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Tag Archives: Physicality

Game Library: “Slow Motion War”

A fast read on a slow game.

Posted byimprovdrApril 28, 2023April 26, 2023Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:All Play, Decider, Physicality, Slow Motion, Slow Motion War, Warm-up, WinningLeave a comment on Game Library: “Slow Motion War”

Game Library: “Zones”

A physical game that encourages dynamic staging and strong emotional choices.

Posted byimprovdrApril 14, 2023April 13, 2023Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Emotion, Emotional Zones, Justification, Physicality, Stage Picture, Staging, Where, ZonesLeave a comment on Game Library: “Zones”

Game Library: “Moving Bodies”

An audience pleaser that lets them literally direct the action onstage.

Posted byimprovdrMarch 17, 2023March 17, 2023Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Justification, Moving Bodies, Physicality, Puppets, VolunteersLeave a comment on Game Library: “Moving Bodies”

Game Library: “Soundtrack”

Big emotions, strong characterizations, and heightened physicality (and an adept technician) are the key ingredients of a strong “Soundtrack” scene.

Posted byimprovdrJanuary 20, 2023January 18, 2023Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and Vocabulary, Style It Up, That Sounds Like a SongTags:Emotional Truth, Justification, Movement, Music, Physicality, Soundtrack, Stakes, TellingLeave a comment on Game Library: “Soundtrack”

Game Library: “Expert Double Figures”

If two heads are better than one, are four arms better than two…?

Posted byimprovdrJanuary 6, 2023January 4, 2023Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Arms Expert, Characterization, Expert Double Figures, Experts, Justification, Physicality, Short-Form, Teaching Scene, VolunteersLeave a comment on Game Library: “Expert Double Figures”

Game Library: “Contact”

Few games demand such an “outside the box” approach to onstage physicality as “Contact” or “Touch to Talk.”

Posted byimprovdrDecember 30, 2022December 31, 2022Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Contact, Justification, Physicality, Stage Picture, Staging, Talking Heads, Touch to TalkLeave a comment on Game Library: “Contact”

“T” is for “Talking Heads”

Four possible “adds” to elevate your scene beyond a strictly “talking heads” affair.

Posted byimprovdrDecember 26, 2022March 26, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Physicality, Stage Picture, T is for, Talking Heads, WafflingLeave a comment on “T” is for “Talking Heads”

Game Library: “They Said, They Said”

Splitting the duties of making verbal or physical offers can result in enriching both elements of your play.

Posted byimprovdrNovember 11, 2022Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Justification, Physicality, Stage Picture, Staging, They Said They SaidLeave a comment on Game Library: “They Said, They Said”

Game Library: “Invisibility Scene”

Some ghostly scenic techniques…

Posted byimprovdrNovember 4, 2022November 2, 2022Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Focus, Give and Take, Invisibility Scene, Justification, Physicality, Sharing Focus, Split Focus, Stage PictureLeave a comment on Game Library: “Invisibility Scene”

“S” is for “Space Objects”

Liven up your scenes with some well-chosen and crafted “Space Objects.”

Posted byimprovdrOctober 10, 2022May 24, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Environment, Location, Mime, Physicality, Props, S is for, Space Objects, SpecificityLeave a comment on “S” is for “Space Objects”

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