applied improvisation // Posts tagged as "applied improvisation"
Story exchange
Turn a personal story into one that influences the group culture and allow people to connect deeply with each other and themselves around things that matter.
Presence exercise: 1 2 3
Goal: • Helping participants to become more present • Practice listening and awareness skills • Introducing improvisation fundamentals Overview: In pairs participants count to 3 alternating between each other who says the next number. Time: 5 – 10 minutes Number of participants: In pairs Game flow: Ask the group to divide in pairs and face ...
Presence exercise: What I need to say…
Goal: • Helping participants to become more present • Practice listening and awareness skills Overview: In pairs participants share with each other what they need to say to be fully present. The sharing participant’s exact words are then mirrored back to them by his/her partner. Time: 5 – 10 minutes Number of participants: In pares ...
Improvisation class 3. Present in every moment
The third class was all about listening, awareness and being in the moment. We started the class with a relaxation exercise to help us become aware of our bodies. Becoming aware of your body is a great way to get out of your head and become present. Next we played Mirror Mirror. In this game ...
Improv Class 5 – Make up your own story
Story was the focus of this week’s class. We started the class with an exercise from Imago Relationship Therapy. In this exercise each participant gets the opportunity to say in a few sentences what they need to say to be fully present. One of the others must then mirror that persons exact words back to ...
Improvisation class 3 – Make your partner look good.
We started the class with a relaxation exercise to help us become aware of our bodies. Becoming aware of your body is a great way to get out of your head and become present. Next we played a series of mirroring exercises. First just one person creating a sound and a move which is mirrored ...
Improvisation class 1 Gifts, Acceptance and Gratitude
Last night another group of brave souls embarked on their journey into the “spur of the moment” …the magical world of Improvisation – a world filled with mystery, secure uncertainty and spontaneity. The class got under way with a game called “the story of my name”. In this exercise everyone is afforded a chance to ...
Improvisation and Learning: A neuropsychological viewpoint
by Manuela Glasbrenner I recently attended one of the Playing Mantis workshops held by Burgert. The concept of improvisation being applied as a tool for learning was totally new to me and I was very curious to see what it was all about. The workshop was a great success in my opinion. A fresh approach ...
Improv Class 2.6 – Who is the hero in your story?
In his book “A million miles in a thousand years” Don Miller distils the essence of a good story as “a character that wants something and overcomes conflict to get it”. In the previous class we focused on creating a strong character (a character that knows what he/she wants). Now to write this character into ...
Improv class 2.5 – What do you really want?
The theme of last week’s class was “what do you really want?” We started the class with a relaxation exercise followed by a warm up game called “Bunny bunny”. This game so excited me that I hurt my back. Luckily Mike had a few amateur chiropractor tricks up his sleeve. After getting all my vertebrae ...
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