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Creator, Editor and flow. – The Maydays
[ad_1] Improv gives us the opportunity as artists to create something and then immediately move on to create something else. This gives us enormous freedom to suppress our judgement of our work as there is no time to edit it. This is liberating and taps into the flow state which so many of us crave…
Read MoreImprov into Writing Taster Video
[ad_1] Storystarters – Improv into Writing taster video from Jen Rowe Want to write fiction but can’t find the time? Love improv? Combine the two with Jen’s Online Improv Super-Elective: Storystarters – Improv into Writing Course starting 22nd April for 4 weeks, 2 pm-4 pm BST each week. Here’s a taster exercise to get you…
Read MoreImprov Tip #164 Know and Honor Your Audience (w/Stephanie Rae) (2021)
Improv, Improv Comedy, Improvisation – whatever you call it, we’re here to help. In this week’s improv tip, guest tipper and veteran improviser Stephanie Rae talks about Choosing and Honoring YOUR Audience. Whether you’re doing improv comedy, playing improv games, using improv in your acting classes, or expressing yourself with some other kind of improvisation,…
Read MoreSeparately Together; The improv teams that have never ‘met.’
[ad_1] Separately Together; The improv teams that have never ‘met.’ A year since improv went online, I got to thinking about all the relationships and connections that have been forged between people who have never ‘met,’ or at least been in the same room together physically. Not only that, but how many new improv companies…
Read MoreSeven Ways to end a Song in Musical Improv
[ad_1] New blog, ‘Seven Ways to end a Song in Musical Improv’ by Maydays, Heather & Joe. Ending a song well in musical improv can make or break it. You can create an astounding melody, heartbreaking lyrics and beautiful choreography but if it fizzles out that’s often all the audience will remember. On the…
Read MoreOnline Improv Elective: Zoom-prov – Interview with Vic Hogg
[ad_1] Online Improv Elective: Zoom-prov – Interview with Vic Hogg Your ‘Online Improv Elective: Zoom-prov‘ is on 22nd March. What gave you the idea for this course? I love Zoom! I love meeting people in their homes while I’m in mine. I love how it makes people connect more truthfully and, with the right atmosphere,…
Read MoreBlack Box Beats warm-up | Improv As Improv Does Best
[ad_1] Lights come up on black-clad high school students standing on and around wooden boxes of varying heights. You know what’s coming next. Staccato sophomoric pretension. A wonder to laugh at, if you’re not in the actual audience and/or have to drive a performer home afterward. Like with The Invocation, a structure of that kind…
Read MoreThe Improv Life Ep.10 with Diosa – Fernando’s Improv Blog Podcast
[ad_1] Improv and Magic – aren’t they the same thing sometimes? The Improv Life Ep.10 with Diosa Welcome to Episode 10 of the Improv Life Podcast! My guest today was the amazing Diosa! Man, I got nothing but love, respect, and admiration for Diosa. We met through improv and I’ve been amazed by her ever…
Read MoreImprov Tip #163 My Pre-Show Ritual (w/Stephanie Courtney) (2021)
Improv, Improv Comedy, Improvisation – whatever you call it, we’re here to help. In this week’s improv tip, guest tipper and veteran improviser Stephanie Courtney talks about a little pre-show ritual she does to herself in the best headspace for a show. Whether you’re doing improv comedy, playing improv games, using improv in your acting…
Read MoreEnergy and Rhythm
[ad_1] Maydays director, Jen Rowe, talks Energy & Rhythm, ahead of her upcoming Online Improv Elective: Energy and Rhythm for Character and Scene this Wednesday from 19:00-21:30 GMT. “The moments when your energy fully connected you to the world and you received energy back from that connection.” Patsy Rodenburg, vocal coach for the National Theatre,…
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