Posts Tagged ‘Improv Blog’
More about Improv: Online Improv: Zoomed Out
[ad_1] Very few people would have predicted that we would all be doing our shows online so soon into the future. But that’s what has been happening. And as many of us discovered or are discovering, it’s not the same as doing it on stage. Whilst a lot of the core skills are transferrable, there…
Read MoreThe First Improvisation Olympics Match by David Shepherd
[ad_1] All Things Michael: The First Improvisation Olympics Match by David Shepherd The First Improvisation Olympics Match by David Shepherd The following is a description by David Shepherd (co-founder of Compass with Paul Sills) of the first Improvisation Olympics match at the Space for Innovative Development in New York City. David and Howard Jerome created the Improvisation…
Read MoreMore about Improv: Improvisation and introversion
[ad_1] It had been a good, fun show in a cheap room above a popular bar. Chatting with an audience member after, they suddenly said, “You must be an extrovert!” I was surprised at the time, but I’ve heard it enough since that I can now be all cool about it. It is a common…
Read MoreEvolution of an Online Course by Michael Golding
[ad_1] “Some of my students are wearing masks in class, because trying to remember names when you’re in your sixties isn’t challenging enough.” March 6, 2020 journal entry. I am a faculty member at Compton College in Los Angeles where I teach Theatre Appreciation to college and high school students. Taught primarily through theatre games,…
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[ad_1] We have an art form whose tenets boast comfort with failure. Are any of us comfortable with this failure? The history of pure improvisation on TV and film is almost non-existent. We have game shows and panel shows with producers live-directing the cast and much written stand-up material stuffed in where possible. Anything good…
Read MoreLaughter at the Foot of the Cross: Easter Laughter – The School of Laughter: Find Your Funny
[ad_1] Shakespeare, in Twelfth Night, has made generations appreciate the fun-and-games of the eve of the Epiphany, when increased merry-making marked the end of the twelve days of Christmas. At Twelfth Night Falstaff is a hero, not an old rake to be rejected. In medieval and Renaissance palace, city, village, college, church and chapel, such…
Read MoreJulie Dexter: Going Within as well as Out – The School of Laughter: Find Your Funny
[ad_1] Covid-19 Smooth Manoeuvre between two states: Going within as well as Out. Hour by hour, day by day all of the moments of self isolation in COVID-19 seem to roll in to one. It’s hard to separate each moment from the next during these bizarre, hellishtimes. A certain amount of clarity is what’s needed…
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[ad_1] I’ve been blogging about improvisation for a long time now. This blog is not about improvisation. I have anxiety and depression. I don’t experience depression all the time, but the more I understand anxiety, the more I understand that I’ve had it for pretty much all of my life. I’ve read a lot about anxiety and depression…
Read MoreFun Times | Improv As Improv Does Best
[ad_1] Remember this Simpsons bit with Krusty about hemorrhoids and riding bikes? That “I can ride a bike again!” idea jumps into my head a lot (more often than a person should really think about hemorrhoids…probably). I think about it in conjunction with that “It’s just like riding a bike” expression used to refer to…
Read MoreMEET THE REAL VALENTINE BY DAVID SHEPHERD
[ad_1] David Shepherd, the visionary behind Compass (forerunner of Second City), Improv Olympics and Canadian Improv Games, celebrated Valentine’s Day in 2004 by improvising a scenario with an invited group in Hadley, MA, based on the real story of St. Valentine; the struggle for individuality against the interests of the Empire. David explored other “holy…
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