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Teaching

man and woman back to back and holding guns
Games / Exercises Teaching Theory Warm Up

MAFIOSO / SPLAT

MAFIOSO * SPLAT * BANG *GUNSLINGER* It’s HIGH NOON and you stand challenged by some dangerous varmints.  Who’s with you and who’s against ya?   With barely any warning, weapons are drawn! Do you shoot or hide? REACT!!! or it’s game over pardner! This is a long article with a lot Read more…

By ShawnKinley, 8 monthsAugust 9, 2022 ago
children in halloween costumes in studio
Games / Exercises Teaching Warm Up

WHISPERING ANGELS & DEMONS

WHISPERING ANGELS & DEMONS INTRO: Whispering Angels and Demons Years ago at the great Wuerzburg Improvisation festival in Germany, I was asked to do a warmup exercise for about 200 improvisers. Warm up exercises should serve a purpose. Since most people had never met before, an exercise to help people Read more…

By ShawnKinley, 8 monthsAugust 6, 2022 ago
water stream near trees
Teaching Theory

TEACH LIKE… a river

TEACH LIKE… A RIVER Rivers adapt to their environment.  They look consistent from one angle but they can’t be pinned down to a single picture if you look closely. Improvisation teachers and their lessons appear to be one thing – a human teaching a topic to a class. But every Read more…

By ShawnKinley, 1 yearMarch 23, 2022 ago
Performing Teaching

HATS OFF TO YOU!

HATS OFF TO YOU! The Hat game played for spontaneity I was on the evil Facebook a couple of weeks ago and read a comment about The”Hat Game” from Avish Parashar. He was asking about The Hat Game:  “(the one where you try to grab a hat off your scene Read more…

By ShawnKinley, 1 yearNovember 29, 2021 ago
person in brown pants and black shoes sitting on brown rock near body of water during
Psychology Teaching Theory

NOTHING TO LOSE

NOTHING TO LOSE REHEARSING MORE EFFECTIVELY – AND JOYFULY You sit on the edge.  You look down. What do you do? Your real-world brain screams, “STEP BACK!!!”. The Improviser brain pushes you headfirst into the abyss. On the way down you question what to do. You hear the audience scream. Read more…

By ShawnKinley, 1 yearNovember 29, 2021 ago
Psychology Teaching

TREAT THEM LIKE PUPPETS

TREAT THEM LIKE PUPPETS You would have to be from another planet not to recognize the direct comparison between teachers, and puppeteers who pull the strings to manipulate their puppets. Sure, the metaphor only goes so far. The human student hopefully brings more independence than the puppet but there are Read more…

By ShawnKinley, 1 yearOctober 31, 2021 ago
Games / Exercises Psychology Teaching Theory

TREAT THEM LIKE CATS

TREAT THEM LIKE CATS THE UNTEACHABLE STUDENTAs a teacher, I’ve always been interested in the “UNTEACHABLE” student. In schools where the staff say a child is impossible, or a boss in a corporate workshop says the employee is difficult, I want to meet those students. Cats are considered by many Read more…

By ShawnKinley, 1 yearSeptember 29, 2021 ago
Games / Exercises Teaching

Keith’s Comic Panels

KEITH’S COMIC PANELS A practice with endings Keith Johnstone has a great little exercise for practising the art of ending scenes.  He would hand out stacks of “comic panels” in workshops. Each panel contained 3 or 4 drawings, creating tiny completed stories from  Charles Schultz’s, Peanuts or Berkeley Breathed’s, Bloom Read more…

By ShawnKinley, 1 yearSeptember 29, 2021 ago
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Games / Exercises Psychology Teaching Theory

Treat them like GORILLAS!

Treat them like GORILLAS! One exceptional difference between humans and the rest of the animal kingdom is how much we hide and mask of ourselves compared to these other earthlings. By 9 months, we have already learned to ‘present’ our emotions in a way to manipulate others. By Adulthood, we’ve Read more…

By ShawnKinley, 2 yearsAugust 30, 2021 ago
Editorial Performing Teaching Theory

The Forgotten Gems of CHAPTER 6!

The Forgotten Gems of CHAPTER 6! One of the most referenced books in Improvisation is IMPRO FOR STORYTELLERS by Keith Johnstone. MOST people you talk with say, “I’ve never read the thing all the way through.” Keith intended it to be that way.  He’s said that it was made to Read more…

By ShawnKinley, 2 yearsJuly 30, 2021 ago

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