Long Form Improvisation And American Comedy
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Long Form Improvisation And American Comedy
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Author : M. Fotis
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2014-02-11
Long Form Improvisation And American Comedy written by M. Fotis and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-11 with Performing Arts categories.
Long form scenic improv began with the Harold. The comic philosophy of this form started an era of comedy marked by support, trust, and collaboration. This book tells of the Harold, beginning with the development of improv theatre, through the tensions and evolutions that led to its creation at iO, and to its use in contemporary filmmaking.
Long Form Improvisation And American Comedy
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Author : M. Fotis
language : en
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Release Date : 2014-02-13
Long Form Improvisation And American Comedy written by M. Fotis and has been published by Palgrave Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-13 with Performing Arts categories.
Long form scenic improv began with the Harold. The comic philosophy of this form started an era of comedy marked by support, trust, and collaboration. This book tells of the Harold, beginning with the development of improv theatre, through the tensions and evolutions that led to its creation at iO, and to its use in contemporary filmmaking.
Long Form Improv
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Author : Ben Hauck
language : en
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Release Date : 2012-09
Long Form Improv written by Ben Hauck and has been published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09 with Humor categories.
A handbook of essentialcomedy skills, useful for all performers!
Fifty Key Improv Performers
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Author : Matt Fotis
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2024-09-20
Fifty Key Improv Performers written by Matt Fotis and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-09-20 with Performing Arts categories.
Fifty Key Improv Performers highlights the history, development, and impact of improvisational theatre by highlighting not just key performers, but institutions, training centers, and movements to demonstrate the ways improv has shaped contemporary performance both onstage and onscreen. The book features the luminaries of improv, like Viola Spolin, Keith Johnstone, and Mick Napier, while also featuring many of the less well-known figures in improvisation who have fundamentally changed the way we make and view comedy - people like Susan Messing, Jonathan Pitts, Robert Gravel, and Yvon Leduc. Due to improv's highly collaborative nature, the book features many of the art form's most important theatres and groups, such as The Second City, TJ & Dave, and Oui Be Negroes. While the book focuses on the development of improvisation in the United States, it features several entries about the development of improv around the globe. Students of Improvisational Theatre, History of Comedy, and Performance Studies, as well as practitioner of comedy, will benefit from the wide expanse of performers, groups, and institutions throughout the book.
Behind The Scenes Improvising Long Form
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Author : Mick Napier
language : en
Publisher: Meriwether Publishing
Release Date : 2015-12-21
Behind The Scenes Improvising Long Form written by Mick Napier and has been published by Meriwether Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-21 with Performing Arts categories.
In this follow-up to his highly regarded book Improvise. Scene from the Inside Out, globally acclaimed improviser, director, and instructor Mick Napier focuses on the complexities and theories of long form improvisation. This extended form of improvisation invites performers to be inspired for at least thirty minutes by a single suggestion as they push their creativity to the limit.Napier taps into more than 30 years of experience and distills his tools for success into practical, engaging lessons: --The art of introductions and edits --Different approaches to openers --Pros and cons of the back line --Why it's okay to be funny --Finding the dominant energy --Sustaining a strong character
Improv Nation
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Author : Sam Wasson
language : en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Release Date : 2017
Improv Nation written by Sam Wasson and has been published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with HISTORY categories.
A sweeping yet intimate--and often hilarious--history of a uniquely American art form that has never been more popular
The Comedy Improv Handbook
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Author : Matt Fotis
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2015-10-14
The Comedy Improv Handbook written by Matt Fotis and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-14 with Performing Arts categories.
The Comedy Improv Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to University Improvisational Comedy in Theatre and Performance is a one-stop resource for both improv teachers and students, covering improv history, theory, maxims, exercises, games, and structures. You will learn the necessary skills and techniques needed to become a successful improviser, developing a basic understanding of the history of improvisation and its major influences, structures, and theories. This book also addresses issues associated with being a college improviser – like auditions, rehearsals, performances, and the dynamics of improv groups.
