Archive for May 2019
Improv Tips #115 – Q+A: What Do We Do When Someone Is Denying Us In A Scene? (2019)
In this IMPROV TIP Paul answers a question about one of the most common challenges we face in improv – DENIAL! Paul gives a couple of great strategies for overcoming this challenge and keeping the scene on track. Whether you’re doing improv comedy, playing improv games, using improv in your acting classes or expressing yourself…
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In this Improv Tip Paul answers a question from a viewer – How do we deal with information overload in a scene? This is a concern that often comes up when some basic things are starting to go right and the tempo of the improv is picking up and the scenes start coming a little…
Read MoreImprov Tips: What Were You Thinking (w/ Paul Vaillancourt and David Razowsky) (2019)
Start of Scene: 1:20 Start of Break Down: 3:57 Improv, Improv Comedy, Improvisation – whatever you call it, here at Improv Tips want to help. In this week’s improv tip: What Were You ThinkingIn this episode of WHAT WERE YOU THINKING, Paul Vaillancourt and guest David Razowsky do a stand alone improv scene and then…
Read MoreImprov Tips #113 – Surrender (w/ David Razowsky) (2019)
Improv, Improv Comedy, Improvisation – whatever you call it, here at Improv Tips want to help. In this episode guest tipper David Razowsky explores the idea of “Surrender”, tells how it is different from “Abandoning” and gives some really actionable ways that you can be attentive to “Surrender” and use it in your work. Whether…
Read MoreImprov Tips #112 – Q and A: How Do We Make Relationships That Matter In A Scene? (2019)
Improv, Improv Comedy, Improvisation – whatever you call it, here at Improv Tips want to help. In this week’s improv tip, veteran teacher and improviser Paul Vaillancourt answers a question from a viewer – How do we make relationships that matter in a scene? This is a concern for a lot of improvisers and something…
Read MoreIt’s Hard To Say No
[ad_1] I was at a wedding this weekend. The father of the bride got up to speak. He started talking about perspective. About how when you’re born, after the first day, everything you know about the world is what happened in those first 24 hours. After the second day, your perspective encompasses the first 48.…
Read MoreImprov Tips: What Were You Thinking (w/ Paul Vaillancourt and Nick Armstrong) (2019)
Start of Scene: 1:14 Start of Break Down: 5:22 Improv, Improv Comedy, Improvisation – whatever you call it, here at Improv Tips want to help. In this week’s improv tips: What Were You Thinking Paul Vaillancourt and guest Nick Armstrong do a stand alone improv scene and then let you in on their thought process…
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