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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
Yes and...
My Theatre Work
Electronic Visualization Lab University of Illinois (Chicago)
Portlock scene design
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The Dusable Project
Mono Projection
Projection Screen
screen
Rear Projection Cart
cart
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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