The Future of ImprovDan Zellner

NorthwesternUniversity

About Me

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Viola Spolin

“We learn through experience and experiencing, and no one teaches anyone anything.

This is as true for the infant moving from kicking to crawling to walking as it is for the scientist with equations”

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Viola Spolin

“If the environment permits it, anyone can learn whatever he or she choses to learn: and if the individual permits it, the environment will teach everything it has to teach.”

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5 obstacles to direct experience~ Viola Spolin

1. Approval/Disapproval2. Self-Pity3. Success/Failure4. Attitudes5. Fear

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Improv Concept

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My Theatre Work

Electronic Visualization Lab University of Illinois (Chicago)

Portlock scene design

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The Dusable Project

Mono Projection

Projection Screen

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Rear Projection Cart

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control

Controller Station

1st seasonThe First Season

Season 1 montage

Staging Dracula Class

Improv Kitchen

Control room studio

Adlib TV showAD-LIB TV

Second Life

NMC Performing Arts Building

stage1

stage2

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Technology of Improv Requirements

Improv Workshops

Commedia

Commedia dell’Arte

Antonio Fava

What’s Next?

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ResourcesChicago Improv Theaters

The Second Cityhttp://www.secondcity.com

IOhttp://www.ioimprov.com

Annoyance Productionshttp://www.annoyanceproductions.com

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ResourcesViola Spolin

Paul Sills Wisconsin Theater Game Centerhttp://www.paulsills.com

The Spolin Centerhttp://www.spolin.com/

Book: Improvisation For the TheatreSee section on theory and foundation

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ResourcesNon theatre related examples of this work

Improv at CERN (Wall Street Journal)http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122048206487796841.html?mod=hpp_us_pageone

JellyVisionhttp://www.jellyvision.com/

Creativity Engineering (just an example)http://www.creativity-engineering.com/improv.html

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ResourcesMore about my work

Video presentationhttp://door.it.northwestern.edu/sheridan/dms/zellner/zellner-modes.rm

The Masks of Antonio Favahttp://digital.library.northwestern.edu/fava/

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