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Tag Archives: Connections

“S” is for “Shelving”

“S” is for “Shelving” considers some different approaches for storing and reusing the variety of offers that make up the creative grist of improv.

Posted byimprovdrAugust 22, 2022August 31, 2022Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Callback, Connections, Content, Details, Looking Backwards, Material, Names, Offer, Reincorporation, S is for, Shelving, SpecificityLeave a comment on “S” is for “Shelving”

“R” is for “Reincorporation”

Time to look at the craft of “Reincorporation.”

Posted byimprovdrJuly 4, 2022September 28, 2022Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Accepting, Callback, Connections, Looking Backwards, R is for, Recycling, Reincorporation, Repetition, ShelvingLeave a comment on “R” is for “Reincorporation”

“N” is for “Narrative”

This entry articulates some helpful qualities for a strong improvised narrative or story.

Posted byimprovdrMarch 14, 2022October 22, 2022Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Advancing, Audience, Confidence, Connections, Consistency, Consistent Inconsistency, Content, Details, Extending, Material, N is for, Narrative, Perspective, Point of View, Specificity, Storytelling, StructureLeave a comment on “N” is for “Narrative”

Game Library: “Name Circle”

Here’s a super-sized ImprovDr Game Library entry with eight different name games!

Posted byimprovdrMarch 11, 2022March 18, 2022Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Abandon, Acronyms, Adjectives, Commitment, Connections, Energy, Ensemble, Icebreakers, Name Circle, Names, Physicality, Rhythm, Snake, Warm-up, YouLeave a comment on Game Library: “Name Circle”

Game Library: “Identity Circle”

“Identity Circle” provides a platform to truly see and listen to the truths of your ensemble.

Posted byimprovdrDecember 17, 2021March 18, 2022Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Connections, Ensemble, Icebreakers, Identity Circle, Inclusiveness, Speaking Your Truth, Trust, Truth, VulnerabilityLeave a comment on Game Library: “Identity Circle”

Game Library: “Phonebank”

A resilient form that can contain a broad spectrum of styles and energies, “Phonebank” provides a strong ensemble-based game that both polishes and requires critical improv skills.

Posted byimprovdrApril 30, 2021March 18, 2022Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Connections, Focus, Give and Take, Long-Form, Phonebank, Rollins Improv Players, Short-FormLeave a comment on Game Library: “Phonebank”

“C” is for “Connections”

I consider the concept of “Connections” as an overarching improv term that includes, but is not limited to, the similar tools of callbacks and reincorporations.

Posted byimprovdrApril 26, 2021July 2, 2022Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:C is for, Callback, Connections, Long-Form, Patterns, Reincorporation, Short-Form, WeavingLeave a comment on “C” is for “Connections”

“C” is for “Callback”

Strap yourself in for an ocean of C’s as we begin a new letter in our “A to Z” of improv terms with “C” is for “Callback.”

Posted byimprovdrJanuary 18, 2021August 22, 2022Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Ambiguity, C is for, Callback, Connections, Reincorporation, ShelvingLeave a comment on “C” is for “Callback”
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