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Angelina Castellini
Nov 13, 20241 min read
- stuck - full poem by Angelina Castellini
Sometimes, we want to change, but we don't want to be different.
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Angelina Castellini
Oct 4, 20247 min read
Navigating the non-duality of breaking and healing
Brokenness and wholeness are two terms which get used a lot and there is more to this binary than meets the eye.
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Angelina Castellini
Jul 17, 20235 min read
listening with hearing loss - learning how to be one-eared (SSD)
How do we hear and listen with one ear and single sided deafness? There's a difference between hearing and listening.
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Angelina Castellini
Jul 17, 20234 min read
communicating hearing loss and single sided deafness (SSD)
I share my journey of single sided deafness, including a set of graphics which help me communicate my hearing loss. Free download.
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Angelina Castellini
Apr 12, 20237 min read
what's an improv toolbox good for?
This post explores the instrumentalist view of improvisation which asks: "What is the improviser's toolbox good for?"
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Angelina Castellini
Apr 3, 20236 min read
if improvisation were a toolbox
This is the first explorative blog post of the improvisation is not a toolbox series. In this post, I will stick with the toolbox metaphor..
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Angelina Castellini
Mar 30, 20232 min read
why improvisation is not a toolbox
This blog series explores the improv trainer's toolbox metaphor and its possible side effects. A new way of talking about improv is needed.
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Angelina Castellini
Mar 13, 20234 min read
Remembering Keith Johnstone
On March 11, 2023, Keith Johnstone passed away. Keith's work is fundamental to impro studio's improvisation practices...
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Angelina Castellini
Feb 15, 20235 min read
Talk: Just Let Go - Improvisation Platitudes And Burnout (2019)
Be present, follow the fear, just let go— these are some of the most common phrases you will hear spoken in an Improvisation Workshop. But..
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Angelina Castellini
Nov 21, 20225 min read
don't make your partner look and feel good...
These days, I am pondering the idea "make your partner look/feel good" which we share as one of the key tenets of (theatre) improvisation.
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Angelina Castellini
Nov 8, 20222 min read
sifu's gift
My Tai Chi sifu gifted me one of her bamboo fans. With her, I learn to listen with my whole body and find words...
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Angelina Castellini
Nov 8, 20222 min read
these skeletons are now alive
happy halloween! it's time to let our skeletons come out of our closets and dance with the demons of our darkness:
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