The document discusses the future of improv and provides resources related to improv. It discusses pioneers in improv like Viola Spolin and her teachings on removing obstacles to direct experience. It also discusses concepts like "yes and..." and provides examples of the author's work with improv theater, workshops, and technology. Finally, it lists various improv theaters and resources for further learning about improv.
3. Viola Spolin “ We learn through experience and experiencing, and no one teaches anyone anything. This is as true for the infant moving from kicking to crawling to walking as it is for the scientist with equations”
4. Viola Spolin “ If the environment permits it, anyone can learn whatever he or she choses to learn: and if the individual permits it, the environment will teach everything it has to teach.”
5. 5 obstacles to direct experience ~ Viola Spolin 1. Approval/Disapproval 2. Self-Pity 3. Success/Failure 4. Attitudes 5. Fear
31. Resources Chicago Improv Theaters The Second City http://www.secondcity.com IO http://www.ioimprov.com Annoyance Productions http://www.annoyanceproductions.com Text
32. Resources Viola Spolin Paul Sills Wisconsin Theater Game Center http://www.paulsills.com The Spolin Center http://www.spolin.com / Book: Improvisation For the Theatre See section on theory and foundation Text
33. Resources Non theatre related examples of this work Improv at CERN (Wall Street Journal) http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122048206487796841.html?mod=hpp_us_pageone JellyVision http://www.jellyvision.com / Creativity Engineering (just an example) http://www.creativity-engineering.com/improv.html
34. Resources More about my work Video presentation http://door.it.northwestern.edu/sheridan/dms/zellner/zellner-modes.rm The Masks of Antonio Fava http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/fava/ Text
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