Improvisation

General

Course Long Title

Improvisation

Subject Code

TGEN

Course Number

661

Department(s)

Academic Level

GR - Graduate

Description

This class is open to the Institute as space
allows, by Permission of Instructor on Course
Advising Day.
According to Viola Spolin, in order to 'break
through the walls that keep us from the unknown,
ourselves and each other' we must first be thrown
off-balance or forget the known. This course will
playfully examine the creative space of the
unknown and the unscripted. By willfully throwing
ourselves off-balance we will find the tools we
need to create new stories, characters and
relationships. We will use theater games in the
tradition of Viola Spolin, Paul Sills and Keith
Johnstone as building blocks towards creating
full long-form improvisations.