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KJ7 – Enjoy the silence
[INTERIOR: WAITING ROOM] – Lights UP! A man is sitting reading a magazine slowly turning the pages. The sound of each one is all you can hear until the rustle of his pants as he crosses his legs. A woman enters the room and sits right next to him, uncomfortably close. He looks up and back at his magazine trying to ease away from her slightly without being obvious. She exhales with a snort of indignation … Read entire article »
Filed under: General, Keith Johnstone, Performing Improv, Teaching Improv, Theater Games
KJ Series – Notes from Keith Johnstone work in August 2009
William and I had the opportunity to work with Keith Johnstone and many wonderful improvisers in August 2009. We captures lots of notes, ideas and inspirations from all of this work and are sharing these ideas in a series of posts. Each post is labeled KJ for Keith Johnstone because that was the inspiration for the work. We did our best to capture what we could and any quotations, misquotes, or variation is certainly our understanding … Read entire article »
Filed under: General, Keith Johnstone, Performing Improv, Teaching Improv, Workshops
KJ5 – Quiet mind or LOUD mind
Notes from Keith Johnstone retreat, August 11, 2009 Can you to stop your thoughts for 1 minute? Try it now – just sit, breathe and don’t think. I’ll wait… How did it go? Unless you have a daily meditation practice, it can be very hard to quiet your mind. That’s normal for most of us. Now try the opposite. Pick a nursery rhyme or line from a song you know well – something like “Bah Bah Black … Read entire article »
Filed under: General, Keith Johnstone, Performing Improv, Teaching Improv, Workshops
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