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
THOUGHTS, IDEAS, QUESTIONS, PROCESS, LESSONS, Student Post INTERVIEW WITH MYSELVES KASHYAP SRIDHAR – Week 4 Week 4: An interview with my-selves. Self 1: what did you think of the week you were out sick ? (Kash had Covid last week) Self2: Last week was a blur. I felt a little bit left Read more
THOUGHTS, IDEAS, QUESTIONS, PROCESS, LESSONS, Student Post Middle form and Missing home OSHOW – Week 5 Week 5 Week 5. I liked the YWT method from last time, so I’ll use it again this week to reflect on it. It’s often said that it’s better not to get stuck in Read more
SUPER DEFINITION There’s a little-known tool that I think is one of the best for creating fantastical, surreal, supernatural but obvious stories. The concept is called SUPER DEFINITION. I heard Keith Johnstone mention this idea ONCE in ONE class many years ago. (ONE TIME IN FORTY YEARS!) I don’t know anyone outside of that class who Read more
TIPS AND TRICKS NO FEAR! NO FEAR FEAR is the main issue for Improvisers to overcome. Fear of being accepted, Fear of being noticed, not noticed, doing well, following the rules, being good enough… etc etc etc. EVERYONE has fear on some level. The question is how to deal with Read more