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Improvise : scene from the inside out / Mick Napier.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, ©2004.Description: xii, 130 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 032500630X
  • 9780325006307
Subject(s):
Contents:
What is improvisation? -- Rules -- How to improvise -- "What about my partner?" -- Context and scenes -- Common problems -- More than two people in a scene -- Advanced improvisation -- Advice and guidelines for improvisers -- Improvisation and the second law of thermodynamics -- Exercises to do at home -- Annoyance.
Summary: For more than 20 years of directing, teaching, and participating in improvisation, Mick Napier has watched thousands of scenes. His experience has led him to continually question why and how scenes work or don't work and what one must do in order for a scene to be successful. In this book, he takes an irreverent but constructive look at the art and practice of improvised scenes. He covers such topics as: two-person scenes; group scenes; entering scenes; techniques to achieve richer, more layered scenes; auditioning; solo exercises for practice at home. Napier also challenges the conventional wisdom of the rules of improvisation, examining what's behind them and how they came to be in the first place. Get helpful, tangible guidelines for bringing strength and direction to your scenes. Just improvise.--Publisher description.
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For more than 20 years of directing, teaching, and participating in improvisation, Mick Napier has watched thousands of scenes. His experience as founder of the acclaimed Annoyance Theatre/Annoyance Productions, as well as Resident Director and Artistic Consultant for The Second City, has led him to continually question why and how scenes work or don't work and what one must do in order for a scene to be successful.

In this book, Napier takes an irreverent, but constructive look at the art and practice of improvised scenes. He covers such topics as:

two-person scenes group scenes entering scenes techniques to achieve richer, more layered scenes auditioning solo exercises for practice at home. Napier also challenges the conventional wisdom of the rules of improvisation, examining what's behind them and how they came to be in the first place.

Get helpful, tangible guidelines for bringing strength and direction to your scenes. Just Improvise .

What is improvisation? -- Rules -- How to improvise -- "What about my partner?" -- Context and scenes -- Common problems -- More than two people in a scene -- Advanced improvisation -- Advice and guidelines for improvisers -- Improvisation and the second law of thermodynamics -- Exercises to do at home -- Annoyance.

For more than 20 years of directing, teaching, and participating in improvisation, Mick Napier has watched thousands of scenes. His experience has led him to continually question why and how scenes work or don't work and what one must do in order for a scene to be successful. In this book, he takes an irreverent but constructive look at the art and practice of improvised scenes. He covers such topics as: two-person scenes; group scenes; entering scenes; techniques to achieve richer, more layered scenes; auditioning; solo exercises for practice at home. Napier also challenges the conventional wisdom of the rules of improvisation, examining what's behind them and how they came to be in the first place. Get helpful, tangible guidelines for bringing strength and direction to your scenes. Just improvise.--Publisher description.

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