November 2010
4 posts
Let The Exercise Do The Work
We teachers often note too much instead of letting the exercise do the work. This is especially true in exercises that have a lot of rules. Like a monoscene, or Scene Painting, or even Big Booty. We explain these rules, the students do the exercise and then we start noting them on all the subtleties of things we know about those exercises and the philosophies behind them. Just let them play. Let...
justcraig asked: I feel like I usually remember one or two specific notes or words of wisdom that really stick with me from a teacher or coach. Are there any ideas that you remember from specific teachers or coaches that really stick with you? What are they?
Also, what did you eat at Thanksgiving that made you fart most? Can you pinpoint it?
Also, what did you eat at Thanksgiving that made you fart most? Can you pinpoint it?
silvija asked: In hockey, a Gordie Howe hat trick is when a player (1) scores a goal, (2) records an assist, and (3) gets in a fight all in one game. The Detroit Red Wings' Pavel Datsyuk (possibly my favorite player) had a Howe hat trick in October.
Define your own improv hat trick and name it after somebody who embodies its spirit.
My suggestion: The Brian Huskey Hat Trick -...
Define your own improv hat trick and name it after somebody who embodies its spirit.
My suggestion: The Brian Huskey Hat Trick -...
Stop Focusing on Individual Notes
Students love individual notes. But I’m not so sure they help, certainly not as much as students want them. In fact, I think too many of them can make players more self-centered, less confident and worse listeners.
But students ask for them. As the person in charge of teachers and curriculum at an improv school, it is the number one request I hear from students (outside of being told a room...