Zoomy
Zoomy is a collection of dynamic, well-tested, and easy-to-follow
theatre games, warm-ups, and exercises for leaders working with groups
of all ages, including theatre teachers, directors, classroom teachers,
and group facilitators. Author Hannah Fox has collected and, in many
cases, invented these activities over years of facilitating groups
and performing. She also shares her wisdom as an experienced group
leader about how to use the exercises—when and why to select
them, how to introduce them, and how to lead them.
Hannah
Fox is an associate professor of dance and theatre at Manhattanville
College. She is artistic director of Big Apple Playback Theatre based
in New York City. Hannah teaches dance, theatre, and improv workshops
internationally.
Comments
“Hannah
Fox has been at it a while—it’s in her blood, and it’s
in her bones. The ‘it’ is using theatre as a practice
to bring people together. You’d have to study with her to gain
access to what she acknowledges is the most important aspect of excelling
as a leader/facilitator—intuition. Presence. Experience. But
she gives us what she can in print—a brisk list and thoughtful
description of her tools. The games. From Spolin to Boal to Bogart,
the grab bag is broad and its usefulness grand. If you’ve ever
said to yourself, or to anyone—‘got any ideas for a good
game or structure I can lead with my group?’—here’s
your book.”
—Michael Rohd, author of Theatre for Community, Conflict,
and Dialogue
Founding Artistic Director, Sojourn Theatre; Assistant Professor in
Theater, Northwestern University
“Zoomy
Zoomy is an excellent and imaginative collection of exercises
and games drawn from performance forms around the world. Some are
variations of known masters, while many are original creations developed
through the course of Hannah Fox’s diverse performing and teaching
experience. As a professor of performance studies and anthropology,
as well as having taken workshops in conventional Western theatre,
theatre in Africa and Latin America, Playback, improvisation, clown,
and dance, I find this book an invaluable source that can be used
in a variety of artistic and academic contexts.”
—Dr. Laurie Frederik Meer
Assistant Professor of Performance Studies, University of Maryland
“A
useful resource for facilitators looking to expand their repertoire
of theatre games.”
—Jan Cohen-Cruz
Director, Imagining America
Artists and Scholars in Public Life
University Professor, Syracuse University
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