Play touches and stimulates vitality, awakening the whole person - mind, body, intelligence and creativity.
Viola SpolinThrough spontaneity we are re-formed into ourselves. It creates an explosion that for the moment frees us from handed-down frames of reference, memory choked with old facts and information and undigested theories and techniques of other people's findings. Spontaneity is the moment of personal freedom when we are faced with reality, and see it, explore it and act accordingly. In this reality the bits and pieces of ourselves function as an organic whole. It is the time of discovery, of experiencing, of creative expression.
Viola SpolinIt stands to reason that if we direct all our efforts towards reaching a goal, we stand in grave danger of losing everything on which we have based our daily activities. For when a goal is superimposed on an activity instead of evolving out of it, we often feel cheated when we reach it.
Viola SpolinGeneral improvisations often give actors an insight beyond their words by helping them to 'see the word' and achieve a reality for the scene.
Viola Spolin