Play... is an attitude of mind.
To be a player can mean many things - someone
playing sport, or acting in a play or drama, or someone involved
in a business deal or card game.These are all goal-oriented
playing.
Improvised play is like children's play. If
you release yourself from the need to attain specific goals,
all sorts of creative material - ideas, connections and images
– will come to the fore.
Playing as a group activity brings with it all
the benefits of physical exercise without the competetive aspects
of sport, or repetetive aspects of the gym. Physical action
releases endorphins, so that anyone who plays, feels better.
When you're playing in Improvisation, you take
on a role and step into someone else's shoes, seeing things
from a different perspective. Playing gives you the opportunity
to explore and experiment in a simulated situation, i.e. not
real but realistic.
