Improv: Working Together

Which actions are LOW STATUS and which actions are HIGH STATUS?

Groups:

(a) LOW STATUS

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(b) HIGH STATUS

• Gesture infrequently but purposefully

• Shift from foot to foot

• Hold eye contact

• Touch your face

• • Make the middle of your body smaller

• Giggle

• Fidget with your hands

• Want to look at others but hate to make eye contact

• Place your feet a little wider apart than normal, and keep them planted

• Make the middle of your body (throat to belt) bigger and taller.

Which line is an example of a BLOCK?

• Yes, let's go on that picnic!

• Mom, stay out of my room!

• No, that's not an apple.

Who has a higher societal status?

• Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos

• An Amazon delivery driver

When you BLOCK someone, you are doing what to their OFFER?

• ACCEPTING

• DENYING

When playing improv, what can you do to put yourself in a GOOD STATE? (Multiple correct answers.)

• Feeling and acting confident.

• Taking risks.

• Having fun!

• Block your partner.

• Mumble your words toward the floor.

Answer explanation

Every action was correct except "mumble"...!

Learning to work together means sometimes taking the ​ ​​ (a)   ​ and sometimes allowing yourself to be ​​ (b)   by your partner.

• initiative
• changed
• high road
• blocked
• C4

Being a great partner in improv means playing in what kind of a state?

Which are examples of raising the stakes and failing to raise the stakes?

Groups:

(a) Raising the Stakes

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(b) Failing to Raise the Stakes

• Yep.

• I am terrified of dogs!

• We only have 30 seconds left...!

• The vase with my grandmother's ashes?!

• We have all the time in the world.

• The table that held my family's fortune?

• That normal rocking chair that has no value?

• I don't care about that particular car.

Being "In the Flow" in improv means...

• Making your ideas sound more important than your partners.

• No pre-planning. Ideas come spontaneously and are supportive of your partner.

• Coming up with the perfect response to your partner.

• Changing the subject whenever your partner brings something up.

(No correct answer) Which of our performance games was your favorite so far?

• Arms through (one person sitting, one with arms through)

• "It's Tuesday"

• Standing Wave (two lines of people playing the same two characters)

• "Grandma's Ashes" (Master/Servant)