Improvment

We hope you'll join us for our annual training workshop on Sunday, November 6. Our Introductory Workshop is coming up soon! Interested in joining our community of artists and health care professionals? Curious about how improvisational movement can benefit older adults or neurodiverse communities? Want to learn more about how you can use the IMPROVment® method to enhance your work? We hope you'll join us.

Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/u/2/d/e/1FAIpQLSc5t2N24tHFUTizeD-lYK-e7byjNwZeprw3LH6RqPWWPPGAAw/viewform

Christina Tsoules Soriano Jessie Laurita-Spanglet

Scenes from the Your Brain and Dance conference - https://yourbrainanddance.egr.uh.edu/whos-coming

It's been a busy spring! Read our latest newsletter below—we're excited to share what we've been up to:
https://mailchi.mp/eb7a92686161/improvment-training-2020-registration-15330333?e=87f11b944f

It's been a busy spring It's been a busy spring, and we hope you are all well and thriving, wherever you are! The IMPROVment® team is excited to share some updates with you here. We'd love to hear from you! Do reply to this email and tell us how you are!  We also hope to begin in-person classes again this summer in Wi...

We're happy to be in this month's Zoomer magazine! Dance therapy with a shoutout to IMPROVment's ongoing research in this great article. Christina Tsoules Soriano Rebecca Barnstaple

Movement With Meaning: How Dance Therapy Is Helping Those Living With Parkinson’s and Other Diseases Archie Reid, a retired video editor at the CBC, never dreamed he’d be dancing to tango music week...

Saturday morning at 10am Christina Tsoules Soriano is teaching an IMPROVment® class virtually, hosted by The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts! Come join in for some improvisational grooving in a safe, judgement-free and scalable class environment from your home!

IMPROVment®: Dance for Brain Health Masterclass | Kennedy Center This digital event is FREE and will take place via Zoom, but advance registration is required. Registration will open on  March 10 at 10 a.m. and will close on April 9 at 3 p.m. All registrants will receive instructions on how to access the digital workshop via email on April 9.

WORKSHOP TEASER
Dr. Christina Hugenschmidt will walk us through the neuroscience research that is foundational to the IMPROVment® method.

Register for IMPROVment® Introductory Workshop at the link in our bio.

Our annual Workshop is virtual this year March 20, 21 and 27, 28! Join us!

Our Introductory Workshop is only a month away, but there are still some spots available! Register while you can!

Curious about how improvisational movement can benefit older adults with neurodegenerative diseases? Interested in joining our community of artists and health care professionals? Want to learn more about how you can use the IMPROVment® method to enhance your work? Come join us! March 20-21 and 27-28

Register here:
https://northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/courses-and-events/64917/improvment-introductory-workshop

Our Introductory Workshop is only a month away, but there are still some spots available! Register while you can!

Curious about how improvisational movement can benefit older adults with neurodegenerative diseases? Interested in joining our community of artists and health care professionals? Want to learn more about how you can use the IMPROVment® method to enhance your work? Come join us! March 20-21 and 27-28

Register here:
https://northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/courses-and-events/64917/improvment-introductory-workshop

Need to MOVE and connect your mind-body-soul? Dr. Rebecca Barnstaple is teaching our virtual community class tonight - come join in for some out-of-the-box fun! 5pm. Link below:

IMPROVment® Come move with us!

Come dance with us! On zoom! Thursday at 5pm. Info at IMPROVment.us!

IMPROVment® Come move with us!

We've so loved this class series with NC Black Repertory Theatre! Please support this phenomenal organization and sign up for their newsletter if you haven't yet.
See you Thursday at 5!! ❤️

Click below to make a donation to NC Black Rep:
https://ncblackrep.org/donation/

IMPROVment® Come move with us!

Today 5pmEDT come dance w/ us!

IMPROVment® Come move with us!

Join us this Thursday at 5pmEDT!

IMPROVment® Come move with us!

IMPROVment® Come move with us!

Come move with us! Thursdays at 5pm EST 💪

Register for IMPROVment® Virtual Class Series Thursdays at 5pm EST October 1 - November 19, 2020 Questions? Contact Christina Soriano at [email protected] Click below to make a $5-$25 donation to NC Black Rep: https://ncblackrep.secure.force.com/donate/?dfId=a0n46000002zyGFAAY

Can't wait to begin this class series with NC Black Rep! Click below to register. See you there!

