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  2. Improvisational theatre - Wikipedia

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    In 2016, The Glasgow Improv Theatre started putting on shows and teaching classes in Glasgow, growing the improv scene in Scotland. [36] Gunter Lösel compared the existing improvisational theater theories (including Moreno, Spolin, Johnstone, and Close), structured them and wrote a general theory of improvisational theater. [37]

  3. Viola Spolin - Wikipedia

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    Viola Spolin (November 7, 1906 — November 22, 1994) was an American theatre academic, educator and acting coach. She is considered an important innovator in 20th century American theater for creating directorial techniques to help actors to be focused in the present moment and to find choices improvisationally, as if in real life. [1]

  4. Drama teaching techniques - Wikipedia

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    Improvisation is the practice of acting and reacting, of making and creating, in the moment and in response to the stimulus of one's immediate environment. Improvisation can be a great introduction to role playing. Students focus on position, expression and creativity in their impromptu skits.

  5. Arts integration - Wikipedia

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    Arts integration differs from traditional education by its inclusion of both the arts discipline and a traditional subject as part of learning (e.g. using improvisational drama skills to learn about conflict in writing.) The goal of arts integration is to increase knowledge of a general subject area while concurrently fostering a greater ...

  6. Applied improvisation - Wikipedia

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    Applied improvisation is the application of improvisational theatrical methods in various non-theatrical fields, including consulting, training, and teaching.It is known to be used as an experiential educational approach which enables participants to explore and improve their leadership, management and interpersonal capabilities in several fields, which include collaboration, communications ...

  7. Playback Theatre - Wikipedia

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    The first Playback Theatre company was founded in 1975 [1] by Jonathan Fox and Jo Salas. Fox was a student of improvisational theatre, oral traditional storytelling, Jacob Moreno's psychodrama method and the work of educator Paulo Freire.

  8. Keith Johnstone - Wikipedia

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    Donald Keith Johnstone (21 February 1933 – 11 March 2023) was a British-Canadian educator and theatre director. A pioneer of improvisational theatre, he was best known for inventing the Impro System, [i] part of which are the Theatresports. He was also an educator, playwright, actor and theatre director. [2]

  9. List of improvisational theatre companies - Wikipedia

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    An improvisational comedy group performing onstage. Improvisational theatre companies, also known as improv troupes or improv groups, are the primary practitioners of improvisational theater. Modern companies exist around the world and at a range of skill levels.