Improv Everywhere: High Five Escalator

The best thing about this improv is watching gloomy urban commuters break out in huge grins as they get the Improv Vibe. No one is selling anything, there is no spooky agenda other than joy. Urban Pranksters are all about breaking monotony and playing with conventions. Fabulous.

Improv Mirror

Improv Everywhere causes scenes of chaos and joy in public places. Created in August of 2001 by Charlie Todd, Improv Everywhere has executed over 70 missions involving thousands of undercover agents. The group is based in New York City and best known recently for the ‘Frozen Grand Central’.

Their latest mission involved filling a subway car with identical twins, creating a human mirror. Genius.

source: swissmiss

Inuit Throat Singing

Inuit throat singing or katajjaq, also known (and commonly confused) under the generic term overtone singing, is a form of musical performance among the Inuit. Unlike the throat singers in other regions of the world, the Inuit performers are usually women who sing only duets in a kind of entertaining contest to see who can outlast the other. Choreographer Meryl Tankard uses inuit throat singing as soundtrack in the production of Inuk 2 with Sydney Dance Company.

Improveverywhere

Event organised by improveverywhere in NYC

Aether

When I go to see contemporary dance performances, or any artwork really, I like to inform myself, read some learn something about the piece then I get the most out of the experience by engaging with the artwork corporeally rather than rationally.

Chris Boyd on his blog called The Morning After the Night Before: Performimg Arts in Australia says "We need to turn off the visual cortex. We need to see with the body. To try to apprehend rather than comprehend."

Image: Aether performed by the Lucy Guerin Company at the Sydney Festival