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Serious Fun : the Power of Improvisation for Learning and Life.

The importance of play and fun to people's lives cannot be stressed enough in today's cultural climate of high stress, high stakes, and competition. One activity that gains recognition and credibility as both fun and transformative is theatrical improvisation or improv. In this book, Ruth...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Yamamoto, Ruth
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Blue Ridge Summit : Hamilton Books, 2016.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Preface; Acknowledgments; I: The Origins; 1 Introduction; 2 What Is Improv?; 3 Play and Why It Matters; 4 What Is Flow?; 5 The Paradox of Fun; II: The Study: The Shared Experiences of College Improvisers; 6 Literature Review of Related Qualitative Studies; 7 Examining the Shared Improvisation Experiences; 8 The Themes; III: How Improv Can Change the World; 9 Everything I Needed to Learn in Life I Learned from Improv; 10 Finding Improv in the Everyday; 11 Applied Improvisation; 12 Improv Games and Exercises Overview; 13 Serious Fun for Life; Appendix A: Study Protocols.
  • Appendix B: Improv Games and ExercisesAppendix C: Additional Substantive Quotes; Resources; References.