Instructor: Blaine SwenDate Taken: August 2010 For DCM 2010, Blaine Swen (founder / performer of Improv Shakespeare and 1-man musical improv show Bash!) offered a 3-hour workshop that focused on 1-person musical improv scenes. Here are the notes from the workshop. Class Notes 3 important points of improv: pov, dialog and emotional dialog come out […]
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Instructor: Dave Jadico (CSz Philadelphia)Date Taken: July 2010 Every year, ComedySportz has a tournament where all of the city teams get together to play, take workshops and hang out. This workshop was part of ComedySportz Tournament 2010 and covers spacework, for both shortform and longform improv. Workshop Notes Every time you touch an object, the audience has a
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Instructor: Billy MerrittDate Taken: January 2010 I took a 3-hour workshop with Billy Merritt and definitely enjoyed it, especially the Ninja, Robot, Pirate metaphor and exercises. Here are the notes from his workshop. Workshop Notes Improv is 2 things: pattern and rhythm. Mirroring also means stage picture. Turn improv technique into story. If you’re tentative
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Instructor: Tara DeFrancisco & Rick Prouty (CSz Chicago)Date Taken: July 2009 Every year, ComedySportz has a tournament where all of the city teams get together to play, take workshops and hang out. This workshop was part of ComedySportz Tournament 2009 and covers tips on auditioning, for both shortform and longform improv. Workshop Notes Many auditions generally aren’t “warmâ€Â
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Every year, ComedySportz has a tournament where all of the city teams get together to play, take workshops and hang out. This workshop was part of ComedySportz Tournament 2009 and covers tips on coaching improvisers through bad habits, for both shortform and longform improv. These notes came from a previous workshop I talked about, Truth, Emotion and Courage,
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Instructor: Matt Elwell (CSz Chicago)Date Taken: July 2009 Every year, ComedySportz has a tournament where all of the city teams get together to play, take workshops and hang out. This workshop was part of ComedySportz Tournament 2009 and covers tips on adding more emotion to scenes, for both shortform and longform improv. Workshop Notes It’s important to
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