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KIDS – IMPROV – STORYTELLING [7 Keys]
Took an improv class. Loved it. Continued. Quit my full time, full medical/dental/eye, three week paid vacation job. Met a cute boy on the improv stage. Fell in love. Got married. Got two kids, ages 2 and 4. AWHAT? How the heck did that happen?But I am here to tell you that improv makes you a KICK-ASS parent, in every realm, but here today in that, “Mom/Dad, tell me a story.” department. At the end of … Read entire article »
Filed under: Applied Improv, Featured, General, Improv in Life
Kurt Vonnegut on Drama
My friend Chet, an improviser with Secret Improv Society in San Francisco, sent me this article. http://sivers.org/drama It is really interesting look at at some very familiar story structures, the “Cinderella” story, the “Disaster” story, and then real life. This is an interesting way of looking at Narrative arcs. Personally, as a visual thinker, I find this useful especially when looking at longer improv formats with more than one connected scene. I like the idea that we can, in … Read entire article »
Filed under: Improv in Life, Performing Improv
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