Melecio Estrella. Photo by Jessica Swanson. Read Melecio's essay here.
From Blog Director Jill Randall:
Hello! Today I am pleased to share 10 essays about improvisational practices and performances, plus 52 prompts for exercises and explorations.
Depending on your department, these resources could work in an undergraduate or graduate level course.
I look forward to hearing from you about the use of these pieces in your classes. Email feedback and stories to randalldanceprojects@gmail.com. Thank you!
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Beginnings
A Dozen Questions about Improvising (Actually, A Baker's Dozen) - by Jill Randall
Blog Series: "Why Improv?"
Improvisation as Sustainability - by Mitsuko Clarke-Verdery
Where We Find Ourselves: Memories of Improvisations - by Melecio Estrella
Rigor + Anarchy in Improvisation - by Ellen Slatkin
Improvisational Performances
A Home for Improvisation at "Never Before Never Again" - by Sarah Chien
This Time - compiled and partially written by Pamela Vail
Consent and Decolonization in Contact Improvisation
Let us eat cake, consensually, that is: A Reflection on TALK.DANCE.CAKE - by Bhumi B. Patel
52 Movement Poems to Inspire Improvisations
52 Movement Poems (the complete list)
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