WORKSHOP - OUT OF YOUR HEAD AND INTO YOUR HEART with Joleen Ballendine

Out of your head and into your heart with Joleen Ballendine

Out of your Head and into your Heart How often are you in a scene and wondering how it’s going, where it's going, and how to get out of it? Chances are you are thinking too hard while ignoring your impulses and how you and your scene partner feel. In this class, you will focus on getting out of your head and allowing your heart to lead. You'll learn how to hone in on your emotions, instead of your brain, and bring those feelings into your relationship onstage.

Instructor Bio

Joleen has been improvising since 2007, she is a senior cast member of Rapid Fire Theatre and runs the Education department severing as Director of Education. She improvises weekly at Theatre Sports, Maestro and performs with various long-form troupes, including Rå Power with comedy partner Amy Shostak, Dot Dot Dot with the incredible Jessie McPhee, and is one of the stars of Off Book the Improvised Musical, Rapid Fire’s hit shows. Teaching and performing has taken Joleen to some amazing places. She has been all over Canada, The United States and Europe performing, coaching and teaching improvisation. Recent tours include Toronto, Vancouver, Arizona, New York, Berlin, Würzburg, Munich, Vienna, Ljubljana, Zurich, Stockholm, and Oslo. When Joleen is not improvising she can be found acting and writing. She just finished writing and starring in her second season of the award-winning television show, Caution: May Contain Nuts, and began writing for the show How to Learn Anything coming out this later this year. Above all things, Joleen is most proud of her work with Rapid Fires’ Out-Reach Academy where her and her team uses improv to empower high-risk youth. She truly believes in the philosophy of improv and the amazing effects it can have on peoples lives.