InterPlay with Ruth Schowalter

EMBODYING THE PLANT OR ANIMAL. Participants were invited to become seaweed moving in the ocean current.   Alligators, dolphins, ghost crabs, pelicans, live oaks, and wasps - oh my! InterPlay Atlanta, Emory University, and the Georgia Coast Atlas all partnered to offer “Communicating the Science of the Georgia Coast,” a  fun- and facts-filled event as part of the 2019 Atlanta Science Festival.   This two-hour “playshop” took place on Friday, March 15 th  at the Little Five Points Community Center Café. From 7:00 to 9:00 PM, Certified InterPlay Leader Ruth Schowalter co-facilitated this highly interactive and energetic science communication workshop for adult and teen participants with her husband — scientist and author Dr. Anthony J. Martin. As a Georgia coast expert, Tony offered “micro-lectures” about its animals, plants, and ecosystems, while Ruth engaged participants in improvisational storytelling and movement-oriented activities that reinforced ...

InterPlay is an active, creative way to unlock the wisdom of the body, and I am fortunate to the have the opportunity of offering InterPlay to my community in many venues - science  and  business communication, English language fluency, empowering women who have resettled here in the United States, and  creativity! Recently, I had the pleasure of bringing the gift of InterPlay to my community YMCA. On a Friday night in the middle of September, as a way of giving to my YMCA community in Atlanta, Georgia, I led participants in making marks, telling stories, and “leaping” from these “storied lines” in movement - knowing that through play we can “dance” with our creative spirits.  By making taking incremental steps - one mark, one move, one story, one partner at a time - we find the way back to the juiciness of our imaginations and into the flow of infinity. And we do it in the company on the “playground” with others! Wheee!  I'm so thank...