Register for IMPROVment® Virtual Class Series Thursdays at 5pm EST October 1 - November 19, 2020 Questions? Contact Christina Soriano at [email protected] Click below to make a $5-$25 donation to NC Black Rep: https://ncblackrep.secure.force.com/donate/?dfId=a0n46000002zyGFAAY

The brilliant Rebecca Barnstaple's research featured by the National Center for Dance Therapy! 👏👏👏

The Impact of Dancing On Our Brain: A Research Study Creative, innovative and bold, dance shows produced by Les Grands Ballets have been wowing audiences for more than 60 years. Buy show tickets online!

The North Carolina Black Repertory Company is excited to partner with IMPROVment®. The IMPROVment® Virtual Class Series utilizes improvised movement to build mental and physical fitness.
Although the class series is free of charge, donations collected during this series will go to NC Black Rep.

Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1dJY2QmXRYdtiDi5kQF_XuDaJ5_LwQnSzim6uk-1-QFU/

Nothing will work unless you do.

-Maya Angelou

Now more than ever, Maya Angelou’s words continue to reverberate and call us to action.

The IMPROVment® team commits to supporting our Black community.
We are here to offer our support, to grieve, to listen, and to amplify Black voices as teaching artists, scientists, and researchers.

We have much work to do.

We commit to being a part of the solution.

It has been such a joy to move together in our Friday classes this spring. Our live Zoom class is today at 3pm. Remember to queue up your music before class begins (phone, radio, walkman, record player—whatever you like!). If prompted, the Zoom password is improvment.

https://wakeforest-university.zoom.us/j/92206539163?pwd=QkxQbVQrdHVBNC9nMmsvSXc4SWhndz09

IMPROVment® with Rebecca Barnstaple
Come move with us online! Rebecca Barnstaple guides through an improvisational seated movement session. Suitable for all ages and experience levels.

IMPROVment® with Rebecca Barnstaple IMPROVment® with Rebecca Barnstaple Come move with us online! Rebecca Barnstaple guides through an improvisational seated movement session. Suitable for all ...

Throwback to our Lifelong Learning IMPROVment® class in July 2018! We have really enjoyed and thoroughly miss moving & grooving with you all in this beautiful Brookstown Inn space!

But be sure to join us tomorrow at 3pm for our live Zoom IMPROVment® class! Link found on the www.improvment.us homepage! @ The Historic Brookstown Inn

Come move with us online! Janice Lancaster guides through an improvisational seated movement session. Suitable for all ages and experience levels.

https://youtu.be/apwy_NqPjt0

IMPROVment® with Janice Lancaster Come move with us online! Janice Lancaster guides through an improvisational seated movement session. Suitable for all ages and experience levels. --- Dear V...

Come move with us online! Donna Moseley guides through an improvisational seated movement session. Suitable for all ages and experience levels.

IMPROVment® with Donna Moseley Come move with us! Donna Moseley guides through an improvisational seated movement session. Suitable for all ages and experience levels. --- Dear Viewer: Ple...

Come move with us online! Maggie Fleita guides through an improvisational seated movement session. Suitable for all ages and experience levels.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keQsyNAvvY8

IMPROVment® with Maggie Fleita Come move with us! Maggie Fleita guides through an improvisational seated movement session. Suitable for all ages and experience levels. --- Dear Viewer: Ple...

Throwback to some lovely snapshots from one of our Intergenerational Dance Projects entitled “The Patsy Project” as a part of the Music Carolina concert series in Summer 2017! These performances bring together a cast of all ages and utilizes the IMPROVment method in our choreographic exploration. Check out videos from the performances as well as others on our website www.improvment.us! @ Brendle Recital Hall

Listen to Maggie Fleita, one of our incredible instructors and researchers, discuss her work on the "How to OT" podcast!

This week on the How to OT podcast, Matt Brandenburg, OTD/S ’20, talks with Maggie Fleita, OTD/S ’20, about her research on how participation in a group improvisational dance class can bring physical and cognitive benefits to people with Parkinson disease. They discuss her study design, interventions, results and you'll hear an example of how the class may go. Listen at https://anchor.fm/howtoot or wherever you get your podcasts.

Come move with us! Maggie Fleita guides through a short improvisational seated movement session. Suitable for all ages and experience levels.

https://youtu.be/oJCrk5VRlM0

IMPROVment® Class with Maggie Fleita Come move with us! Maggie Fleita guides through a short improvisational seated movement session. Suitable for all ages and experience levels. --- Dear Viewer...

Looking back on our March 2019 Training and all of the meaningful memories created during this time of sharing, exploration, and authenticity. Looking forward to being back with you all soon when it is safe!


Special thanks to John Beck for his class “HealthRHYTHMS: Adapting interactive group drumming for diverse healthcare populations”

Christina Tsoules Soriano Jessie Laurita-Spanglet Rebecca Barnstaple Maggie Fleita Kamryn King and many, many others!