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Category Archives: Improv Terms and Vocabulary

Game Library: “New Choice”

“New Choice” keeps you on your toes as a player while also modeling the immediacy and disposability of improvisational play.

Posted byimprovdrDecember 10, 2021October 5, 2024Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Caller, Ding, Improvisation, New Choice, Short-Form, Should've Said, Spontaneity, WimpingLeave a comment on Game Library: “New Choice”

“I” is for “Improvisation”

Alphabetization aside, this should probably serve as the first entry in my “A” to “Z” series. Enjoy “I” is for “Improvisation.”

Posted byimprovdrDecember 6, 2021October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Bakhtin, David Charles, I is for, Improv, Improvisation, Long-Form, Short-FormLeave a comment on “I” is for “Improvisation”

Game Library: “Good, Bad, Worst Advice”

This entry includes some good, bad and worst advice for how to get the most out of a short-form game of the same name.

Posted byimprovdrDecember 3, 2021September 23, 2024Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Characterization, Comedy, Curve of Absurdity, Experts, Good Bad Worst Advice, Hosting, Interview, Short-FormLeave a comment on Game Library: “Good, Bad, Worst Advice”

“H” is for “Hosting”

The last improv “H” is for “Hosting” – that critical fellow improviser that can make or break a short- or long-form experience.

Posted byimprovdrNovember 29, 2021October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Caller, Director, Emcee, H is for, Hosting, Long-Form, Shape of Show, Short-Form, Sidecoaching, Structure, Top ReadsLeave a comment on “H” is for “Hosting”

Game Library: “Heightening Circle”

Here’s an exercise to help pace heightening moves when exploring the game of a scene.

Posted byimprovdrNovember 26, 2021April 30, 2024Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Exercises, Extending, Heighten, Heightening Circle, Looking Backwards, Looking Good, One-Downing, One-Upping, Small Steps, Warm-upLeave a comment on Game Library: “Heightening Circle”

“H” is for “Heighten”

While offers provide the raw material of improv, “Heightening” adds the steam and momentum…

Posted byimprovdrNovember 22, 2021October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Accepting, Energy, Extending, Game of the Scene, H is for, Heighten, Raise the Stakes, StakesLeave a comment on “H” is for “Heighten”

Game Library: “Oscar-Winning Moments”

There’s a lot of room for playful discovery in the short-form game “Oscar-Winning Moments.”

Posted byimprovdrNovember 19, 2021December 11, 2024Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Caller, Handle, Oscar-Winning Moments, Short-Form, StyleLeave a comment on Game Library: “Oscar-Winning Moments”

“H” is for “Handle”

This ImprovDr blog post seeks to get a handle on the tradition of adding “Handles” to our scenes.

Posted byimprovdrNovember 15, 2021October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Caller, Game of the Scene, Games, H is for, Handle, Hoop, OverlayLeave a comment on “H” is for “Handle”

Game Library: “Counting Circle”

A simple matter of counting to a set target can surprisingly bring an ensemble together…

Posted byimprovdrNovember 12, 2021October 26, 2023Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Active Listening, Counting Circle, Ensemble, GroupmindLeave a comment on Game Library: “Counting Circle”

“G” is for “Groupmind”

“Groupmind” stands as a rich but potentially problematic pursuit in our spontaneous endeavors.

Posted byimprovdrNovember 8, 2021October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Ensemble, G is for, Groupmind, InclusivenessLeave a comment on “G” is for “Groupmind”

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