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Improvisation Technique

David Finkelstein

A practical approach to improvised performance, for actors, dancers, and musicians.

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MEANINGFULNESS

These notes are from an email to an actor, June 2006.

Hi Allison,

Here are some thoughts I had after our last rehearsal, and our discussion of the satisfaction of finding “meaning” from doing the Lake Ivan “Classic” work versus the Lake I...

6 days ago

The Dreamer’s Tale

The following is a transcript from a Lake Ivan improvisation on 2/26/05.

This text was then used as the script for Mike Kuchar‘s video The Dreamer’s Tale.

JM: Saint Sebastian thundering messages
Sit down quietly and allow the saint to i...

13 days ago

LANDSCAPE IMPROV: SUMMER 2019

This is my current formulation to use with a “landscape improv,” of the type meant to be filmed outdoors, in an actual landscape.

Core Concept for Site-Specific Landscape Improvisations

The goal of the performer is “to explore the energy,...

20 days ago

KEY IMAGES

I often say the phrase “the piece I am about to perform already exists in its perfect form” as a part of my preparation before doing an improvisation. Here is one part of the importance of this phrase which I haven’t written about before:...

a month ago

IMPROV MISCONCEPTION

(Just to add some more context for this article: There was a period where my collaborator Ian W. Hill and I were working on a form of improvisation I named Possession Improv. The idea, more or less, was to aim for an improv in which the act...

a month ago
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    Film critic; teacher of improvisation technique for actors, dancers, and musicians; award-winning filmmaker.

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