by Gary Schwartz | Oct 18, 2018 | Improv Games, Orientation, Warm Up Games
High energy warm-up This children’s game is a favorite. Play for fun and also to incorporate an intro to “What is my Occupation?” You can also use it to work on the sensory exercises in orientation. Viola would often play this instead of Seeing a...
by Gary Schwartz | Oct 18, 2018 | Games, Improv Games, Lecture / Explanation, Theory
Exits and Entrance – discussion Judgment and Other Blocks to Improvising The more blocked or opinionated the student, the longer the process. The more blocked and opinionated the teacher, the longer the process. My Big Breakthrough. The story I relate in this...
by Gary Schwartz | Oct 18, 2018 | Improv Games
by Gary Schwartz | Oct 18, 2018 | Give and Take, Improv Games, Lecture / Explanation, Refining Awareness
No Motion – Action at a simmer The concept of No-Motion is a quiet holding onto a moment for as long as one can, before it becomes static. As you go into no-motion it is both a thing to do and a thing to hold (like a mantra). When in No-Motion you are the eye of...
by Gary Schwartz | Oct 18, 2018 | Improv Games, Improvisation for the Theater, Lecture / Explanation, Spontaneity, Warm Up Games
Exits and Entrance – discussion Judgment and Other Blocks to Improvising The more blocked or opinionated the student, the longer the process. The more blocked and opinionated the teacher, the longer the process. My Big Breakthrough. The story I relate in this...