Enable Play: intro to improv theater

In this workshop, you will learn the basic principles of improvised theatre, including character building, generating ideas and telling stories on the spot. Improv is great if you want to try something new in a supportive environment. environment. It promotes team bonding, improved mood, and creativity—no previous experience required.
The facilitator:
Tanaz (she/they) is a queer Iranian actor, writer, filmmaker with professional training from Vancouver Film School, SFU and other amazing mentors. Her creations manifest as movement art, poetry, screenwriting, playwriting and improvising. She is based in Vancouver, BC, on the stolen lands of Coast Salish peoples. She is committed to building a relationship with and honouring and uplifting the voices of the lands and Coast Salish peoples as a direct response to colonialism.

Tanaz is a part of the Instant Theatre ensemble. She is the co-artistic director and co-education director for the improv group Bekhand. She performs and directs various improv shows across Vancouver. Her approach is centred around somatic awareness, activism, and play. As a director and instructor, she works from a collaborative, non-hierarchical and trauma-informed lens. She is committed to bringing her diverse experience as a queer BIPOC immigrant to the process, dismantling systems of oppression like a warrior goddess.

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