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Asian AF Improv Workshop: Mind Body Improv

  • Mettlesome 800 Taylor St. Suite 9-156 Durham, NC 27701 USA (map)

Nicole Asava, a UCB performer/teacher and certified yoga teacher, guides you in exploring how powerful your body can be in comedy. Silent scenes, dancing, we’ll do it all!

We’ll also ease into clearing your mind, learning how breathwork and meditation can calm anxiety and sharpen your mind and comedic abilities. Clear mind, fun bodies, can’t lose!

Note: This class is for everyone that is open to wiggling. Dress to wiggle.

Prerequisites: Students are preferred to have taken Improv 101 or equivalent. Newbies are welcome, but you must come ready to play! If you have any questions about this policy, you may contact us here.
Instructor:

Nicole Asava (she/they) is an actor, director, improviser, and teacher who’s been featured on Barry, The Undoing, Younger, and The Break with Michelle Wolf, usually playing a masterful waiter or eccentric front desk staff. Nicole was in the NBC/UCB 2016 Showcase, the 2021 CBS Showcase, and studied comedy at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy, UCB, and Second City Chicago. Today you can see Nicole performing around NYC, with Asian AF, UCB Tourco, and really anywhere they can play and dance.