Overview

La improvisación es un arte vibrante de espontaneidad e impulso. Públicos de todo el mundo acuden en masa a shows donde ""¡todo puede pasar!"". Pero en el corazón de muchas compañías de impro se esconde una contradicción, una estrategia engañosa. A los estudiantes que se apuntan a clases se les enseñan ""Las Reglas"" la forma correcta e incorrecta de ser creativos. La exploración se sustituye por la emulación y la curiosidad por la obediencia. ¿Cómo demonios ha pasado esto? Patti Stiles es una improvisadora, actriz, directora y profesora de renombre internacional, cuyas habilidades interpretativas y profundo conocimiento de la técnica brillan en el escenario y sus clases. En Improvise Freely nos muestra cómo las ""reglas"" que supuestamente garantizan el éxito, en realidad nos confinan en una falsa apariencia de espontaneidad y obstaculizan nuestra creatividad. Le da la vuelta a ""Las Reglas"" y demuestra que existen otros enfoques. ¿Está bien hacer preguntas? ¿Por qué hay preguntar quién, qué y dónde? ¿Y si el Sí, y además no es tan bueno como parece? Este libro nos anima a explorar el laberinto por nuestra cuenta, en lugar de seguir a un guía turístico. En lugar de darnos un mapa, Patti Stiles nos ofrece una linterna.

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""This is a book about improv for improvisors. It's the book we've needed for quite sometime."" Goodreads review ""A wonderful glimpse into one of the world's greatest improv minds. I heartily recommend."" R. Brown online ""This book is a must-read for all improvisors and creative humans. Patti debunks myths, questions rules, and hot-wires us back to our authentic imaginative selves. Political, profound, mischievous and maverick, Improvise Freely raises the bar for improvisors and improvisation everywhere."" S.Louise-Young Amazon review ""The perfect book on modern improvisation."" Amazon review ""...it's pretty exceptional. It highlights shifting from improvisational rules to improvisational tools and lists out a number of exercises with citations to help explore the concepts. It feels next level to me in how it's written, which is fairly true of Patti."" J. Veenstra (USA) Associate Chair of Drama, University of California ""This book is fantastic! It's insightful and relatable, a breath of fresh air for anyone who has been exposed to the world of improv for awhile."" Amazon review

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Patti is an actor, director, author, playwright and teacher who specialises in improvisational theatre. Her tutelage and mentorship has strongly influenced many improvisors and improvisation companies all over the world. She has an infectious enthusiasm for improvisation. Mix this with her insightful improvisation technique, strong narrative skill and her spirit of play, and it is no wonder she is responsible for inspiring many hundreds of people to improvise. Her understanding of Keith Johnstone's work and philosophy, combined with her own discoveries and her wealth of experience on the world impro stage, has made her a ""must have"" teacher for performers and companies wishing to create spontaneous theatre with fine skill, strong narrative, heart and elegant style. She is a Loose Moose Theatre Company Alumna, a founding member of the award winning Die Nasty - the live improvised soap opera and former Artistic Director of Rapid Fire Theatre (CA), Impro Melbourne (AU), and the International Theatresports Institute (CA).In 2021 she released her first book Improvise Freely. It has received an enthusiastic response from improvisors, teachers and impro companies around the globe. It ha been translated into Italian and French. Patti is a contributor to the book The Art of Making Mistakes and has been interviewed for the books Something Like A Drug and The Improv Handbook (which is dedicated to Patti in recognition of her mentorship.) Adding to her list of credits are three nominations for an Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Theatre Award plus she holds the unofficial record for being the first female to improvise for 53 hours in a row in the famous Die Nasty soap a thon. The Canadian press has given her the titles ""Impro Doyen"" and ""Queen of Improvisation"".

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