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Tag Archives: Looking Backwards

“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, 2022October 22, 2023Posted 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, 2022October 22, 2023Posted 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”

Game Library: “Word at a Time Story”

This ImprovDr blog entry includes two approaches to this classic storytelling improv exercise.

Posted byimprovdrJanuary 28, 2022December 6, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Accepting, Looking Backwards, Obvious, Reincorporation, Storytelling, Warm-up, Word at a Time, Word at a Time StoryLeave a comment on Game Library: “Word at a Time Story”

“L” is for “Looking Backwards”

“Looking Backwards” (but not with anger) provides a fruitful way to find the path forward.

Posted byimprovdrJanuary 24, 2022October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Callback, Content, L is for, Looking Backwards, Material, Offer, Shelving, Specificity, Story, StructureLeave a comment on “L” is for “Looking Backwards”

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”

Game Library: “Bus Stop”

“Bus Stop” requires players to mine the simplest of choices in their collective pursuit to find and build the game of the scene.

Posted byimprovdrOctober 22, 2021August 25, 2023Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Accepting, Bus Stop, Game of the Scene, Looking Backwards, Looking Good, Obvious, Parallel Action, PhysicalityLeave a comment on Game Library: “Bus Stop”

Game Library: “Reiterate/Repeat”

“Reiterate/Repeat” is a wonderful exercise for exploring the concepts of blocking and accepting.

Posted byimprovdrJune 19, 2020March 8, 2025Posted inImprov Games, Performance StrategiesTags:Accepting, Active Listening, Blocking, David Charles, Exercises, Improv, Improv Games, ImprovDr, Improvisation, Looking Backwards, Negating, Reiterate/Repeat, Yes And, YieldingLeave a comment on Game Library: “Reiterate/Repeat”
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