Where: Virtual
Credit: 6
Description
This workshop will explore improvisation skills to deepen connections between individuals and as a whole team. The students will be given tools they can use to enhance their professional, personal and familial relationships.
The art of improvisation requires strong ensemble work to make it happen seamlessly. In order for actors to appear as if they have a single mind telling a coherent story at the moment, they must really be in tune with each other. Improv exercises that emphasize listening to your partners, agreeing with their ideas, positivity, laughter, and creativity foster strong bonds between the individuals practicing them. Indeed, many corporations use improvisation as a tool for team building. Many students of improvisation build deep bonds that last for years.
Objectives:
- Building ensemble
- Learning how to be spontaneous
- Using positivity and "building on others' ideas" to forge connections
- Utilizing stories (real and improvised) for deeper sharing
Basel Al-Naffouri
Basel Al-Naffouri, who hails from Saudi Arabia, graduated from MIT with B.S. and M.S degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences. He is currently a Senior Staff Software Engineer at Google.
Basel is a Company member at BATS Improv with over 17 years of experience studying, performing and teaching improvised acting. He currently performs with BATS Improv and Secret Improv Society. He has lead workouts with KAUST, BATS Improv School, Google, Aswat, Dubai Improv Festival, and Laban in Beirut, Lebanon.
Regina Saisi
Regina Saisi is a San Francisco-based actor and improviser. She has taught at San Francisco Conservatory of Music, UC Santa Cruz and KAUST in Saudi Arabia and has performed internationally in Belgium, Holland, Italy, Finland, France, Sweden, Saudi Arabia and Lebanon. She is guest artist at TAM HS, teaching and directing for over 20 years.
Regina is a pioneer in the development of long-form improv and is a founding member of the improvisational theatre companies True Fiction Magazine, Pulp Playhouse, Improv Playhouse of San Francisco. As current Company member of BATS Improv she has served as Dean of the BATS School and Artistic Director.
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