Monika's Info
Monika Ozdarska is a Polish improviser living in Warsaw Poland. She has been improvising since the beginning of 2012 and has spent time learning with over 100 international top teachers as Patti Stiles, Susan Messing, Jill Bernard, Rama Nicholas, Jeff MIchalski, David Razowski, Joe Bill, Craig Cackowki, Andy Eninger, Felipe Ortiz, Omar Galvan and many many more. She is regularly performing and teaching improvisers as well as using applied improv for corporate development. Monika has taught in Poland, Netherlands, Germany, Spain and Sweden and also recently taught an intergenerational group in Warsaw whose aim was to integrate the vintage community with young improvisers. She is also co-founder of Warsaw’s Centralna Spółdzielnia Komediowa, where polish improv groups were performing few times a week.Monika is also the founder of “The Art Of Yes” and having over 840 followers. The Art of Yes Facebook page shares improv related links, quotes, and Zoom podcast interviews with improvisers from around the globe. Due to her wide knowledge of the community her recent guests have included Patti Stiles, Susan Messing, Jill Bernard, Jeff Michalski, David Razowsky, Stephen Nachmanovitch, Joe Bill, Felipe Ortiz, Shawn Kinley, Michael Gellman, Michael Golding and many more.
Because of her reach experience Monika creates her own methodology based on knowledge from many sources and different improv schools. Her great advantage is broad knowledge and passion with which she explores the secrets of theatrical improvisation.
Here are just few examples of workshops she it teaching:
• Play HAROLD like JAZZ (8-16h)
• Hosting your show (3-12h)
• Storytelling – how to build the story (3-12h)
• Using Magical Realism to Reveal the Inner Life of Objects and Mystic Creatures (3-6hrs.)
• Reading your partner to start the scene (3-6h)
• Tame the Fear of Silence (3-6h)
• and many more... check her website for more information...
She is teaching wide range of things usefull for improvisers of all levels.
For more info: http://Ozdarska.com
"Monika Ozdarska is a true improv scholar; diving in and researching the best that the art form has to offer with the goal of curating and sharing from her own creative, loving perspective." - Jill Bernard HUGE Theater Minneapolis USA
"Monika is a wealth of improv knowledge and understands the benefits both on and off stage. She brings a warmth to everything she does and values the importance of the human connection. Three cheers for Monika!" - Jay Sukow, Today Improv, Los Angeles, CA, USA
"Monika is a brilliant and intuitive teacher. She makes learning effortless and has a fantastic knack for summarising lessons into immediately useable tools." - Lee James Alabaster Apsey, UK