Improv 201: Intro Part 2 - 6 WEEKS

Improv 201: Intro Part 2

This is a six week course with sessions running 7:30-9:30pm on the following Wednesdays:

May 6, 13, 20, 27, June 3, 10. 

Classes are for students aged 18+

Please register with your preferred name so we know who will be in the class and what to call you!

Prerequisite: Improv 101, or the recommendation of a Calgary Improv School instructor. Ask Devin if you have questions about your level.

Continue building on what you learned in Improv 101, and wade into spontaneous agreement, character, and stage skills.

Note: If 13 or more registrations occur, this class will be split into two separate classes running simultaneously in different rooms with different instructors. Students who register will be notified if this split occurs, and will be given the option to indicate instructor and classmate preferences.

Instructor (Class 1): Francis Taman

A graduate of Mount Royal University and the Kinkonauts’ Conservatory Programs, Francis’ improv journey began as a teacher in rural Alberta with a copy of Keith Johnstone’s Impro and a burning desire to do improv. In the intervening years, Francis has lectured and taught legal, improv and communication skills in Canada, the United States and Australia. He is currently completing his Master’s of Education in Adult Education where his thesis is focused on the use of improv to reduce public speaking anxiety.

Instructor (Class 2): Nicole Zylstra

Nicole has been living, breathing, teaching improv for close to 30 years. As a veteran of Dirty Laundry, the Kinkonauts, and Shadow Productions alone, she has decades worth of performance experience. She has guested with Loose Moose Theatre, the Improv Guild, and the International Improv Festival. Her duo with Sara Simpson, All Request Heartache, has performed at the Calgary Fringe, Big City Improv Fest (Toronto) and Montreal Improv. She is also a professional actor who has written and performed on stages across Canada, as well as some wee bits on your small screen at home.

Nicole is coming back to teaching at the Kinkonauts after a bit of a hiatus; she is also an instructor in the Speech Department at MRU, teaching Public Speaking and Oral Traditions, Narration and Storytelling. And she misses you. A lot.