Improv At DU

A four day project/challenge was enthusiastically participated in by teens at DU's Mad Cowford Presents: Intro to Improv Mini-Camp recently. Presented by Amy Angelilli from the Adventure Project, each day began with activities that taught essential skills for improv.

Superhero Circle, the first activity of each day, involved teens creating a superhero name for themselves which included their first name and an adjective that described them.  They would take turns going around the circle introducing themselves.

Yes Circle required each teen to walk up to another teen making eye contact.  The teen he/she looked at would say yes and walk towards someone else while the first teen took their place in the circle.

Teens learned the two magic words of improve are “yes and”. There were other various games that encouraged improve skills.

Each day ended with a Paper Clip which required the teens to form a “Tableau” as they chose to become an object in a scene.  The scene was not planned.  One teen named their object and took their place.  The next teen had to decide how to add to the scene by becoming an object.  (Thanks to Beverly Mason for the article and pics.)