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Tag Archives: Physicality

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, 2022January 1, 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, 2022October 14, 2022Posted 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”

“S” is for “Showing”

You may have heard the oft-quoted adage of “show don’t tell” on the improv stage, but what does that actually mean and how do you do it?

Posted byimprovdrSeptember 19, 2022January 16, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Cartooning, Emotional Truth, Love, Physicality, S is for, Showing, Subtext, Telling, Wearing Your Character LightlyLeave a comment on “S” is for “Showing”

Game Library: “Home Shopping Network”

The physical playfulness and energy of this game can provide a nice short-form “out” if the energy of your show is sagging a little.

Posted byimprovdrAugust 12, 2022August 11, 2022Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Caller, Competition, Decider, Endowing, Home Shopping Network, Physicality, Shape of Show, Short-Form, TiebreakerLeave a comment on Game Library: “Home Shopping Network”

Game Library: “Ritual Scene”

“Ritual Scene” affords the opportunity to explore a commonplace activity in a not-so-common style and rhythm.

Posted byimprovdrJune 10, 2022June 7, 2022Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and Vocabulary, Style It UpTags:Commitment, Dance, Extending, Heighten, Movement, Music, Parallel Action, Physicality, Presence, Ritual SceneLeave a comment on Game Library: “Ritual Scene”

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