Whose Improv Is It Anyway
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Author : Amy E. Seham
language : en
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Release Date : 2009-10-20
Whose Improv Is It Anyway written by Amy E. Seham and has been published by Univ. Press of Mississippi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-20 with Social Science categories.
On both sides of the stage improv-comedy's popularity has increased exponentially throughout the 1980s and '90s and into the new millennium. Presto! An original song is created out of thin air. With nothing but a suggestion from the audience, daring young improvisers working without a net or a script create hilarious characters, sketches, and songs. Thrilled by the danger, the immediacy, and the virtuosity of improv-comedy, spectators laugh and cheer. American improv-comedy burst onto the scene in the 1950s with Chicago's the Compass Players (best known for the brilliant comedy duo Mike Nichols and Elaine May) and the Second City, which launched the careers of many popular comedians, including Gilda Radner, John Belushi, and Mike Myers. Chicago continues to be a mecca for young performers who travel from faraway places to study improv. At the same time, the techniques of Chicago improv have infiltrated classrooms, workshops, rehearsals, and comedy clubs across North and South America, Europe, Australia, and Japan. Improv's influence is increasingly evident in contemporary films and in interactive entertainment on the internet. Drawing on the experiences of working improvisers, Whose Improv Is It Anyway? provides a never-before-published account of developments beyond Second City's mainstream approach to the genre. This fascinating history chronicles the origins of "the Harold," a sophisticated new "long-form" style of improv developed in the '80s at ImprovOlympic and details the importance and pitfalls of ComedySports. Here also is a backstage glimpse at the Annoyance Theatre, best known on the national scene for its production of The Real Live Brady Bunch. Readers will get the scoop on the recent work of players who, feeling excluded by early improv's "white guys in ties," created such independent groups as the Free Associates and the African American troupe Oui Be Negroes. There is far more to the art of improv than may be suggested by the sketches on Saturday Night Live or the games on Whose Line Is It Anyway? This history, an insider's look at the evolution of improv-comedy in Chicago, reveals the struggles, the laughter, and the ideals of mutual support, freedom, and openness that have inspired many performers. It explores the power games, the gender inequities, and the racial tensions that can emerge in improvised performance, and it shares the techniques and strategies veteran players use to combat these problems. Improv art is revealed to be an art of compromise, a fragile negotiation between the poles of process and product. The result, as shown here, can be exciting, shimmering, magical, and not exclusively the property of any troupe or actor.
The Comedy Improv Handbook
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Author : Matt Fotis
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2015-10-14
The Comedy Improv Handbook written by Matt Fotis and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-14 with Performing Arts categories.
The Comedy Improv Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to University Improvisational Comedy in Theatre and Performance is a one-stop resource for both improv teachers and students, covering improv history, theory, maxims, exercises, games, and structures. You will learn the necessary skills and techniques needed to become a successful improviser, developing a basic understanding of the history of improvisation and its major influences, structures, and theories. This book also addresses issues associated with being a college improviser – like auditions, rehearsals, performances, and the dynamics of improv groups.
Truth In Comedy
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Author : Charna Halpern
language : en
Publisher: Meriwether Publishing
Release Date : 1994
Truth In Comedy written by Charna Halpern and has been published by Meriwether Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Improvisation (Acting) categories.
The 'Harold', an innovative improvisational tool, helped many actors on the road to TV and film stardom, including George Wendt (Norm on Cheers). Now it is described fully in this new book for would-be actors and comics. The 'Harold' is a form of competitive improv involving 6 or 7 players. They take a theme suggestion from the audience and 'free associate' on the theme into a series of rapid-fire one-liners that build into totally unpredictable skits with hilarious results. The 'Harold' is a fun way to 'loosen up' and learn to think quickly, build continuity, develop characterisations and sharpen humour.