FOSTERING CREATIVITY Letting go of the control of the visual performance and allowing your members to be creative will lead to more genuine characterization in the performance.
WHY IS CREATIVITY IMPORTANT IN YOUR PERFORMANCE? Fostering creativity is an important skill in life ● Better Problem Solver ● Better Dealing With Uncertainty ● Sense of Purpose in Life ● Improves Ability to Focus ● Encourages Lifelong Learning
WHY IS CREATIVITY IMPORTANT IN YOUR PERFORMANCE? Advantages of Creativity in Your Performance ● Enter Your Happy Place ● Have Fun ● Link You T o Others with the Same Passion
WHY IS CREATIVITY IMPORTANT IN YOUR PERFORMANCE? Fundamentals of Creativity ● Broadening Knowledge ● Experimentation ● Search for Challenges ● Curiosity ● Practice ● T olerating Risk & Failure ● Communication & Reinforcement
IS CREATIVITY LEARNABLE? ABSOLUTELY! FILTERS! What Hinders Creativity? ● Someone will judge me ● Someone will think poorly of this ● Someone is not going to like this ● I don’t want to embarrass myself ● Someone will think I am not cool
PEOPLE THAT HAVE REMOVED THESE FILTERS ARE THE MOST CREATIVE PEOPLE AND THE MOST AUTHENTIC PERFORMERS
Some People Naturally Connect Emotion to Their Movement
5 WAYS To SUPPORT CREATIVITY ● Allow for Individuality ● Praise Members When They Do Something Creative ● Encourage Members to Experiment ● Allow Members to Improvise Often ● Encourage Members to Expand Their Performance Beyond the Chorus Choreography
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