Atlanta Improvisational Art Weekly

You can get all the latest news about improvisational dance, music, theatre, plastic arts in Atlanta from this blog.

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Music in the Park will be a great collaboration among Atlanta’s arts and recreation non-profits to bring the community closer to the most skilled and talented musicians and to each other. There will be a series of concerts, a bicycle parade and many more events. APRIL 19th at West End.

Don’t miss it!

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“Five years ago, TTB's sax player Kebbi Williams started an event in Atlanta called Music in the Park. The goal of this event was to bring renowned musicians from all over the world to play music with students in the metropolitan area. Every year the event has grown and built momentum, leading up to last year's event, where a group of aspiring young musicians and established professionals entertained a crowd of over 16,000 people.”

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SPOTLIGHT: Under/Over/On

Summary: We’ll be looking at Improvisation and reality storytelling. This is a free event with free coffee and breakfast goodies. Come get your creative juices flowing to kick off your spring weekend morning! 9:30 am SATURDAY morning (4/4/2015) at Callenwolde Fine Arts Center.

Storybuilding is a free, bi-monthly event series featuring a 60-minute guided writing session under or over or on a thought-provoking architectural space, sculpture, or art object.And coffee. We’ll always serve you coffee.The concept for Under/Over/On is pretty simple: a quiet Saturday morning, a cup of joe, a pencil, and a work of art. In combination, these small things can radically shake up perspective, ideas, and ultimately inspiration. The location changes with each session, as does the instructor and theme.  We hope to curate a space where the written word helps you find coherence in your creative goals, and a place where like-minded individuals can connect.Anyone may attend, and all Under/Over/On events are free. The discussion and free-writing prompts reach out to all disciplines, and no one will be expected to share work. In fact, the instructor will ask the group explicitly not to share until after the session has ended. Those who choose to remain behind may read from their notebooks, but that is entirely optional.If you prefer to sketch, that’s awesome. And if you have a bottle rocket of an idea that sends you fleeing back to your desk mid-session, that’s really great too. It’s our hope that a Saturday morning’s scribbling can spark a fresh idea that  launches you into your weekend.Just register beforehand to reserve your spot. Registration will be limited depending on the session’s location and its parking limitations.Suzanne Mozes started Over/Under/On out of her desire to engage Atlanta’s creative community in an an intimate, artistic setting. She’s a huge fan of Tina Roth Eisenberg (SwissMiss) and CreativeMornings, but she also knows that she’s an introvert who prefers small groups of people to large ones. She wanted to create an accessible, interdisciplinary event that ignites creativity through language and art.

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The unexpected is our normal routine. Commander Riker" ~ Star Trek. 5.

https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/16489639-star-trek-the-next-generation-episode-guide-details-all-178-episodes-w

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Contact Improvisation Jam is donation based. I recommend taking a class about contact improvisation BEFORE going to a jam because you CAN get hurt doing this dance. Not because the moves are strenuous, but because you need to have a language to refuse or accept certain moves from your partner/partners. very fun and facilitates self growth. Here’s their FB page for more info: https://www.facebook.com/AtlantaContact?fref=nf

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AH! We were both tired but we managed to have a great night of music, singing, clapping, finger snapping and a little dancing at the Mac Iseeks Jam this Thursday. Queen of Sheba Restaurant, Druid Hills. 7-11 PM.

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Here is an article that translates the findings of two high-level brain studies into our layperson terms.

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Every Sunday 3 PM to dusk is a drum circle at Piedmont Park. All instruments and all performance artists are welcome to join. Usually, flow artists and belly dancers are seen improvising with the music. Feel free to ask to use other’s instruments. Charles Allen Gate stone overlook.

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When you don’t have honesty in love then there is no communication. Honesty is improvisation of the heart; anything less is a well thought out and rehearsed script. ― Shannon L. Alder

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/improvisation