Youth Theather Improv with the Nature of the Village
Community Intuition, Improvisational, and Theater games
Ages 9-15
Taster Day Monday, April 14, 2008, 3pm-5pm
8 week session Every Monday, begins April 21, 2008, 3pm-5pm
Awesome Creativity The ability to play is with us from birth. Recognizing this source of energy, Viola Spolin created the world of improv games popularly applied to theater disciplines. These games are responsible for most improvisation circles such as the world famous Second City theatre in Chicago. But the work of these games is far more profound than mere comedy, they explore the gamut of emotion and archetype. Spolin herself used them as peacemaking and community building exercises among inner city kids in Chicago. Her games have developed currency well beyond actor training. Her systems are in use internationally not only in university, community, and professional theater training programs, but also in countless curricula concerned with agile teams, non-verbal and non-violent communication. Her work opens the experience of play to people of all ages and interest.
Through Spolin games, play emerges naturally and spontaneously; age, background, and content are irrelevant. There are games to free the player of tension, games to unburden the player of subjective preconceptions, games of relationship and character, games of concentration. By using techniques of physicalization, spontaneity, intuition, audience, and transformation a group of players is able to achieve high functioning one-mindedness. These games heighten sensitivity, increase self-awareness, and effect group and interpersonal communication.
We follow a NO CENSORSHIP principle. Please take this into consideration when deciding if this class is a good match for you and your child.
Youth Theater Improv Ages 9-15Instructor Statement One requires no more than an introduction to the worlds of martial arts, scout stealth and invisibility, dance, improvisational theater, nature awareness…to understand that there is a deeply indigenous and consistent skill set present in each. To delve into any one in particular is to understand the essence of all. These games are a rite to anyone living in a body.- Lisa Wells has worked in the Spolin method as an actor and instructor for the last ten years. In my experience as a martial-artist, storyteller, teacher, teammate, and entrepreneur, I have found no skillset more vital and essential then that worked by the Spolin intuition and improvisational games. They make the world more vivid. They make relationships real.- Willem Larsen Who Ages 9-15 Register...
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