Arts Society of Kingston

HV Improv: Level 1 Improv Empowerment
2026-10-07 18:00 - 21:00, 2026-10-14 18:00 - 21:00, 2026-10-21 18:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Arts Society of Kingston, 97 Broadway, Kingston, NY, 12401, United States
You know nothing? You start here. Have improv experience? You start here. This class is designed to teach deep ensemble and our CORE techniques needed to improv. Students learn tools to give and take focus, expand and explore in ensemble games, create characters and physical memory. Students will learn performance based improv games and learn how to start a scene, be a strong team player, save their fellow performers, come up with ideas for scenes and more. This is a safe creative environment without the pressure of a show at the end. YAY!

Wednesday, October 7, 14, 21

6-9pm

Class take place @ASK in Kingston

Participants must be over 18+

Hudson Valley Improv trains adults to improvise with depth, confidence, and authentic presence. Founded by actor Samantha Jones, our conservatory-informed Improv Empowerment method blends core acting technique with fearless ensemble work—unlocking creativity many people were taught to bury years ago.

We develop performers who listen deeply, make bold choices, and trust themselves onstage and off. Our training is rigorous, human-centered, and rooted in real artistic practice, while our community remains supportive, inclusive, and unapologetically fun—because every human was born to play.

Join us.

Got2Lindy Swing Dance Classes
2026-10-13 18:00 - 21:00, 2026-10-20 18:00 - 21:00, 2026-10-27 18:00 - 21:00, 2026-11-10 18:00 - 21:00, 2026-11-17 18:00 - 21:00, 2026-11-24 18:00 - 21:00, 2027-01-05 18:00 - 21:00, 2027-01-12 18:00 - 21:00 and 11 more dates
Got2Lindy Swing Dance Lessons

Beginner to Advance

Every Tuesday Night @ ASK6pm-9pm

4-week sessions:6:00 pm – 7:00 pm: Beginner Swing7:00 pm – 8:00 pm: Intermediate Swing8:00 pm – 9:00 pm: Advanced Swing

Register Here!

Open Source Forms / Dancing the Inner Landscape Workshops with Teresa Smith
2026-10-16 13:00 - 14:30, 2026-11-20 13:00 - 14:30, 2026-12-03 17:30 - 19:00, 2026-12-18 13:00 - 14:30 | Arts Society of Kingston, 97 Broadway, Kingston, NY, 12401, United States
Movement Laboratory + Somatic Meditations + Bodywork + Dance Improvisation

$20 per workshop (scholarships available)

Register required in advance: earthbodybreath@gmail.com

(each workshop will cancel one week in advance if registration is low)

Open to people of all abilities and levels of experience.

In Open Source Forms we enter a creative process; letting go of outer layers of holding to find primal energy and ease. Guided by embodied imagery as a powerful tool for transformation we’ll access moving with agility, transparency and depth. Through alignment studies, movement exploration and group improvisation we’ll cultivate a deep connection to our inner and outer environments. In this series we’ll explore three unique states of dancing; I move, it moves me, It moves! A remarkably effective way of learning, the OSF approach can catalyze transformation in many kinds of practice, in unique movement virtuosity, and in daily life.

What to expect:This is a guided improvisational dance class for all levels of movers, and can be done with any amount of energy. Kinesthetic insight is approached in multi-directional, structural and poetic ways. Partnered bodywork is included to inform our movement explorations. Music and silence is interwoven with (spoken) poetic imagery, deep meditations and active, focused improvisation.

Biography

Teresa Smith brings to her teaching a warm appreciation of each person’s essence and delights in awakening the creative spirit. She is a certified teacher of Open Source Forms™ (Intro – Adv levels), and practiced the root form Skinner Releasing™ for three decades. Through her dance company ‘Earthbody’ she presents performance, artwork and workshops emerging from an intimate conversation with the body, psyche and natural environment. Teresa’s exploration of shifting states of consciousness informs a wide range of her somatic research and knowledge. In addition to teaching OSF, she is a certified teacher of Sufi Dancemeditation™, and a certified facilitator of Dreamshadow Transpersonal Breathwork® and Grof® Legacy Breathwork. She also teaches and facilitates contact improvisation, dance composition / improvisation and authentic movement. She has performed internationally in her own work and with La Fura dels Baus, Ellen Webb, Stephanie Skura, Lance Gries, David Hurwith, Yvonne Meier, Kiori Kawai, and in numerous improvisation ensembles and collaborative projects.

(dancer: Teresa Smith, photo by Simone Federman)

HV Improv: Level 2 Improv Performance
2026-11-02 18:00 - 21:00, 2026-11-09 18:00 - 21:00, 2026-11-16 18:00 - 21:00, 2026-11-18 18:00 - 21:00 | Arts Society of Kingston, 97 Broadway, Kingston, NY, 12401, United States
Audience is 50% of the show. You have learned our CORE work and now you’re ready to learn how to do this in front of an audience. In this class you will deepen your skills as a performer and learn more about structure of games & audience empowerment. This is where audience becomes a major piece of your improv puzzle.

Class and Show is held at Art Society of Kingston in the Second Floor Theatre

Participants must be over 18 and have completed Level 1 and passed.

This class takes place on 3 Mondays and 1 Wednesday

Monday, November 2, 9, 16, Wednesday, November 18

6-9pm

Class take place @ASK in Kingston

Final Show Saturday, November 21st @7pm (call time 6pm)

Hudson Valley Improv trains adults to improvise with depth, confidence, and authentic presence. Founded by actor Samantha Jones, our conservatory-informed Improv Empowerment method blends core acting technique with fearless ensemble work—unlocking creativity many people were taught to bury years ago.

We develop performers who listen deeply, make bold choices, and trust themselves onstage and off. Our training is rigorous, human-centered, and rooted in real artistic practice, while our community remains supportive, inclusive, and unapologetically fun—because every human was born to play.

Join us.
