Putting Improv to Work

Spontaneous Performance for Professional and Personal Life

Greg Hohn (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

225 Seiten

2022
Toplight Books (Verlag)
978-1-4766-8775-9 (ISBN)

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Improv is a process-oriented art form in which participants act and respond in the present, trusting that each thoughtful and conscious action will lead to a wonderful outcome - even if it isn’t the intended result. In this book, the principles and practices of unscripted theatre are applied to non-theatrical circumstances.

Improv is an art form in which participants act and respond in the present, trusting that each thoughtful action will lead to a wonderful outcome--even if it isn't the intended result. In this book, the principles and practices of unscripted theater are applied to non-theatrical circumstances.

This book is based on a highly successful business school course, and aids in the development of communication, teamwork, creativity, confidence, emotional intelligence and other abilities. Each chapter assesses a different component of improv--how it connects to stage success and how it can be used in professional, academic and social settings. This is the only text that lays out an entire course on applied improv, providing activities with detailed instructions and descriptions. With roots in higher education, the book is informal, entertaining, and designed to be beneficial for anybody. Behavioral science, philosophy, art and athletics are all used to inform this discussion of improv and its real-world applications.

Greg Hohn is a communication professor at UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, where he began teaching in 2000. He has been a professional improviser since 1989, when he joined Transactors Improv Company in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, becoming the company’s director in 1996. He also taught in Duke University’s Theater Studies Department for five years and has led applied-improv programs for corporations, organizations, and academic institutions across the U.S. and outside it. His theater career has also focused on original and musical works, and he has acted in film, TV, radio, and industrial media.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

1. Self-Consciousness and the Spotlight Effect

2. Your Check-In Time

3. Rip to Connect

4. Laying the Groundwork: Finding Your FIZ

5. Getting FIZical

6. Focusing on Process

7. Leading by Following

8. Creativity: What Is It and Who Has It?

9. Yes and There Is a Chapter on “Yes-And”

10. Thinking Inside the Box

11. The Myths of Perfection and Originality

12. All Systems Go

13. Act Authoritatively, Be Authoritative

14. Movement and Meaning

15. Behavioral Status: The Bunny and the Bear

16. The Reason of Emotion and the Strength of Vulnerability

17. Tabula Rasa: The Blank Slate

18. It’s Not All About You and It’s Not All Bad

19. Fake Ads: A Capstone Activity

20. Open Improv Scenes: The Keys to the Car

21. Applied Improv at UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School

Notes

Recommended Reading

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	06.03.2022
Zusatzinfo	notes, bibliography, index
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	295 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Bewerbung / Karriere
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management
ISBN-10	1-4766-8775-7 / 1476687757
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-8775-9 / 9781476687759
Zustand	Neuware