Explore Improv
Improvisational
acting
improves your
ability to think fast, perform, and communicate more effectively. Using
a series of fun games and exercises you’ll be able to act and live more
spontaneously. Improv is also a great way to spark your creativity.
Improv combines the excitement of experimentation with the structure
and stability of time tested frameworks. Like a great piece of music, a
skillful improv flows effortlessly while filled with surprise and
sensation.
Whether
you’re an actor, aspiring performer, or just someone who wants to have
fun, you will enjoy the opportunity to explore the world of
improvisation.
Great
improv is head to toe involvement. More than a series of laughs, improv
is instant connection: it's emotion in motion, art in action. And, the
more experience a person has with improv, the more that it flows fresh
and new.
Think Fast
How
are you
at thinking on your feet? Are you an actor looking for ways to expand
your
capability and ramp up your skills? Or, are you someone looking for a
way
to bring more art into your life -- to grow as an individual and enjoy
a great time while you're doing it?
Improvisation
is a
skill you can
learn and apply to your life in dozens of ways.
Reasons To Explore Improv
Enhancing
your knowledge and skill at improvisation provides many benefits. While
these may be different from person to person, some of the
benefits include developing and improving your ability to:
- Raise your energy level
- Create
and sustain deeper and more satisfying relationships
- Raise
your level of creativity
- Play
the roles of your life with more authenticity and realist zest
- Perform
effectively under pressure
- Reduce
your stress
- Respond
to and initiate change
- Sense
and activtate your authentic self
- Energize
your sense of play
- Bring
out your inner artist
- Increase
your flexibility in all types of situations
- Live
more spontaneously
- Expand
your perceptions and ability to read the perceptions of others
- Interact
productively
- Generate
and appreciate good clean fun
- Offer
and accept creative ideas
- Improve
any scene, any song, any role
- Act
more naturally while also expanding your range of emotions and choices
- Lead
confidently and collaboratively
- Show
a true sense of compassion and courage in any situation
- Honor
and respect the gifts and talents of yourself and others
I
am an experienced
actor, director
and coach with a degree in theatre and years of touring in both
structured
and improvised performances. Contact
me if you're in the greater Philadelphia area and interested in:
- Improvisation workshops for
your organization
- Improv
Coaching for your
improvisational skills and/or to loosen-up, open-up, and liven-up a
church, school or community theatre production
- Using improvisation
to develop your
communication skills
- Applying improv to
develop your creativity
- Improv for good
clean fun!
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