Every year in the seventh session our studios focus on art. This year Middle and High School will be learning the art of Improv. Yes, the type of Improv you have seen on the show Who’s Line Is It Anyway or famous comedy groups like Second City or The Groundlings but this session the Eagles will take a lot more from this session than just being funny. The Eagles will be learning something that goes even deeper than comedy. Many entrepreneurs and successful business people attribute some version of improv training in helping them work better with teams, and helping them have better conversations with people overall.
Daniel Goleman, bestselling author of the book Emotional Intelligence, claims that success in life comes down to 80% emotional intelligence and 20% technical knowledge. Whatever the statistics, it is obviously important that as a social being, it is crucial for people to be able to manage themselves and relationships with other people. Throughout the session the Eagles are going to be playing Improv games to help them master:
Intrapersonal Intelligence (Self Intelligence)
Learn about themselves to see how they can best contribute.
Interpersonal Intelligence (Social Intelligence)
Learn how to “read the room”, and take that information and build on it to become interesting, engaging, and build something better than if they were just doing it on their own.
Kinaesthetic Intelligence (Physical Intelligence)
Learn how to read body language, and use it to
Linguistic Intelligence (Verbal Intelligence)
Learn which words will have the most impact on their peers and the audience.
Spatial Intelligence (Spatial Intelligence)
Learn how to take advantage of the physical space around them to help them tell a better story.
With these new tools, Eagles are going to understand how to “read situations/people”, build on each other's ideas, and go confidently in a direction where making mistakes along the way makes it even more fun.
The Eagles will be excited to have you watch the exhibition where they will be doing a series of live performances based on suggestions that you give to them.
