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Break It to Make It: Breaking Bad Rules for Good

$515.00

6 WEEKS

Question inherited assumptions, challenge limiting systems, and experiment with more imaginative ways of working together.

Some rules help us live together. Others teach us to stay small. This 6-week course uses improv and embodied play to question inherited rules, practice disobedience as a creative act, and rehearse new ways of thinking, relating, and collaborating.

6 WEEKS

Question inherited assumptions, challenge limiting systems, and experiment with more imaginative ways of working together.

Some rules help us live together. Others teach us to stay small. This 6-week course uses improv and embodied play to question inherited rules, practice disobedience as a creative act, and rehearse new ways of thinking, relating, and collaborating.

What You’ll Experience

  • Playful exercises that challenge familiar thinking patterns

  • Embodied exploration of creativity, choice, and agency

  • An introduction to anarchist calisthenics, drawing on James C. Scott and clown, trickster, and resistance traditions

  • Improvisational practices that encourage flexibility, collaboration, and comfort with imperfection

  • Reflection on the rules, roles, and expectations that shape our lives

  • Weekly theory and discussion (MIND) paired with an applied, embodied improv class (BODY)

Who It’s For

Curious humans, creatives, educators, therapists, healthcare professionals, organizational leaders, activists, and anyone interested in questioning the status quo. No acting or improvisation experience necessary.

What You’ll Walk Away With

  • Greater creative flexibility: respond to the unexpected with curiosity rather than rigidity

  • A new relationship with mistakes as opportunities for learning and discovery

  • Stronger collaborative skills for listening, adapting, and creating with others

  • More courage to question inherited assumptions and imagine beyond them

  • Practical exercises to carry into everyday life, relationships, or professional settings

Course Details

Format: Online

Duration: 6 weeks

Weekly Structure: Theoretical processing (MIND) + applied, embodied improv class (BODY)

Grounded In: Anarchist calisthenics, abolitionist frameworks, and improvisational theater

Continuing Education: Not offered