Archive for the ‘Guest Blog’ Category
3 KEYS TO STAYING PRESENT UNDER PRESSURE
Posted by dandy | Filed under Guest Blog
Twitter @USSRockNRoll / FACEBOOK This is a repost of post from the blog TinyBuddha.com (@TinyBuddha) that we felt had lots of improv applications. It was written by Jerry Stocking. Enjoy!! “The only pressure I’m under is the pressure I’ve put on myself.” ~Mark Messier Back when Earth was cooling, I was a broker at [...]
Talkin’ Improv at Mozzi’s
Posted by dandy | Filed under Guest Blog, Talkin' Shop - We talk improv
Twitter @USSRockNRoll – FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/ussRockNRoll Written by James Tierney (@James_Tierney). James is a performer with ImprovCity in Orange County, CA, an avid New York Mets Fan and an all around good guy. Here are some of his thoughts from his time at Camp Improv Utopia. Memorial day weekend was one of the best weekends [...]
Some stuff I learned at Improv Camp
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Twitter @USSRockNRoll / FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/ussrocknroll Written by Samantha Murphy a Westside Comedy Theater student and “life enthusiast.” I’m not yelling at you, I’m yelling with you. You just haven’t started yelling yet.” I always get shit from people because I didn’t find Wet Hot American Summer funny. I just ‘didn’t get it’ apparently. I came to [...]
Improv is not just Mak’em ups anymore, it’s so much more!
Posted by dandy | Filed under Guest Blog, Talkin' Shop - We talk improv
Twitter: @USSRockNRoll - FACEBOOK Written by Nick Armstrong – Director & Founder of Camp Improv Utopia and a member of iO West’s King Ten. There is no way to explain the feelings and emotions I went through over the past weekend. When I first started Improv Utopia a few years back I thought, “What a great [...]
Talking Del Close and the Early Days of Chicago Improv with SNL’s Alex Baze
Posted by dandy | Filed under Guest Blog, Historic Improvisers
We really enjoyed this article written by Will Hines for www.splitsider.com on April 17th and wanted to share it with you all. This is the first in a series of columns and interviews in which I’ll examine improv comedy and how it affects the comedy scene in general. I’m saying “comedy scene” because even [...]
10 Things you can do to get the most out of your Improv Class.
Posted by dandy | Filed under Guest Blog, Resources for improvisers, Talkin' Shop - We talk improv
Written by Jimmy Carrane. Jimmy is the host of the podcast Improv Nerd, co-author of Improvising Better. He teaches The Art of Slow Comedy in Chicago, for more information you can go to: www.jimmycarrane.com. 1. Find out who the teacher is before you sign up. An institution is only as good as its teachers, and you [...]
10 Things You Should Give Up to Be Happy…With Your Improv
Posted by dandy | Filed under Big Ups - Other improv teams that rule, Guest Blog, Talkin' Shop - We talk improv
This is a RE-POST of a blog from Friday, April 6, 2012 written by Jason Flamm of The Improv Trick St. Louis. It is a great read and one that we are happy to pass along to our readers. Enjoy!! ——————————- A friend of mine shared this blog post that is titled: 15 Things You Should [...]
Rules for Improv (and Life)
Posted by dandy | Filed under Guest Blog, Resources for improvisers, Talkin' Shop - We talk improv
This is a re-post of an article that originally appeared in the Los Angeles Times: August 15, 2002|ADAM TSCHORN For the last 2 1/2 years I have taken improvisational comedy classes at the Groundlings school, Second City and ImprovOlympic West. It dawned on me that although the intent of the skills and games taught [...]
Dance Lessons Part 2 – It’s the Way That You Do It.
Posted by dandy | Filed under Guest Blog, Resources for improvisers
Written by Neil Figuracion - Neil is self-proclaimed whimsy expert. He is the creator of the LindyGroove Technique Class. He has taught swing dance classes in the US on both coasts and parts in-between. He teaches improv with the Improv Trick and recently joined the training center at iO West. Neil hosts the Happy Hour Challenge every Friday night on the [...]
Dance Lessons Part 1 — It Ain’t What You Do…
Posted by dandy | Filed under Guest Blog
Written by Neil Figuracion – Neil is self-proclaimed whimsy expert. He is the creator of the LindyGroove Technique Class. He has taught swing dance classes in the US on both coasts and parts in-between. He teaches improv with the Improv Trick and recently joined the training center at iO West. Neil hosts the Happy Hour Challenge every [...]
