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Viola Spolin (November 7, 1906 —
November 22, 1994) was an
American theatre academic,
educator and
acting coach. She is
considered an
important innovator...
- training. By the mid-1960s,
Viola Spolin's classes were
handed over to her protégé, Jo Forsberg, who
further developed Spolin's methods into a one-year course...
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Littlewood and
Keith Johnstone in the UK and
Viola Spolin in the US; see
Johnstone (1981) and
Spolin (1963).
Brown (1998, 441),
Cartledge (1997, 3–5),...
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inventiveness that can just come to mind, body and
spirit as an inspiration.
Viola Spolin created theater games as a
method of
training improvisational acting. Her...
- comedy.
Spolin also
became interested in how the
process of
learning improvisation was
applicable to the
development of
human potential.
Spolin's son, Paul...
- City. Sills, Aretha; Sills, Carol. "Viola
Spolin: Biography".
Viola Spolin Official Website. The
Viola Spolin Estate.
Retrieved May 31, 2023. "Planet Improv...
- the
classroom with the "theatre games" of
Viola Spolin and
Keith Johnstone in the 1950s.
Viola Spolin, who was one of the
founders the
famous comedy troupe...
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developed in the 20th
century by
practitioners such as Joan Littlewood,
Viola Spolin, Paul Sills,
Clive Barker,
Keith Johnstone,
Jerzy Grotowski and Augusto...
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California after her
parents divorced.
Schaal studied acting with
Viola Spolin in
Chicago when she was nine
years old,
later moving to
Wisconsin and then...
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Archived from the
original on 23 July 2012.
Retrieved 4
February 2014.
Spolin,
Viola (1999).
Improvisation for the Theater: A
handbook of
teaching and...