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Category Archives: Performance Strategies

“C” is for “Confession”

This entry explores one of the CAD trinity of revelations, the “Confession.”

Posted byimprovdrApril 12, 2021October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Breaking Routines, C is for, CAD, Character, Confession, Culpability, RevelationLeave a comment on “C” is for “Confession”

“C” is for “Complementary Action”

It’s time to think about “Complementary Actions” and how they can add variety and possibilities when our improv is stagnating in a sea of sameness.

Posted byimprovdrApril 5, 2021October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Breaking Routines, C is for, Complementary Action, Endowing, Parallel Action, RelationshipLeave a comment on “C” is for “Complementary Action”

“C” is for “Commitment”

What are you committed to…?

Posted byimprovdrMarch 29, 2021October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:C is for, Commitment, Energy, Focus, Passion, Presence, ProfessionalismLeave a comment on “C” is for “Commitment”

“C” is for “Commenting”

Some improv schools embrace a playful form of “Commenting” but I’ve generally found that it deflates the energy of our scene work.

Posted byimprovdrMarch 22, 2021October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:C is for, Cartooning, Commenting, Commitment, Mugging, Speaking Your TruthLeave a comment on “C” is for “Commenting”

“C” is for “Comedy”

Consider the many faces of comedy in improvisation performance with “C” is for “Comedy.”

Posted byimprovdrMarch 15, 2021October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:C is for, Comedy, Drama, Gagging, Improv Strategies, Long-Form, Punching Up, Short-FormLeave a comment on “C” is for “Comedy”

“C” is for “Cleverness”

What’s the difference between informed choices and being clever? Consider “C” is for “Cleverness.”

Posted byimprovdrMarch 8, 2021October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:C is for, Cleverness, Gagging, Jokes, Obvious, Over-OriginalityLeave a comment on “C” is for “Cleverness”

“C” is for “Character”

“C” is for “Character” offers some strategies for shaking yourself out of unhelpful patterns that might be restricting your work and play.

Posted byimprovdrMarch 1, 2021October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:C is for, Character, Characterization, CROW, Improvisation, Long-Form, Physicality, Short-Form, WhoLeave a comment on “C” is for “Character”

“C” is for “Chapter Two”

If your improv stories and scenes have a tendency to stumble forward inelegantly you might be suffering from a case of “Chapter Two”-ing.

Posted byimprovdrFebruary 22, 2021October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Advancing, C is for, Chapter Two, Small Steps, Story TellingLeave a comment on “C” is for “Chapter Two”

“C” is for “Change”

“C” is for “Change” provides some techniques for changing up our character energies and dynamics within a scene without throwing away the established elements and games that are already working.

Posted byimprovdrFebruary 15, 2021October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Breaking Routines, C is for, Change, TiltLeave a comment on “C” is for “Change”

“C” is for “Cartooning”

This may be a less widely used term but “C” is for “Cartooning” examines a common improv trap when it comes to getting details to the stage.

Posted byimprovdrFebruary 8, 2021October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Acting, C is for, Cartooning, Commenting, Telling, Top Reads, WafflingLeave a comment on “C” is for “Cartooning”

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