Group Specific Info –     Suggested Topics -   Previous Groups

You found the right place if you have a desire for team building, mind expanding, skill developing or just fun!  Here’s something for most people.

Education should engage the learner.  The student must never feel stupid.  If you aren’t learning, “blame the teacher”.

Shawn travels 7 – 9 months of the year and will be in Japan, Australia, South America, Europe, Africa, North America or somewhere near you soon.  Workshops occur wherever groups express an interest so contact him or check out the schedule for a workshop in your area.

Workshops by type of group

			SCHOOLS		IMPRO GROUPS		GENERAL INTEREST
			BUSINESS		ARTS		ATHLETES

Topics for workshops…

These are a few of the workshops Shawn teaches.  All workshops are  flexible in content, amount of time, focus and skill levels.  For example, a business manager would utilize the skills offered in improvisation differently than a dancer or scientist and so the teaching approach would be altered.

Those primarily interested in IMPROVISATION,  are encourage  to check Shawn’s Improvisation specific website at www.improworldtour.com

Suggested Topics:

• Improvisation
• Mime
• Mask Making
• Mask Performing
• Physical Theatre
• Contact Improvisation
• Stage Combat
• Character creation and development
• Narrative (story creation)
• Creativity
• Spontaneity
• “virtual theatre” (write me and I’ll let you know what I mean)
• Teaching
• Intuition
• Reaction time
• Management Skills
• Social Dynamics
• Surrounding Awareness
• “team building”
• Self awareness and recognizing the defense mechanisms

 

 

SOME GROUPS SHAWN HAS WORKED WITH:

I don’t keep an up to date C.V. or Resume but below you can find a selected list of groups, organisations, companies, individuals and others I have played with over the years.

(My appologies to those who aren’t mentioned here…  I’ve kept the best to myself…  :-} …but that’s not saying that the ones below aren’t the best… ohhh you understand! )

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Below you will find:

THEATRE GROUPS,     BUSINESSES,    UNIVERSITIES AND    OTHERS

 

 THEATRE & GROUPS

 NORWAY 

• - Baardar Dance academy  -                             -   Oslo Norway
• - NORWAY – National Opera -                          -   Oslo Norway
  
• - Nordic Black Theatre  -                                   -   Oslo Norway
  
• - Teater Liksom, - Oslo Impro, - Oppland teaterverksted, - Grenland Friteater,  -               -   Oslo Norway
• & others…

ICELAND

• - National Theater of Iceland Þjóðleikhúsið   -   Reykjavik, Iceland

FINLAND

• -  Irtohirvi,                                – Helsinki, Finland
  
• -  Stella Polaris,                      – Helsinki, Finland
  
• -  Improvisaatioteatteri            – Helsinki, Finland
  
• -  Ars Peukinen,                      – Jyvakyla, Finland
  
• -  Kotka city theatre                  – Kotka, Finland
  
•                                   & others…
  

BELGIUM

• -  Inspinazie
• -  Belgian Impro League
• -   Improvizeer
•                                  & others…
  

GERMANY-

• -  Die Gorillas
• -  Kaktussen
• -  Clamotta
• & others…

FRANCE

• - Improfessionals
• -   EUX

• & others…

HOLLAND-

• -   Lof en Zotheid
• -   Moeders Mooiste

• & others…

ENGLAND

• -  Spontaneity Shop
• -  Crunchy Frog Collective
• -   Oxford Imps
• & others…

NEW ZEALAND

• -   The Court Jesters
• -    Improv Bandits
• -    Improvisors
• -    Wellington Improvisation
• & others…

AUSTRALIA

• -   Edge
• -    Impro Australia
• -   Impro Mafia
• -     Impro Melbourne
• -    Impro Theatre Act
• & others…

JAPAN

• -     Impro Japan
• -     The Laboratory
• -      Tokyo Comedy Store
• & others…

CHILE

• -  Mamut- 

BRAZIL

• - Teatro Do Nada
• -   Companhia de Teatro Contemporaneo
• - Barbixas
• -  Jogando No Quinta
• & others…

UNITED STATES

• -  Chatanoodle
• -  San Diego Theatresports
• -  Heroes of Comedy
• & others…

IRELAND

• -  Comedy Sports
• & others…

 

BUSINESS

 

• Telia, Sonera                      -                Budapest, Hungary
• Bell Telephone corporation -    Toronto, Canada
• City of Calgary Planners   –   Calgary, Canada
• Petro Canada    -   Calgary, Canada
• On Your Feet   -   Seattle, USA
• CANON Electronics    -     Poland, Germany, Canada
• The Body Shop    -    Banff, Canada
• CP RAIL    -    Calgary, Canada
• City of Calgary     -   Calgary, Canada
• Telus           -          Vancouver, Canada
• Roscza Foundation       -     Calgary, Canada

 

 

Universities/Colleges

 

• Oxford University         -    Oxford, England
• Tokyo University of Foreign Studies  -   Tokyo Japan
• KUIS College      -      Kobe, Japan
• University of Calgary     -  Calgary, Canada
• Mount Royal University     -   Calgary, Canada
• University of Lethbridge    -    Lethbridge, Canada
• Norwegian University of Science and Technology     -   Trondheim, Norway
• Mälardalen University    -    Eskilstuna and Västerå, Sweden
• Verdal Movement and Physical theatre school    -    Verdal, Norway
• Stockholm University       -        Stockholm, Sweden
• Gothenburg University    -    Gothenburg, Sweden
• & others…

 

OTHER

• Day Treatment Program        -       Youth at Risk        -          Calgary, Canada
• Aquabelles                    -          Olympic Synchronized Swimmers   -       Canada
•  & others