Observations about the art and technique of creating consistently brilliant improvisations, whether for live performance or for film and video.
Improvisation Technique
Pages in this section
- About
- Improvisation Technique
- A HEAT SEEKING MISSILE
- CLARIFICATION OF TERMS
- CONNECTEDNESS
- COUNTERPOINT FORM
- DEEP STRUCTURE/SURFACE DETAIL
- DON’T LOOK FOR AN IDEA
- ENERGY CRISIS
- FOLLOWING THE CURVE
- FORM AND CONTENT
- GETTING UNSTUCK
- GO INSIDE
- GOING BACK TO THE SOURCE
- HOW TO NOT LISTEN
- IMPROVISING AS IF THE SCENE ALREADY EXISTS
- MAGIC WORD: INCLUDES
- MAKE IT NEW?
- MISSING YOUR OWN PERFORMANCE
- OVERACTING
- PHYSICS AND IMPROVISATION
- RELATIONSHIP TO THE AUDIENCE
- SAFETY DEVICE
- SURVIVAL INSTINCTS
- TAKE THE AUDIENCE ON A JOURNEY
- THE CLOUD OF UNKNOWING
- the improv AFTER a great improv
- THE INNER CRITIC
- THE PLEASURE PRINCIPLE
- USE THE BODY
- WHAT IS CONFIDENCE?
- WORDS AS A TOOL TO HELP YOU FEEL
- Improvisation Technique
