THOUGHTS, IDEAS, QUESTIONS, PROCESS, LESSONS, Student Post WHERE SHOULD YOU TRAIN? PAUL ROBINSON – Week 7 Where should you train? Which improvisation system should you choose? Keith Johnstone’s style? If you choose Keith Johnstone’s, what is the best institution? Should you go to Loose Moose? Or go to a theatre Read more
THOUGHTS, IDEAS, QUESTIONS, PROCESS, LESSONS, Student Post TILT IT – AGAIN! PAUL ROBINSON – Week 6 Exercise: Tilt it Again (Shawn Kinley) School of Thought: Keith Johnstone Procedure: Step 1: Two performers up. One starts off stage, one starts on stage. The performer on stage begins a scene. The second performer Read more
THOUGHTS, IDEAS, QUESTIONS, PROCESS, LESSONS, Student Post Follow The Body – A series of exercises Cindy Pittens – Week 6 The body knows – A series of physical contact improvisation exercises developed by Shawn Kinley. Exercise: Follow the body Shawn asked us this week to write down an exercise. This one Read more
THOUGHTS, IDEAS, QUESTIONS, PROCESS, LESSONS, Student Post TEN GAMES, CONCEPTS AND TOOLS! OSHOW – Week 6 Week 6 OSHOW introduces his interpretation of 10 Games, concepts and exercises. (with additional editing by Shawn) (1) One Voice (Keith Johnstone & Viola Spolin created independently of each other) How to do it: Read more
THOUGHTS, IDEAS, QUESTIONS, PROCESS, LESSONS, Student Post PIVOT POINT ANNA ROBINSON – Week 6 “PIVOT POINT” (A game by Shawn that aims to create a physically dynamic scene Perform a three-person scene Re-do the scene but instruct one improviser to always move to a place on stage where he/she forms the Read more
THOUGHTS, IDEAS, QUESTIONS, PROCESS, LESSONS, Student Post KASH teaches TWO TABLES KASHYAP SRIDHAR – Week 6 Week 6: KASH teaches TWO TABLES One of the games I enjoyed and found very interesting and fun to experience is a directing focus game from Shawn called TWO TABLES. In this game we have Read more
THOUGHTS, IDEAS, QUESTIONS, PROCESS, LESSONS, Student Post Improv is like Driving – Learning to live on the edge KASHYAP SRIDHAR – Week 5 Week 5: Improv is like Driving – Learning to live on the edge I asked myself what it is that I wanted to write about. On the Read more
THOUGHTS, IDEAS, QUESTIONS, PROCESS, LESSONS, Student Post On Improv and Obfuscation… PAUL ROBINSON – Week 5 “The Basic Fault is the bad feeling, the somatic reaction, psychological upset, confusion and negative belief about the self that results from needs not met in infancy. It is the primal wound that is Read more
THOUGHTS, IDEAS, QUESTIONS, PROCESS, LESSONS, Student Post THREE INSIGHTS ANNA ROBINSON – Week 5 “Three Insights” (original Chinese below) Pay attention and observe carefully. This is not a new discovery. Every week, I am learning, and every scene is a specific practice. Often, my peers have already provided specific expressions Read more
THOUGHTS, IDEAS, QUESTIONS, PROCESS, LESSONS, Student Post Ready for the next step Cindy Pittens – Week 5 READY FOR THE NEXT STEP 2 SEPTEMBER 2023 As a followup on my last blog; I am much better. Thank you for asking. I. How did that happen? How do you get from Read more