Applied Improvisation: Leading, Collaborating, and Creating Beyond the Theatre

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Caitlin McClure (Freelance practitioner, USA) Theresa Robbins Dudeck (Freelance practitioner and scholar, USA)

Applied Improvisation

Leading, Collaborating, and Creating Beyond the Theatre

Caitlin McClure (Freelance practitioner, USA), Theresa Robbins Dudeck (Freelance practitioner and scholar, USA)

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Methuen Drama
19 April 2018

Acting techniques; Business innovation; Management: leadership & motivation

This collection of Applied Improvisation stories and strategies draws back the curtain on an exciting, innovative, growing field of practice and research that is changing the way people lead, create, and collaborate. Applied Improvisation is the umbrella term widely used to denote the application of improvised theatre’s theories, tenets, games, techniques, and exercises beyond conventional theatre spaces, to foster the growth and/or development of flexible structures, new mindsets, and a range of inter and intra-personal skills required in today’s volatile and uncertain world. This edited collection offers one of the first surveys of the range of practice, featuring 12 in-depth case studies by leading Applied Improvisation practitioners and a foreword by Phelim McDermott and Lee Simpson.

The contributors in this anthology are professional Applied Improvisation facilitators working in sectors as diverse as business, social science, theatre, education, law, and government. All have experienced the power of improvisation, have a driving need to share those experiences, and are united in the belief that improvisation can positively transform just about all human activity.

Each contributor describes their practice, integrates feedback from clients, and includes a workbook component outlining some of the exercises used in their case study to give facilitators and students a model for their own application. This book will serve as a valuable resource for both experienced and new Applied Improvisation facilitators seeking to develop leaders and to build resilient communities, innovative teams, and vibrant organizations. For theatre practitioners, educators, and students, it opens up a new realm of practice and work.

Volume editor: Caitlin McClure (Freelance practitioner USA), Theresa Robbins Dudeck (Freelance practitioner and scholar, USA)
Imprint: Methuen Drama
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: HPOD
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 376g
ISBN: 9781350014367
ISBN 10: 1350014362
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 19 April 2018
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Theresa Robbins Dudeck is Keith Johnstone's Literary Executor and Co-Director of the Global Improvisation Initiative (GII). She is an improvisation and applied improvisation practitioner and scholar working in both academic and professional settings, and she is considered one of the foremost teachers of Keith Johnstone’s Impro System. Dudeck is the author of Keith Johnstone: A Critical Biography (Bloomsbury 2013). She received her Ph.D. in Theatre from the University of Oregon. Caitlin McClure has been applying improv to projects inside and outside of the theatre for most of her life. Based in New York City, she coaches, designs and facilitates experiential learning leadership development programs, worldwide. McClure received her M.A. in Adult Learning and Leadership at Columbia University.

Reviews for Applied Improvisation: Leading, Collaborating, and Creating Beyond the Theatre

Applied Improvisation is a world-class textbook for those who want to learn how to teach corporate and nonprofit groups improvisation skills. It's also an inspiring idea book for anyone who wants to bring the magic of theatre to their organization. After reading this remarkable work, you'll be eager to start on your own improv adventure. -- Daniel H. Pink, author of To Sell Is Human, Drive, and A Whole New Mind Applied Improvisation triumphantly reveals to us, with passionate and fascinating research, by seasoned practitioners, over and over again how the power of this transformative art form can spread its positive and proactive influence over countless walks of the human experience. -- Keegan-Michael Key, actor, writer, producer, and alum of The Second City Actors often underestimate the phenomenal personal responsibility required of them when learning improvisation. Applied Improvisation demands a new understanding of what the improviser's responsibility might be, and as this book brilliantly reveals, it doesn't need actors or theatre spaces, but a new sense of purpose. This inspirational book will help you find it. -- Geoffrey Colman, Head of Acting, The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, UK