RSVP cycles is a
system
A system is a group of Interaction, interacting or interrelated elements that act according to a set of rules to form a unified whole. A system, surrounded and influenced by its environment (systems), environment, is described by its boundaries, ...
of
creative
Creative may refer to:
*Creativity, phenomenon whereby something new and valuable is created
* "Creative" (song), a 2008 song by Leon Jackson
* Creative class, a proposed socioeconomic class
* Creative destruction, an economic term
* Creative dir ...
methodology
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for
collaboration
Collaboration (from Latin ''com-'' "with" + ''laborare'' "to labor", "to work") is the process of two or more people, entities or organizations working together to complete a task or achieve a goal. Collaboration is similar to cooperation. Most ...
. It was developed by
Lawrence Halprin and
Anna Halprin
Anna Halprin (born Hannah Dorothy Schuman; July 13, 1920 – May 24, 2021) was an American choreographer and dancer. She helped redefine dance in postwar America and pioneer the experimental art form known as postmodern dance and referred to hers ...
. Lawrence Halprin presented the system in a 1969 book ''The RSVP Cycles: Creative Processes in the Human Environment''.
The name is an initialism referring to its four components:
;''R''esources: Anything that can be used in the process, including time,
physical
Physical may refer to:
*Physical examination
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materials, other people, ideas, limitations etc.
;''S''core: Instructions for the work. This can be identified along a gradient
scale
Scale or scales may refer to:
Mathematics
* Scale (descriptive set theory), an object defined on a set of points
* Scale (ratio), the ratio of a linear dimension of a model to the corresponding dimension of the original
* Scale factor, a number ...
of being an Open or a Closed score.
;''V''aluaction: A process of dynamically responding to the work based on values.
;''P''erformance: Setting the work in motion.
Within each stage there is a micro-cycle, which includes all the other elements (e.g. scoring the resources, resourcing the performance, performing the score etc.). There is no set order in which stages should be completed, and one can jump from any element to any other element as long as there is
consensus.
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Collaboration
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