Graduate School of Business, Google, Microsoft, Visa, Cisco, the Bravo television network and the Oracle Foundation. Rich speaks on Applied Improv around the world and is the co-founder of ImprovNotebook.com and coaches and performs improv with BATS Improv, Fully Improvised and Over The Moon And Under The Bed. Prior to coaching, Rich was a CEO, VP of Marketing, Marketing Consultant and Engineer and walked from Mexico to Canada on the Pacific Crest Trail in 2003. Rich lives with his two dogs in San Francisco.  Follow Rich on twitter!
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And it was great to have you there Rich! Amazing how you blended in well.
No way.. you were actually there too? Shame we’ve missed eachother.
Hey Rich,
So funny just found this on the internet
It was great having you there last year!
Be there again this year??
Love, Lobke Anna