Spreading the Transforming Power of Improvisation
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Yuri Kinugawa
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- Japan
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Yuri Kinugawa's Groups
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Improvisation in Beijing
2 members
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New Zealand and Australi…
16 members
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The Open Inner Sanctum
43 members
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Chicago 2008 AIN Confere…
58 members
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Asia Conference in March…
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Profile Information
- Where do you live and work? (City)
- Tokyo and Auckland
- Professional Skills
- Acting, Improvisation, Drama and Theatre, Academic Education, Theatre history.
- What is your main interest in this network?
- Education, Social, Networking, Finding Partnerships, Improv Resources
- What kind of person are you?
- Night
- What kinds of improv-related services are you involved in?
- Teambuilding, Creativity, Innovation, Problem Solving, Communcation, Conflict Resolution, Leadership, Life Skills, Character Development, Presentation Skills
- Share a favorite 'improv epiphany'
- Impro is Zen.
- More about you: (Short Bio or any other details you'd like people to know)
- Yuri Kinugawa is the Founder and Director of Impro Works (the longest-running improvisational theater company in Japan) and Yellow Man Group of Tokyo, Japan.
Her experience includes a BA in Theatre and Drama. She studied improvisation with Keith Johnstone and since 1996, has been teaching, performing, and developingtraining programs using improvisation skills. She created the program Business Impro Training™ to build Life/Business Skills through Improvisation. She advises and works with many organizations, throughout Japan,businesses, non-profit organisations, human services, government, health care, schools and Universities on the use of creativity. Yuri is also a special Staff Member for Coaches Training Institutes Japan, and part of the Co-Active Leadership Program in Japan. Under her guidance coaches in these programmes conduct over 200 workshopsevery year. Her international experience includes invitations as a professional improv performer and teacher to America, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Her approach to teaching is full of fun and joy aiming to peel off peoples fears to find and show their own truths. This is why Japanese people respond enthusiastically to her workshops. Currently she is training trainers, facilitators and teachers in the use of improv skills in their own work.
She is the author of Impro Game, the first book about improvisation in Japan, and she published 4 books about improvisation and theatre. She is writing her fifth book focusing on Zen and Impro.
She is also a professional actress. She won Best Actress 1998 Stockholm International Film Festival and Best Foreign Performer 1998 New Zealand Film Award for her role as Sayo in Memory & Desire (Best New Zealand Film1998) Director Niki Caro New Zealand.
Yuri believes that impro training can guide people to freedom and the meaning of life. And always it must to be tasty and fun!
- Work Website
- http://www.impro-works.com
- Skype Name (Skype.com is the most popular free internet audio/text chat and more)
- yuri,improworks
- Other contact info (Your choice for phone, email, facebook, myspace, etc.)
- yuri@impro-works.com
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Upcoming Events
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The You Name It Show Interview with Gary Hirsch
December 9, 2009 at 6pm to January 29, 2010 at 7pm – Gallery Paradiso
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Improv in Iraq: Playing with Freedom.
December 28, 2009 from 7pm to 9pm – BATS Improv, SF
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Veterans Family Reintegration Project
January 2, 2010 to November 30, 2010 – Institute for Therapy through the Arts
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Using Techniques from Improvisational Theatre for Team Building
January 12, 2010 from 6pm to 8:15pm – Chicago Draftfcb - Auditorium on Floor 14 |
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Improv for Shy People
January 12, 2010 from 7pm to 9pm – Oakland
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No worries!
I hope you will see our show some day!
Cheers,
YURI
Yes, our new project has been going very well.
I think we can tell you more detail about it and show you the image photos.
Well see!
YURI
I was a member of AIN in the old web site and
I realiesd the site was renewaled and I am not in the list.
That was why I applied it again.
Anyway, I am really happy to go back this community!
Cheers!
YURI