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How best to teach stand-up comedians and officey-type beginners in the same class?
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Hi, everyone! Brisbane born and bred but Tokyo based improv nut seeks home town connections for ideas, inspiration and possible partnerships - who's out there?
Applied Theatre network for Brisbane (Qld, AU)
Hi All!!!!
Applied Theatre network for Brisbane (Qld, AU)
Applied Theatre network for Brisbane (Qld, AU)
Applied Theatre network for Brisbane (Qld, AU)
Here are a few thoughts, based on my own experience in Brighton, UK:
- move the focus away from "comedy" and "getting laughs" to exercises which focus on the creation of narrative and story flow - narrative and story flow are more archetypal and ...
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- Where do you live and work? (City)
- Brisbane
- Professional Skills
- Facilitating Teamwork;
Directing theatre;
Performing improvisational and scripted theatre;
Administration and Project Management.
- BS Theater University of Illinois
- 7 years' Improvisation training with the Brave New Workshop (Minneapolis) plus additional training with EDGE Improv (Brisbane), Improv Olympic (Chicago)
- Extensive training and performance with Shakespeare & Company (Massachusetts)
- Actress since 1993 including Shakespeare and contemporary stage work, improvisational and interactive comedy, TV commercials, films, corporate videos, business events & workshops
- Director 2002-present including Shakespeare and contemporary stage work
- Teacher/facilitator 2003-present including Shakespeare, short and long-form improvisation, group mind/teamwork, Theatre of the Oppressed (prisons project), acting and/or art for kids 18 months to teenagers
- Business Manager & Committee Secretary 2002-2007 Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble, Brisbane
- I have also worked as an manager, administrator or secretary for a variety of corporate and non-profit organizations
- What is your main interest in this network?
- Education, Networking, Finding Partnerships, Improv Resources
- What kind of person are you?
- Morning, Night
- What kinds of improv-related services are you involved in?
- Teambuilding, Problem Solving, Conflict Resolution
- Any niche industries, skills, etc?
- Group Mind
- Share a favorite 'improv epiphany'
- Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God; your playing small doesn't serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
- Nelson Mandela
- More about you: (Short Bio or any other details you'd like people to know)
- I have lots of performing experience and some business experience. My interests have moved from performing to facilitating in the last few years.
- I need help with...
- developing a socially conscious consultancy that assists companies, non-profits and other groups to discover their potential, develop resiliency against conflict and enjoy working together. I've collected some simple, effective and powerful exercises from TO, TS, clown and long-form improv that develop and deepen group mind without much of the competitive atmosphere and/or insincere 'cheer leading' that I've experienced in the teambuilding workshops I've participated in. I want to see how this work translates to non-performers.
- Work Website
- http://www.edgeimprov.com
- Blog or other personal website
- http://www.qldshakespeare.org
- How did you hear about this network?
- google search
My collection of links
Brisbane based http://www.maverickminds.biz/what-do-we-do/workshops.htm
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- At 7:24am on February 22, 2009,
Belina Raffy said… - Hi Anne! I've sent you a request to be my 'AIN Friend' - once you accept - I can send you an internal note with my email address so you can connect me with the cool sounding person who is leading the TO/Shakespeare program.
Have the fires affected you at all? Do you have family/friends in Melbourne?
Best wishes,
Belina
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