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EveryBody, Yeah: Our Bodies In Improv

Lel — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 15:36:26 +0000

A guest blog from Rita Suszek I’m not interested in how people move: I’m interested in what makes them move Pina Bausch Lockdown, day 7998375. My unruly body only accepts leggings and sweatpants; I eat my fears and try to moderate my information intake. Going for walks sounds both nice and risky. Face covering is...

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It MUST be joyful

Admin Luther — Mon, 26 Oct 2015 11:54:29 +0000

by Robin Earlier this year I got fed up of improv. I’d had few months off work, and gone to just about every class I had time for (which was a lot). I meant to learn so much! It was going to be amazing! And I did, and it was – but something went off...

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Don’t be the ‘Asshole’

Jenny Rowe — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 18:55:00 +0000

by Jenny Rowe THIS IS A BLOG ABOUT FAILURE… …ironically, I failed to write it the first time, but I re-committed and added a ton of enthusiasm so now it’s here. So I suppose that’s an improv lesson right there. This is a slightly embarrassing foray into my improv journey, focusing on something I bring up with...

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Improv and Writing Creatively

Jenny Rowe — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:55:00 +0000

by Jen Rowe Last year, I ran a couple of workshops at our residential called ‘Improv and Creative Writing’. It was partly based on my lamenting the fact that we create so much wonderful stuff in improv classes only to lose it forever, except for dim and distant memories. That, and the fact that I...

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