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Join us for a weekly meetup of 2 to 3 hours of improv games and performances in a positive, supporting environment. We'll start with warm up games and exercises, and then do more advanced scene work later in the class. Everyone from first-timers to advanced improvers is welcome!
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See all- Improv in the park!Mountain View Community Center, Mountain View, CA
If you happen to be around this Sunday afternoon, come out to play improv games! Everyone welcome! Absolute beginners very welcome!
Here are some examples of the games we might play:
https://improvencyclopedia.org/games/index.htmlThe organizer (Ari) is an experienced improviser, teacher, and game collector.
We're meeting right behind the Mountain View Community Center, in the large circular area next to the parking lot. There's plenty of shade and parking (with several parking lots on other sides of the park as well). It's located in a beautiful park (Rengstorff Park), with lots of trees, big grassy fields, basketball and tennis courts, etc.
Anyone interested in stand-up comedy, public speaking (e.g., Toastmasters), RPGs (role-playing games, such as Dungeons and Dragons or LARP), social deduction games (Werewolf, Secret Hitler, etc.), movie/book/TV trivia, or just the best advanced English conversation practice, should try improv at least once.
Improv is an amazing art form, with connections to writing and poetry (especially comedy sketch, script, and play writing), dance and movement practices (contact improv, fusion), circus arts (mime and clowning), music and singing (blues, jazz, rap), psychology (psychodrama, play therapy), even martial arts and sports, — and, of course, theater and film acting.
We play different games each time, taking inspiration from the interests and experiences of the people who join us.
Extra Keywords: improvisation - theater - drama - dramatic - interactive - jam - free - standup - script writing - role-playing - stories - scenes - songs - performance - public speaking - humor - family-friendly - actor practice - - self-improvement - socialize - social - party
