Improvisational exercises have been a key element of theatre training for decades. With minor modification, these same exercises can be used in training scientists (and future scientists) to be better communicators. I’ll discuss my use of improv with our physics majors at U of G and give some examples of the science-y twists we throw on the activities to suit our purposes.
Thinking Spaces, the Improvisation Reading Group and Speaker Series, considers the ways in which improvisation can provide us with new ways of thinking and acting.
Please join us on Friday, November 10 at 3 pm for Thinking Spaces: "Co-Creative Accompaniment: Improvising Reed Relationships through Arts-Based Kin Making" with annais linares.
Please join us on Wednesday, November 22 at 10:00 AM for Thinking Spaces: "Attending to the Social Space of The Music: Self-Expression as a Site of Pedagogy | Questioning the ways that I teach creative music making" with Joe Sorbara.
Please join us on Friday, November 24 at 1:00 PM for Thinking Spaces: "Exploring and Experimenting with Gospel Vocal Improvisation" with Darren Hamilton.
Please join us on Wednesday, December 6 at 2:00 PM for Thinking Spaces: "Head in the Clouds - Feet on the Ground | Improvising and Creating: A Way of Becoming and Being" with Zane Zalis.
International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation IICSI House,
9 University Avenue East,
Guelph, ON,
N1H 1M8
Tel: 519-824-4120 Ext. 53885 | [email protected]
Send mail to:
IICSI House
9 University Avenue East
Guelph, Ontario
N1H 1M8
improv@uoguelph.ca
