Welcome to Ric's Cafe homepage. Our first salon in Bielefeld was held on the first Sunday of April. Our theme was: Let It Be. Lotti, Maxi, Ric, Christian, Annette, Ben, Phil, Kai, Marei, Willi, Tilman, Andreas, Christine, Eduard, Matthias, Anne, Kolja, Lia, Ruth, Benedikt, Bradford, Eva, Adam, Mark, Siggy and Petra were there to celebrate our first salon together.
After sharing food and socializing, Ric and Lotti welcomed friends to Ric's Cafe. Ric put on his tap shoes and did some “stepping” while people called out their names in rhythm.
Eduard improvised a bit of “Let It Be” on the piano...
Lotti began with a mesmerizing piece in which she looked at her body and then looked at herself in the mirror while putting on makeup to the music of India Arie. Lotti then wiped all the makeup off and invited us to dance with her at the end of the piece.
Marei offered a movement piece with poem and song.
Benedikt shared the story of Artist’s Unlimited, an artists collective in Bielefeld, which he co-founded with a small group of people. He passed around a book celebrating the 20th anniversary of Artit’s Unlimited. Recently, many people announced their departure with the collective. After sharing his feelings about being open to the changes ahead, he asked us to share our thoughts and feelings.
Bradford, a guest artist at Artist’s Unlimited, is originally from California and living in Hanoi. As part of is “Show and Tell”, he shared several antique pieces which he purchased during his recent trip to Krakow.
Eva, Adam and Ric presented a short play titled, “Es Ist Wie Es Ist” with many costume changes and samba music!
After After a short pause, Anne presented a very moving piece by John Cage entitled “4 minutes and 33 seconds”. In this piece, the musician prepares to play but stops just before a note is struck and waits silently, in preparation position for 4' 33".
Ruth then inspired us with a Bollywood dance!
Matthias, the director of Theaterwerkstatt Bethel and our terrific host in Bielefeld, closed our first salon with a stirring photo montage of theatre improvisation workshops recently held in the same space.
He also shared some drawings created by his daughter Leah on Post-It notes!
Thank you to everyone who shared food, participated and collaborated so wonderfully to arrange a comfortable playing space, especially to Lotti and Eduard. Thanks also to Christian for documenting the salon with these very special photos!
Our theme for the first Sunday in May is “Alles Neu Macht Der Mai” | 
