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Improv From Zero: Off-the-street to on-the-stage practice
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Improv From Zero: Off-the-street to on-the-stage practice

Actual practice for comedy off the cuff
Created byPhilip Geurin
Last updated 10/2020
English
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What you'll learn

  • Have fun under the gun
  • Know what to say in any situation
  • Create fun characters
  • End a scene
  • Feel effortless, while creating gold
  • Make an audience laugh

Course content

1 section • 18 lectures • 1h 17m total length

  • Word Association3:38

    Build Inventory

    Be obvious

  • Word Association: Cowboy2:02

    Inventory is effected by character

    Your thinking is effected by your body and voice

  • Word Association: Princess2:15
  • Five Things3:07
  • Giftgiving4:01

    Practice gift giving in improv by presenting physical offers that define a gift and connect Penelope to current action, guiding audience and performers through context.

  • Giftgiving: Level 23:56
  • A Peppy Prince5:34

    Develop quick character work by pairing an adjective with a noun, then choose a body position and vocal sound to deliver stock characters, like a smarmy sailor or peppy librarian.

  • A Humble But Savage Baker6:52
  • Statues6:43
  • Justify Character: Names3:10

    Learn to justify characters by giving them a name that fits their role, mood, or vibe, and react with immediacy to big improv moments.

  • Justify Emotion3:26
  • I Know Whats Going On8:10
  • I Know Whats Going On: Level 2 - Labeling Tactics4:53
  • Where's the Games?0:44
  • If You're Having Doubts2:17
  • Peas In A Pod6:17

    Become a pea in a pod by mirroring the other character, creating a shared normal on stage and unlocking stronger choices without explaining what's off.

  • I Know4:38
  • Scenebreaker6:04

Requirements

  • No Past Experience Required

Description

If you've never done improv before, or want to get a *truly* solid foundation, this is the course for you. Learn to be bulletproof onstage. All in time it takes to watch a movie. In a series of fun-to-play games, learn to

- create a character

- know what to say in any situation

- end a scene

- feel effortless

Who this course is for:

  • Never-performed-a-day-in-their-life people
  • Improvisers who don't yet feel effortless fun onstage

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