Open AccessImprovising New Realities: Movement, Sound and Social Therapeutics
Author(s) -
Sandra Paola Lopez Ramirez,
Christopher Eric Reyman
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
critical studies in improvisation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1712-0624
DOI - 10.21083/csieci.v12i1.3770
Subject(s) - improvisation , parallels , performative utterance , aesthetics , sociology , action (physics) , movement (music) , humanism , social transformation , dance , social change , visual arts , art , political science , engineering , mechanical engineering , physics , quantum mechanics , law
Focusing on dance and music improvisation, this paper explores the parallels between these practices and social therapeutics - a performative and radically humanistic approach to psychology, therapy, education and community building. This methodology has helped us further frame our experience of performance and improvisation as powerful tools for social transformation. We structure the paper around the growth and development of the artistic and community-based work of the Institute for Improvisation and Social Action (ImprovISA), an organization we co-founded and now direct on the U.S.-Mexico border.