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Tag Archives: Starting Scenes

“P” is for “Postponing”

Do your scenes tend to finish before they’ve even begun? This might indicate the improv blight of postponing.

Posted byimprovdrMay 30, 2022June 7, 2022Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Action, Advancing, Advice, Commitment, P is for, Postponing, Starting Scenes, Telling, Waffling, WimpingLeave a comment on “P” is for “Postponing”

Game Library: “Bell’s Kitchen”

This ImprovDr Game Library addition provides a way to workshop first steps and how to find new ways to approach launching ask-fors that might have become a little stale or predictable.

Posted byimprovdrDecember 24, 2021March 18, 2022Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Ask-for, Bell's Kitchen, Caller, CROW, Given Circumstances, Initiation, Starting ScenesLeave a comment on Game Library: “Bell’s Kitchen”

“I” is for “Initiation”

Getting an improv scene off to a promising start can prove quite challenging. “Initiation” examines some best practices to help in this endeavor.

Posted byimprovdrDecember 20, 2021April 3, 2022Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:CROW, I is for, I'll Start, Initiation, Launches, Offer, Starting ScenesLeave a comment on “I” is for “Initiation”

“C” is for “CROW”

Are you priming your scene work with strong specifics and CROW elements? If you’ve studied Spolin-derived approaches, you might know this as the WWW.

Posted byimprovdrMay 17, 2021July 10, 2022Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:C is for, Character, CROW, Given Circumstances, Improv Strategies, Improvisation, Initiation, Objective, Relationship, Starting Scenes, Theatresports, Where, WWWLeave a comment on “C” is for “CROW”

Game Library: “Sculptor Pairs”

The latest addition to the ImprovDr Game Library, “Sculptor Pairs” is a Boal-inspired exercise that allows players to work closely together to explore personal themes and experiences.

Posted byimprovdrMay 7, 2021March 18, 2022Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Comfort, Consent, Exercises, Physicality, Relationship, Sculptor Pairs, Starting Scenes, ThemeLeave a comment on Game Library: “Sculptor Pairs”
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