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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
KJ6 – Blocking – when does NO mean yes?
Saying “yes, And…” is fundamental to improv, right? And by some axiom of algebra that I have long since forgotten, that must mean that saying “no” is wrong. I often hear people call it blocking and reserved for bad improvisers. Well, NO. For years, that was how I thought about blocking. It was how I learned and how I taught. After a while, there is an inevitable conversation about “when it is ok to say the … Read entire article »
Filed under: Keith Johnstone, Performing Improv, Workshops
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
KJ4 – What would you ask Keith Johnstone?
What would you ask Keith Johnstone? I’ve known Keith for about 20 years. He has taught me many things…mostly about eliminating fear from the stage….so that we can reveal ourselves. Earlier I asked you to help me put together my list of questions. I asked you,what would you like to know about him, his theories and his view towards improvisational theater. Many of you wrote in…thank you. The interview took place on Sunday at 6pm in the BATS … Read entire article »
Filed under: General, Keith Johnstone
KJ3 – Game Theory
Notes from Keith Johnstone retreat, August 2009 All improvisers have played any games. There are books, websites, and games passed on in classes and from player to player. There is a particularly good set of them in my friend Williams Improv Playbook. The point of the games is to play them. The play them again and again. But not to get better at them, in fact in many cases you are . But when you do think … Read entire article »
Filed under: Keith Johnstone, Theater Games, Workshops
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