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crln-23550	Hosier, Allison	I was once a world famous magician: Using improv to improve performance in the classroom	2019	2	.pdf	application/pdf	1098	56	73	The benefits of improv There are plenty of articles and books out there about how improv can be used not just by skilled comedians and Allison Hosier I was once a world famous magician Using improv to improve performance in the classroom Allison Hosier is information literacy librarian at University at Albany, State University of New York, email: ahosier@albany.edu © 2019 Allison Hosier the way I see it mailto:ahosier%40albany.edu?subject= September 2019 457 C&RL News actors to entertain an audience but also for other professional and therapeutic purposes, including an example specific to the library field by Kate Dohe and Erin Pappas.2 I had previously learned some of these benefits by participating in a drop- in class held by the Mop and Bucket Com- pany (MopCo), a popular improvisation group based in Schenectady, New York, of which Burns is the codirector.3 When I learned that MopCo would be offering a four-part course specifically designed for teachers, I was eager to participate. Unfortunately for information literacy instructors, there may be no place where this is more true than our own classrooms.	cache/crln-23550.pdf	txt/crln-23550.txt