L’improvisation, c’est la vie!

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Improviser = Jedi

January 6th, 2010 · No Comments

I will use this quote in my next improv class.
“Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try.” - Yoda, The Empire Strikes Back
Source: http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2010/01/100-quotes-every-geek-should-know/
(via Tom. Thanks!)

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Tags: Brèves · English

’nuff said!

August 22nd, 2009 · No Comments

I’ve grown a lot since then. For one thing I’ve come to feel that maybe we shouldn’t be going to improv shows to watch the performers jump through hoops. Is that what improv is about? An audience comes in to try and stump the performers? It certainly happens here at iO, a usually drunk patron will yell out a […]

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Tags: Amis improvisateurs · English

What’s a wokshop with Keith like?

August 17th, 2009 · No Comments

Paul Killam from Bay Area TheatreSports is twittering their annual Keith Johnstone intensive (starts right here).
Also, if you want to know what the Ten Days With Keith intensive is like, Daniel whom I met there last year wrote a blog about it right here.
It’s all full of (Keith) wisdom…

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Tags: Technique · English

[Voyage impro] A question to Becky Johnson

July 3rd, 2009 · 1 Comment

Becky Johnson is a perfomer in Iron Cobra, a two person improv team. They just blew my mind at the festival: I had never seen such a mix of funny and truthfulness on stage. And risk-taking. They were inspirational to me (and I stole some of their stuff).
Becky does a lot of craft. She is […]

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Tags: Video · Voyage · English