Improv Notebook » Entries tagged with "improvisation"
Improvisation in Iraq: December 28th at BATS Improv
Yousra, a Baghdad-born Iraqi Improviser and her college theater professor Peter Friedrich will be at BATS Improv for one special night of interviews and performance. At 7 p.m., BATS Company member Kasey Klemm will interview Yousra, about her experiences with improvisation in post-Sadam Iraq. After a brief intermission, Yousra will take the stage with Five BATS improvisers for a night of free form improvisation, led by Kasey and Peter. William: how did you get hired to teach improv … Read entire article »
Filed under: Applied Improv, General, Improv in Life, Performing Improv, Teaching Improv, Workshops
AIN09 – 2 Improv Jam
Each year at the AIN conference there is an imrov jam where anyone from performers to people who have never done improv can get up and give it a try. The opening reception on the first night (day of the pre-conference) was the evening for the jam. As a member of the programming committee, I volunteered to coordinate the improv Jam! I wanted to find a way to include as many people as possible and at the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Applied Improv Network 2009, Conferences, General, Performing Improv
How to Host an Improv Show
The lights come up, there is music playing, you are sitting in your comfy theater seat and waiting for something to happen. Who is the next person you see? The MC. The emcee. The Master of Ceremonies.The host of the evening. The emcee is like the host of a party and the theater is their house. For me emceeing in two simple rules that cover almost everything. … Read entire article »
Filed under: General, Performing Improv, Teaching Improv, Theater Games
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
Quick Choice in the Thiagi GameLetter
Every once in a while you come across a person – teacher, mentor, though leader – that allows for a big shift in how you approach the things you do. Sivasailam (Thiagi) Thiagarajan is one such person for me. … Read entire article »
Filed under: Applied Improv, Improv Exercises, Teaching Improv, Thiagi, Workshops
What do you do: Improv or Improvisation?
Which do you do: Improv Improvisation Impro [in certain parts of the world] A Google search suggests that Improv is a theatrical term and Improvisation is a musical term. In talking with companies in the US and abroad this is what I’ve found. … Read entire article »
Filed under: General, Improv Exercises, Teaching Improv
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