Improvisation

To me, Improvisation is another word for 'childs play' and it's one of those theatrical areas I find most challenging. In Dance I have so much more creativity and freed up movement, but for some reason with theatre, I can't 'realism act' all that well and tend to go towards over exaggerative action which is more comfortable, but still awkward for me.

After a few sessions of this, I've learnt that it's so simple to practice but such a hard art to grasp but can only be obtained and carried out through practice.

OBJECT
ACTIVITY
CHARACTER
RELATIONSHIP
SCENARIO

These are all the key components to grasping scenework, aswell as 'ALWAYS SAY YES!' when improvising a scene, as if you don't then that leaves the other person or people your working with stumped and there's no way the scene can carry on for much longer.

The process is a matter of give and take.

Personally, Improv is my weakest area (theatre wise) as I'm very much a person who likes to know what I'm doing on stage, I don't like elements of surprise. Surprises are scary for me.

I should definitely practice this skill and show my results :)

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